Barack Obama and John McCain have been running a tight race among the nation’s voters — and among the country’s top corporate lawyers. McCain has a slight lead in total donations from general counsel at Fortune 100 companies. Still, elite GCs are giving significantly more to Obama than they did to Al Gore or John Kerry, the previous two Democratic presidential nominees.
According to a review of general counsel contributions done by Corporate Counsel magazine, a sister publication of The Legal , 23 legal chiefs have given McCain $53,250, while 19 have given Obama $47,950. And they’re loyal to their favorites — only one GC gave to both candidates. Another legal chief also gave McCain $2,300 more than allowed by federal law, and that donation will probably be returned.
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