Leaked tape reveals Koch brothers’ conservative donors

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The Templetons:** **John “Jack” Templeton Jr. and his wife, Josephine, of Pennsylvania, gave $50,000 apieceto Wisconsin Justice Prosser’s recount effort this year. Jack has donated more than $1 million to Republicans, according to state and federal records. He heads the conservative John Templeton Foundation, which aims to mergeevangelical Christianity with “science” and “health.” The foundation was started by Jack’s father, SirJohn the mutual fund billionaire, and in 2009 reportedlyhad $1.7 billion in assets.

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Joe Craft:** **Joseph Craftis president, CEO, and chairman of Alliance Resource Partners, a coal company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that gave $2.4 millionto outside political expenditure groups in 2010. His family is reportedlyworth $1.9 billion.

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The Farmers:Dick Farmer is from Ohio. The founder and former CEO of the Cintas Corporation, his story is literally rags-to-riches: He turned his father’s Depression-era rag-cleaning business into a $3.5 billion enterprise. Farmer and his wife, Joyce, are longtime Republican boosters; during the 2002 election cycle the couple gave about $1 millionto the party.

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The Schwabs:** **Charles Schwab of San Francisco is founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation, the country’s largestindependent brokerage firm. He is reportedlyworth $4.7 billion. Since 1989, Schwab has donated more than $1.6 million to political causes, mostly Republican, according toOpenSecrets.org. Part of that went to his company’s lobbying arm, which has given away millions more.