Terry McAuliffe's eight-year investment in President Bill Clinton is paying off.
The 42nd president, who tapped McAuliffe to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has kicked in $10,000 for the McLean resident's bid for governor.
He was among the big names who recently passed big bucks to McAuliffe, including $25,000 from Donald Trump, $250,000 from Hollywood producer Stephen Bing and $251,000 from billionaire entertainment mogul and major Hillary Clinton supporter Haim Saban.
The checks helped fatten McAuliffe's campaign coffers, which took in $4.2 million between Jan. 1 and March 31, according to campaign finance filings. McAuliffe's rivals for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination took in far less.
Republican candidate Bob McDonnell came in closest to McAuliffe this period, with about $1.2 million of his $2.2 coming from the Republican Governors Association.
The former attorney general was barred from raising money from Jan. 14, the beginning of the General Assembly session, through Feb. 20, when he stepped down to campaign full time. He reported $3.5 million in cash on hand through March 31.
Tucker Martin, spokesman for McDonnell, pointing to the cash on hand, said McDonnell has been husbanding money, while the Democrats have been spending theirs. McAuliffe, who ran Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, reported having $2.4 million in cash on hand at the end of March, compared with $1.2 million for Deeds and $824,000 for Moran.
Besides the Republican Governors Association, McDonnell received $50,000 from Verizon, $20,000 from AOL, $15,000 from Thomas F. Farrell II, president and chief executive of Dominion Virginia Power, and $10,000 from Thomas Chewning, the chief financial officer of the Richmond-based utility.
His contributors also included Tim Robertson, the son of the Virginia Beach broadcast executive, Pat Robertson.
Of Deeds' $728,000 raised this period, $80,000 of it was transferred from his own Senate committee. He too was barred from raising funds during the 46-day General Assembly session.
Sarah McWilliams, the owner of a 19th-century inn in rural Virginia, gave Deeds $50,000 as did Edward H. Rice, a self-employed consultant from Northern Virginia, according to the Virginia Public Access Project's compilation of campaign finance reports.
Moran brought in $807,000, with $50,000 coming from his brother, Rep. James P. Moran, D-8th. Real estate figure Myron P. Erkiletian gave $25,000 as did Hoffman Management.
McAuliffe's contributors included $200,000 from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and $100,000 each from Randall Kirk of Radford, a pharmaceutical billionaire, and Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET). Gray Davis, the former governor of California, gave $1,000.
McAuliffe raised the most, but he spent freely as well. He has about 100 staffers on payroll, was the lone candidate who advertised on television in the quarter and, according to the campaign, he paid out more than $31,000 to Hillary Clinton for President for list rental fees and furniture/office equipment.
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