Wealthy Enclave Offers Windfall for Candidates
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Greenwich, Conn. has joined New York, Los Angeles and Northern Californiaâs Silicon Valley as must stops on the presidential fund-raising tour.
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For certain conservatives, this fund might be appealing.
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A $2 million personal investment in his campaign treasury did not quite enable wealthy car dealer Vern Buchanan to dominate TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Republican primary in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs open 13th Congressional District, but it was fuel enough to boost him to a plurality victory over four other GOP contenders.
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The District is in an economic boom. But some neighborhoods have struggled with double-digit unemployment for decades despite programs that have tried to help residents get jobs.
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Silicon Valley, home to Google, tech innovation and some of the world's richest people, is sending money to a young, untested presidential candidate who is sort of like a start-up -- Barack Obama.
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Term-limited state politicians and presidential campaign consultants bring high-level intensity to a city race.
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Andrew M. CuomoÂs campaign for attorney general invested in a hedge fund run by some of his backers.
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The Bay Area&#39;s super rich had mixed financial results over the past year with the exception of Google&#39;s top executives, whose wealth soared thanks to their company&#39;s recent initial public offering.
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Hugo ChÃ¡vez seems set for victory in todayÂs presidential election, due in part to a booming stock market.
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The real estate industry, racing to beat strict new limits on campaign contributions, has been flooding New York City candidates with donations for the 2009 campaign.
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THEY do not normally conjure up an image of luxury living or appear on lists of millionaire enclaves.
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After raising record sums to win high office, the region's politicians are preparing to party -- and again looking for someone to pick up the costs.
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The crossroads of high-finance and politics used to exist only at Wall Street and Broadway. Now there's a newer investment crowd, less buttoned-down and more likely to be found wearing deck shoes in a Greenwich, Conn., marina than wing tips in lower Manhattan.
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Billionaires who can afford anything buy these objects of desire.
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Cherilyn Anderson is a $45-a-month, small-town council member in southwestern Pennsylvania with no appetite for the partisanship of national politics. She won't even set aside $1 in her tax returns to help pay for presidential campaigns.
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By Gina Macris; Journal Staff Writer  The former industrial complex's eligibility for historic preservation tax credits could pave the way for affordable housing.
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A concentrated burst of advertising is putting the candidatesâ strategies out in the open and is highlighting the diverging financial fortunes of the two parties.