Lake Forest presidential election donations

Updated: October 24, 2012 10:36PM

Contributions are a key indicator of support for political candidates. The following list of top donors represents local people who made donations in August to the respective 2012 presidential campaigns of President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney.

Donations are limited by the Federal Election Committee to $2,500 per general election cycle and $2,500 in the primary cycle, for a total of $5,000. Campaigns have to return any contributions over the limit, but some refunds may not yet be reflected in these numbers.

OBAMA DONORS

Pamela J. Miles, Lake Forest, Artist: $4,000 ($5,000 total)

Pedro Dejesus Jr., Lake Forest, Attorney at Tampico Beverages, Inc.: $3,500 ($5,000 total)

Kim K. Merlin, Lake Forest, President at Kkm Design Group, Inc: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Peter Leemputte, Lake Forest, Chief Financial Officer at Mead Johnson Nutrition Company: $2,500 ($2,500 total)

Pamela Knowles, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($2,500 total)

Trude S. Roselle, Lake Forest, Not Employed: $2,000 ($3,250 total)

Bonnie Bromwell, Lake Forest, Massage Therapist: $1,500 ($5,000 total)

Frank Beidler, Lake Forest, Analyst at Crllc: $1,250 ($1,250 total)

Maryanne Smith, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $1,105 ($2,605 total)

Lisa Maria Murphy, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $1,000 ($2,440 total)

Mary S. Ritter, Lake Forest, Retired: $881 ($3,000 total)

Mary Stock, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $781 ($2,481 total)

Deedee Borland, Lake Forest, Retired: $750 ($1,050 total)

Michael Friedberg, Lake Forest, Attorney at Shefsky E. Froelich: $750 ($750 total)

Christine Shaw, Lake Forest, President at Foundation: $500 ($500 total)

Edmund McGlynn, Lake Forest, Lawyer: $500 ($1,435 total)

Barbara Claeys, Lake Forest, Not Employed: $500 ($500 total)

Louise Glasser, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($500 total)

Shirley Miller, Lake Forest, Retired: $426 ($789 total)

Marian Vobach, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $250 ($900 total)

Dale Eichelman, Lake Forest, Sales at Allscripts: $250 ($450 total)

Beth Van Zummeren, Lake Forest, Retired: $250 ($650 total)

Jim Kenney, Lake Forest, Director at Common Ground: $250 ($250 total)

Kathy Alred, Lake Forest, Teacher at Lincolnshire-Prairie View School Distr: $235 ($2,691 total)

Wendy Lane, Lake Forest, Episcopal Priest: $200 ($1,000 total)

Kent Delucenay, Lake Forest, Consultant at Delucenay & Associates: $200 ($300 total)

Andrew Lind, Lake Forest, Retired: $200 ($375 total)

Janet Hughes, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $168 ($368 total)

Jim Fiester, Lake Forest, Cameraman at Windy Cine Ltd.: $156 ($698 total)

Edwin C. Salter, Lake Forest, Information Requested: $150 ($250 total)

Michael S. Basofin, Lake Forest, President/Investor at The Cloverleaf Group,Inc.: $150 ($425 total)

Irena Simons, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $145 ($640 total)

Leslie Newman, Lake Forest, Board Member- Children’s Memorial Hosp at Not Employed: $141 ($641 total)

Barbara Monsor, Lake Forest, Retired: $130 ($640 total)

Wendy Beaver, Lake Forest, Manager at Chicago Winter Company: $120 ($1,060 total)

Brenda Robert, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $110 ($1,289 total)

Rebecca Simmons, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $106 ($336 total)

James K. Perrin, Lake Forest, Attorney: $100 ($550 total)

Sandra L. Riggs, Lake Forest, Retired: $100 ($250 total)

Pat H. Patrick, Lake Forest, Retired: $100 ($227 total)

Elizabeth McGuffee, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $100 ($229 total)

