Campaign Finance 2020: Senate District 10

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A graph showing the contributions and expenditures of both candidates, as detailed in the article
Despite out-raising and out-spending her opponent, Democrat Jackie Grimes lost her bid for the senate seat to Republican Rep. Dan Furphy, HD-14. The Senate District 10 seat was left open due to the upcoming early retirement of current Sen. Glenn Moniz. It was a rare red win in a county where several other Democrat opponents overcame their Republican opposition.

Drawing on data from the Wyoming Secretary of State’s office, the following is a breakdown of both campaigns’ contributions during the 2020 race for Senate District 10.

Jackie Grimes raised a total of $18,378 with an average donation of $107.47. Grimes spent $730 of her own money on her senate bid. Her top donors include labor, education and public servant PACs, as well as individual Laramie residents.

Dan Furphy raised a total of $12,885.50, with an average donation of $268.45. Furphy spent $2000 of his own money on his successful bid for senate. His top donors included energy, construction and hospital PACs, as well as individual Laramie residents.


Jackie Grimes (Democrat)


Raised: $18,378

Spent: $12,681.33

Average Donation: $107.47

Own Money: $730


Contribution Breakdown:

            $2,800    Federal/Out-of-State PAC

            $1,800    Immediate family/personal

            $8,343    Individual

            $3,925    Wyoming PAC

            $500      Wyoming County Party

            $730       Loan

            $280      Anonymous


Top Donors:

    $2,000    WEA PACE, the political arm of the Wyoming Education Association

$1,500    Shaun Shafer, a Laramie ophthalmologist

$1,000    Cowgirl Run Fund, a PAC that supports women running in Wyoming

$1,000    Wyoming AFL-CIO, a local branch of the AFL-CIO union federation

$1,000    Donal O’Toole, a University of Wyoming professor

$1,000    Wyoming Public Employees Association PAC, which represents state employees

$1,000    Robert Compton, a Provincetown, Mass. Marriage Equality Activist

$800       Smart-TD PAC, the political arm of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail

               and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division

$550       Linda Devine, a Laramie attorney



Dan Furphy (Republican)


Raised: $12,885.50

Spent: $9,157.83

Average Donation: $268.45

Own Money: $2,000


Contribution Breakdown:

            $429.50  Candidate Committee

            $1,600    Federal/Out-of-State PAC

            $1,000    Immediate family/personal

            $5,710    Individual

            $3,100    Wyoming PAC

            $1,000    Loan


Top Donors:

            $1,000    Wyoming State Senate Republican Conference

            $500       Prosperity and Commerce PAC, sponsored by Sundance resident Roger Coell, who made his fortune with

                           the concrete company that bears his and his father’s name, and NextEra Energy, a company building wind

                           turbines in Wyoming

            $500       Nextera Energy PAC, the political arm of the aforementioned energy company

$500       Samuel Dunnuck III, who is on the Ark’s Board of Directors

$500       Gerald Meyer, a University of Wyoming professor emeritus

$500       Wyoming Hospital Association PAC, political arm of the WHA, which is receiving CARES Act funding to

               place traveling healthcare workers throughout Wyoming

$500       Joe Vitale, a former Laramie city councilor

$429.50  Daniel G. Furphy Campaign Account



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