Newt Gingrich takes $1M from gaming executive

Tuesday, January 23, 2007  

Newt Gingrich, the former conservative House speaker, has accepted $1 million from a Vegas gaming executive, the largest single donation to his new political group.

Gingrich started American Solutions for Winning the Future last fall. But he only received $60,000 until Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon G. Adelson gave him the $1 million after the November election, The Washington Post reported.

Conservative politicians and groups have typically shied from gaming money. But the Jack Abramoff scandal showed that many prominent Republican figures -- including former Christian Coalition president Ralph Reed -- willingly took money from tribes with casinos.

Gingrich is a potential presidential candidate. Adelson is one of the richest men in America.

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Casino Executive Contributes $1 Million to Gingrich Group (The Washington Post 1/23)
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