DUGGAN COALITION

Much has been written about independent candidate Mike Duggan donors in the first six months of his campaign for governor. As he amassed $3.2 million, out-raising all other candidates from both political parties, some have been focused on the Republicans who have jumped on the Duggan train. We took the time to review the approximate 1,800 names on the campaign finance report. Our assessment – a coalition is forming with notables from both parties and from all industries. What we found most interesting is the hundreds of donors from Oakland County and the well-over 100 from the Birmingham-Bloomfield area in particular. In no particular order, here are some of the familiar names of which you might be aware, many who gave the maximum $8,325 donation: Kathleen Trott, David Trott, Jeff Sakwa, Robert Pliska, Nathan Kumar, Andrew Kumar, Anil Kumar, Denise Ilitch, Sheri Maibach, Ryan Maibach, David Schostak, Karen Sosnick Schoenberg, Michael Schwartz, Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Barker, Nancy Quigley, Peter Quigley, David Provost, Gretchen Davidson, Ethan Davidson, Fern Kepes, Peter Ghafari, Sejaan Ghafari, Mara Kalnins-Ghafari, Elyse/David Foltyn, Stephen Polk, Sheldon Yellen, Nancy Lutfy, Frank Herbert, Feras Basha, Mahdi Basha, Ismael Mosa Basha, Larry Sherman, Charles McClure, Ron Boji, John Balardo....you get the drift.