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FirstEnergy Officials Big Backers of Bush

HeadlineAug 20, 2003

The Washington Post reports that two of the top executives at the Ohio-based utility firm FirstEnergy are major financial supporters of President Bush. Investigators are focusing on FirstEnergy as the possible source of last week’s blackout. Campaign records show that the company’s chairman and chief executive Peter Burg co-hosted at $600,000 fundraiser for Bush six weeks ago. The company’s president and chief operating office Anthony Alexander was designated a “Pioneer” by Bush because he raised over $100,000 for his election. All together, the Center for Responsive Politics found energy and natural resource interests gave Bush $3.6 million during his 2000 campaign.

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