David E. Winebrenner, Lake Forest, Investment Management at Spindletop Capital, Llc: $100 ($894 total)

Michele Cannizzaro, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $100 ($450 total)

Van Gegas, Lake Forest, Attorney at Evangelos Gegas: $100 ($510 total)

Wilhelmenia Carter PhD, Lake Forest, Professor at College Of Lake County: $100 ($450 total)

Rommy Lopat, Lake Forest, Writer: $100 ($610 total)

Andrew Simmons, Lake Forest, Solutions Consultant at Management Dynamics: $100 ($225 total)

Cynthia Wait, Lake Forest, Md at Igg: $100 ($300 total)

Katherine Wilson, Lake Forest, Ski Instructor at Vail Resorts: $100 ($2,224 total)

Jim Engelland, Lake Forest, Retired: $100 ($425 total)

Debra Warren, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $100 ($300 total)

Elizabeth Buker, Lake Forest, Information Requested: $100 ($300 total)

Monica J. Yaun, Lake Forest, Homemaker at Not Employed: $100 ($245 total)

Cathy Lundeen, Lake Forest, Archivist at Evangelical Lutheran Church In America: $91 ($695 total)

Christine Reinhardt, Lake Forest, Buyer at Crate And Barrel: $50 ($229 total)

Leo Miserendino, Lake Forest, Retired: $50 ($550 total)

Franz Schulze, Lake Forest, Art History: $45 ($210 total)

Deborah C. Ward, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $35 ($310 total)

Stephen Ryder, Lake Forest, Teacher at Lfa: $35 ($322 total)

Madeline Schneider, Lake Forest, Tax Director at Brunswick Corporation: $35 ($265 total)

Carol Gayle, Lake Forest, Teacher at Lake Forest College: $25 ($260 total)

Jeanne S. Jackson, Lake Forest, Retired: $25 ($500 total)

ROMNEY DONORS

Connie Duckworth, Lake Forest, Ceo at Self-Employed: $5,000 ($5,000 total)

Thomas Duckworth, Lake Forest, Financial Management at Self-Employed: $5,000 ($5,000 total)

Anthony K. Kesman, Lake Forest, Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $5,000 ($5,000 total)

Frank Lafasto, Lake Forest, Retired: $5,000 ($5,000 total)

Jack A. Dempsey, Lake Forest, Owner & C.E.O. at Fairway Ventures L.L.C.: $5,000 ($5,000 total)

Rosemary O’Connell, Lake Forest, None: $4,000 ($4,000 total)

Mary McCORMACK, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Ch Randolph Lyon, Lake Forest, Investment Banker at Robert W. Baird & Company: $2,500 ($4,500 total)

W James Farrell, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

David W. Nelms, Lake Forest, Banking at Discover Financial Services: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Charles R. Walgreen, Lake Forest, Chariman Emeiritus at Walgreen Co.: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Edward Wanandi, Lake Forest, Chairman at International Merchants L.L.C.: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Robert C. McCORMACK, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Corinne Wood, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Nancy S. Donovan, Lake Forest, Private Equity at Oakmont Partners: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Paul Wood, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

B. Walgreen, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Mary Dollinger, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $2,500 ($2,500 total)

Reeve B. Waud, Lake Forest, Managing Partner at Waud Capital Partners: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Robert Morrison, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Sandra Deromedi, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Anne N. Reyes, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Miles D. White, Lake Forest, Chairman & C.E.O. at Abbott: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Roger Deromedi, Lake Forest, Chairman at Pinnade Foods: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Kimberly White, Lake Forest, Retired: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

David Kavanagh, Lake Forest, President at Dearborn Capital Mgt: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Thomas Hassfurther, Lake Forest, Packaging Corporation Of America at Executive Vice President: $2,500 ($2,500 total)

David Sanders, Lake Forest, Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $2,500 ($2,500 total)

Scott T. Garrett, Lake Forest, C.E.O at Beckman Coulter: $2,500 ($5,000 total)

