Billionaire donors in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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This is a list of billionaire donors for declared candidates for the Democratic primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election.

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Barry Diller American businessman

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Reed Hastings American entrepreneur and education philanthropist

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Julian Castro

John Delaney

Tulsi Gabbard

Kamala Harris

Amy Klobuchar

Bernie Sanders

Senator Sanders has no billionaire donors. [3] In 2019, Marta Thoma Hall, whose husband is a billionaire, attempted to donate $470 but the Sanders campaign did not accept it. [38]

Tom Steyer

Tom Steyer is himself a billionaire with an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion. [39] Steyer has spent $47.6 million of his own personal funds on his campaign thus far. [40]

Elizabeth Warren

Marianne Williamson

Andrew Yang

Withdrawn candidates

Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio had no billionaire donors. [3]

Kirsten Gillibrand

Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel had no billionaire donors.

John Hickenlooper

Jay Inslee

Seth Moulton

Beto O'Rourke

Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan had no billionaire donors. [3]

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