Oil industry donors flock to Cruz. Sorry, Bush
Bloomberg reports:
Cruz leads all presidential candidates in contributions from employees of oil and natural gas companies through the end of 2015, according to the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics.
His coffers have been boosted by scores of smaller gifts and $25 million to super-PACs that back his campaign from two sources: energy investor Toby Neugebauer and Dan and Farris Wilks, brothers who made their fortune in the fracking boom.
It’s not an entirely surprising shift: Despite the Bush family’s deep ties to fossil fuels, Jeb’s decline in the polls is making donations to him look like a big waste.
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