Top Contributing Interest Groups by Sector 2013-2014

Name the top contributors to federal candidates, parties, and outside groups during the 2013-2014 election cycle
source: opensecrets.org/industries/
* "[The Other] sector is home to a variety of industries that don't fall under any business, labor or ideological groupings. The biggest dollars, by far, come from the large and diverse group of donors listing their occupation as "retired." Other categories include educators, government employees (though not their unions), nonprofit organizations, religious groups and members of the armed forces."
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Sector
Total Contributions
Top Contributor
Amount
Candidates & Parties
Outside Groups
Finance / Insurance / Real Estate
$507,293,955
Bloomberg LP
$28,629,569
$228,640
$28,400,929
Ideology / Single-Issue
$352,307,982
Democratic Governors Assn
$9,511,767
$0
$9,511,767
Other *
$269,772,347
Herb & Marion Sandler
$1,775,200
$75,200
$1,700,000
Miscellaneous Business
$228,470,048
Las Vegas Sands
$6,560,518
$1,010,900
$5,549,618
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$151,364,481
American Assn for Justice
$4,256,629
$2,500,629
$1,766,000
Health
$141,183,350
Cooperative of American Physicians
$2,185,328
$142,200
$2,053,128
Labor
$140,673,002
National Education Assn
$24,960,749
$2,183,302
$22,787,447
Communications / Electronics
$116,180,306
Newsweb Corp
$8,659,350
$259,350
$8,410,000
Energy / Natural Resources
$114,892,278
Koch Industries
$9,513,585
$2,513,585
$7,010,000
Agribusiness
$76,802,912
Mountaire Corp
$4,734,100
$534,100
$4,200,000
Construction
$67,453,027
National Assn of Home Builders
$1,994,175
$1,994,175
$0
Transportation
$60,893,210
National Auto Dealers Assn
$2,950,350
$2,950,350
$0
Defense
$25,312,610
Lockheed Martin
$2,961,022
$2,953,149
$7,873
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