WASHINGTON -- Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, whose net worth
makes him one of the world's richest men, is on a check-writing spree
that will soon bring his total political contributions in this election
cycle to at least $71 million, according to sources familiar with his
spending. That money is spread across the spectrum of GOP super PACs,
which are required to disclose donors, and nonprofits, which are not.
Adelson and his wife, Miriam, along with other family donations, have
already reached $36 million, including $10 million to the
Romney-backing super PAC Restore Our Future that was reported this week.
But two GOP fundraisers familiar with his plans say that Adelson has
given or pledged at least $35 million more to three conservative
nonprofit groups: the Karl Rove-linked Crossroads GPS, another with ties
to billionaires Charles and David Koch and a third with links to House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).
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