AT&T Chief Who Gives Republican May Need Democrats for Deal
- AT&T’s Stephenson gives 281-to-1 to Republican campaigns
- Stephenson giving ramped up after T-Mobile disappointment
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After Democrats scotched his planned merger with a smaller wireless carrier in 2011, AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson made his largest political donation in decades -- to Republicans.
That $30,800 check marked the flowering of a prolific donor. Since then, Stephenson has given $281,100 of his own money to Republicans, including three big payments that netted $94,800 for the party’s national groups, according to campaign disclosure data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. Democrats got one contribution: $1,000 to a Kentucky party group.