Top 25 donors making direct campaign contributions to N.C. anti-trans bill sponsors

Facing South examined the top 10 donors making direct campaign contributions to each of the 14 primary bill sponsors of four anti-trans bills in North Carolina, across the legislators' political careers. Facing South then aggregated the data to determine the 25 biggest donors across all contributors.

*Figures for Lisa Barnes, Amy Galey, and Jennifer Balkcom reflect donations made by the state legislators to their own campaigns. Bill sponsors included in this analysis are sponsors of SB 49 (Sens. Lisa Barnes - R, SD 11; Amy Galey - R, SD 25; Michael Lee - R, SD 7); SB 631 (Sens. Kevin Corbin - R, SD 50; Joyce Krawiec - R, SD 31; Vickie Sawyer - R, SD 37); HB 808 (Reps. Hugh Blackwell - R, HD 86; Ken Fontenot - R, HD 24; Mark Pless - R, HD 118; John A. Torbett - R, HD 108); and HB 574 (Reps. Kristin Baker - R, HD 82; Jennifer Balkcom - R, HD 117; Karl E. Gillespie - R, HD 120; Erin Paré - R, HD 37).