Coleman's Compromised Donors: Where They Came From

The news for Norm Coleman just keeps getting worse.

Fresh off his recent attempt to sell to the public (and the three-judge panel hearing his recount challenge) that the State of Minnesota should hold a new election, the private information of nearly 5,000 donors to his political campaign was made public on Wednesday - information that the Coleman campaign believes is the result of a cyber-attack.

Smart Politics examined the donor data to determine from where Coleman's compromised campaign contributors came. In total, more than 4,700 donors had their private information made public, with contributions in excess of $754,000.

Minnesotans led the way, with 1,837 contributors - or 39 percent of all 'exposed' donors - an interesting statistic, considering one of the Coleman campaign's frequent charges against Franken during the campaign was that Franken was an 'outsider' who received most of his money from out of state (i.e. from the "Hollywood left").

However, from this donor list, though not a complete listing of all who have given money to Coleman since his re-election campaign began, more than 60 percent of the donors came from outside the Gopher State.

Overall, these 1,800+ Minnesota contributors gave Coleman $237,180 (31.4 percent of the funds raised on this donor list), with donations ranging from $25 to $4,600. The statewide average contribution by Minnesotans of $129.11 was nearly $30 less per individual than the nationwide average of $157.70.

In total, 18 of the top 21 states with the largest number of contributors on this list came from states won by Barack Obama, with Texas (#3), Arizona (#12), and Georgia (#14) being the only "McCain states" with a large number of donors. Americans from every U.S. State plus the District of Columbia and Guam had their private information compromised, with the exception of the State of New Hampshire.

A recent Rasmussen poll had seemingly given Coleman some hope during the past week - with a plurality of Minnesotans (46 percent) now in favor of the State holding a "redo" election for its U.S. Senate race.

But now, one wonders, should Coleman get his wish at a new election, how successful would he be in raising the necessary funds, after the e-mail addresses, occupations, phone numbers, mailing addresses, and detailed credit card information (cardholder name, last four digits, and CSC numbers) of thousands of donors have spread across the Internet?

Norm Coleman's Compromised Campaign Donors, By State

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UPDATE: Thanks to Grace Kelly at MN Progressive Project for clarifying that the data listed above reflects pledges to the Coleman campaign from donors, not receipts. Some credit card payments were rejected.