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Not everything stays in Vegas.
In this case, $20,000 that landed early this week in Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob McDonnell’s campaign coffers.
According to the State Board of Elections, the donation came from Dr. Miriam Adelson, an internist married to billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Sheldon, who ranked as the country’s 26th richest man in America by Forbes this year, is the chairman of the board and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
The company owns the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, the Sands Expo and Convention Center and the Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino as well as resorts in Macao.
The 76-year-old, who has been a significant donor to the Republican Party, saw his fortune drop $19 billion in 2 years to $9 billion, Forbes reports.
That was just one of the large donations McDonnell took in on Tuesday—all reported as of Wednesday to the State Board of Elections—from the Republican Party of Virginia (more than $250,000 in-kind), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ($20,000) and InTrust Wealth Management in Wichita KS ($50,000).
McDonnell’s Democratic opponent R. Creigh Deeds also brought in some big donations on the same day, including $10,000 from the American Federation of Government Employees and $50,000 from International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
