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In the 2001 – 2005 election cycle, the DNC and its affiliated committees ( which includes numerous local committees and committees formed to coordinate expenditures for specific districts or races ) raised a total of US $ 162, 062, 084, 42 % of which was hard money.

The largest contributor, with US $ 9, 280, 000 was the Saban Capital Group, founded in 2001 by Haim Saban, who also founded Fox Family group.

Fred Eychaner, the owner of Newsweb Corporation, gave the second highest amount of money to the DNC and its affiliates, US $ 7, 390, 000.

The third largest contributor was Steve Bing of Shangri-La Entertainment, who gave US $ 6, 700, 000.