Members of the DeVos family, which includes former Secretary of Educaton Betsy DeVos under President Donald Trump, were again the biggest individual spenders, collectively donating nearly $4.4 million to state-level candidates and political causes, Bridge Michigan reports.
DeVos resigned from her post in protest after the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol. But that didn't stop her from trying to get the post again in the new Trump administration. Trump passed on her request.
Bridge reports:
A political action committee dedicated to supporting House Republicans was the biggest spending organization, at $6.2 million.
Bridge Michigan reported that the Top 10 individual donors in Michigan state politics for 2024 were as follows:
- Devos Family, Amway: $4.3 million
- Software entrepreneur Kenneth and Jennifer Duda: $1.5 million
- Meijer Family, Meijer: $1.4 million
- Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg LP: $1.3 million
- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker: $1 million
- Denise Illitch, Little Ceasar’s: $860,000
- Hayworth family, Hayworth furniture: $829,000
- Dan Hibma, developer: $724,000
- Cotton family, PVS Chemicals: $660,000
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Jim George, developer: $619,000