Timothy P. Maloney, Lake Forest, Private Banking/Financial Services at Bank Of America: $2,000 ($2,000 total)

William B. Johnson, Lake Forest, Retired: $1,600 ($5,000 total)

Ann C. Patterson, Lake Forest, Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $1,000 ($1,000 total)

Robert Ryan, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($500 total)

Ann K. Healy, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($1,500 total)

Kent T. Taubensee, Lake Forest, Executive at Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $500 ($500 total)

William J. Hoffmann, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($500 total)

Kurt W. Engler, Lake Forest, Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $500 ($1,500 total)

Lindi Strobel, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($525 total)

Sharon Brown, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($750 total)

Patricia Ryan, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($500 total)

Mandan Farahati, Lake Forest, Physician at Magna Health Systems: $500 ($2,500 total)

Phillip M. Hartung, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($500 total)

Warren E. Anderson, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($500 total)

Alain Wood Prince, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($1,500 total)

Theodore Rojahn, Lake Forest, Retired: $500 ($500 total)

Patricia A. Falkowski, Lake Forest, Retired: $430 ($2,500 total)

George J. McCARTHY, Lake Forest, Insurance Executive at United Auto Florida: $400 ($750 total)

Jennifer Lancaster, Lake Forest, Author at Self-Employed: $375 ($625 total)

Fred Marks, Lake Forest, Business Owner at Classic Toyota & Kia: $280 ($280 total)

Robert Ringo, Lake Forest, Sales at Kimball Midwest: $250 ($250 total)

Mark Stenhouse, Lake Forest, Vp/Gm at Abbott Laboratories: $250 ($350 total)

William Briggs, Lake Forest, C.P.A. at Wm Briggs And Co., Ltd: $250 ($250 total)

Richard Lewis, Lake Forest, Chairman Of The Board at Superior Bulk Logistics, Inc.: $250 ($500 total)

Jeffrey Anderson, Lake Forest, Associate Dean at University Of Chicago: $250 ($250 total)

T Stephen Thompson, Lake Forest, President & Ceo at Genus Oncology, Llc: $250 ($250 total)

Daniel D. Dolan Jr., Lake Forest, Investment Advisor at Dolan Mceniry Capital Management: $250 ($1,050 total)

Thomas Parrott, Lake Forest, Sales at Dvs: $250 ($500 total)

Donald P. Carter, Lake Forest, Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $250 ($250 total)

Albert Zuska, Lake Forest, Radiologist at Elk Grove Radiology: $249 ($249 total)

Karen Cunningham, Lake Forest, Program Director at Lead: $225 ($325 total)

Louis Atsaves, Lake Forest, Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $200 ($310 total)

Scott Rahn, Lake Forest, Retired: $150 ($350 total)

Nora McKINLEY, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $150 ($425 total)

Arlene Ruhle, Lake Forest, Retired: $150 ($316 total)

Robert J. Daniels, Lake Forest, Retired: $150 ($300 total)

Michele Hinchcliff, Lake Forest, Retired: $125 ($215 total)

David Betts Jr., Lake Forest, Analyst at Dan Berdovich: $100 ($250 total)

Raymond D. Oddi, Lake Forest, Retired: $100 ($750 total)

Mary P. Deboer, Lake Forest, Retired: $100 ($250 total)

John R. Templeman, Lake Forest, Retired: $75 ($225 total)

Deborah Saran, Lake Forest, Homemaker: $60 ($214 total)

Franklin Pyrsson, Lake Forest, Information Requested Per Best Efforts: $50 ($220 total)

Marc Thiergart, Lake Forest, President at None: $25 ($1,050 total)

Daniel J. Good, Lake Forest, Investor at Good Capital Co.: $18 ($1,521 total)

Gregory R. Swenson, Lake Forest, Investment Banking at Agincourt Ltd Capital: $15 ($1,015 total)

Alexander D. Stuart, Lake Forest, Investment Management at North Star Investments: $5 ($2,505 total)

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