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Published 1/18/2009 by Kimberly Kindy and Sarah Cohen at Wash Post Elections
Nearly 100 wealthy families and power couples contributed at least $100,000 each to help Barack Obama over the past two years, creating an elite set of donors to whom the president-elect repeatedly turned in financing his campaign, transition and inauguration, a Washington Post analysis shows.
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