Dawn Arnall
Dawn Arnall, of California, is the wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Roland Arnall, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 8, 2006.
It just so happens that Arnall, her husband, and "their companies have been the biggest political contributors to Bush since 2002." [1]
- "Major 527 donor Dawn Arnall should be happy to have her husband, Roland, nominated as Ambassador to the Netherlands. Roland is Chairman of Ameriquest, and Dawn is co-Chairman. Dawn Arnall gave [over] $5 million in August 2004 to Progress for America Voter Fund, a 527 organization," PoliticalMoneyLine commented July 29, 2005.
Political Contributions 2004-2005
The Ameriquest Capital Corporation donated $250,000 for the second Bush inauguration. The Arnalls, Ameriquest co-chairmen, were both fund raisers for Bush-Cheney '04 Inc., achieving Ranger status by raising $200,000. [2]
On August 9, 2004, Dawn Arnall contributed $1,000,000.00 to the Progress for America Voter Fund and an additional $4,400,000.00 on August 18, 2004. [3]
The California Orange County Register reported July 24, 2005, that the largest contributors to PFA-VT -- for a total $15.7 million -- were Dawn Arnall and Alex Spanos. Roland and Dawn Arnall were the largest donors, contributing $5 million, to the California Recovery Team, a political action committee that "raises money for initiatives backed by" Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Related SourceWatch Resources
External Links
- "An energetic push to inaugural fund," New York Times News Service (The Hindu), December 26, 2004.
- "Top 10 recipients of financial support," Orange County Register, July 24, 2005.
- Kirstin Downey, "Bush Picks Ameriquest Owner as Ambassador. Firm's Lending Tactics Investigated," Washington Post, July 29, 2005.
