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Sheldon Adelson’s super PAC spending spree shaped GOP politics
Adelson, who died Monday, combined with his wife to donate more to Republicans than multiple other megadonors combined.
Casino magnate and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson is recognized by President Donald Trump during a Nov. 16, 2018 Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
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There are Republican megadonors, and then there was Sheldon Adelson.
The casino magnate, who died Monday at 87, and his wife Miriam together accounted for an enormous share of GOP political spending over the last decade, making him a Republican kingmaker. Even in a political world now over-stuffed with million-dollar donors, their pull was clear from the pilgrimages presidential candidates made to his Venetian resort in Las Vegas, meeting in his office just off the casino floor. Senior Republican operatives at GOP outside groups strategized around their nine-figure checks
Jan 13, 2021
LAS VEGAS Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul, Republican mega-donor and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics, has died after a long illness.
Adelson died at 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Las Vegas Sands announced Tuesday.
He was the son of Jewish immigrants raised in a Boston tenement who became one of the world’s richest men. The chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands brought singing gondoliers to the Vegas Strip and foresaw the same potential in Asia. Forbes ranked him No. 19 in the U.S., worth an estimated $29.8 billion.
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul, Republican mega-donor and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics, has died after a long illness.
Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and influential GOP donor, dies at 87
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Billionaire Sheldon Adelson dies at 87
Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire mogul and GOP donor who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China has died after a long illness.
LAS VEGAS - Sheldon Adelson, founder, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands, has died at the age of 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma , the casino company announced Tuesday.
At one point the third richest man in the world, Adelson brought singing gondoliers to the Las Vegas Strip and went all-in betting Asia would be a bigger jackpot than Sin City.