Add the great No. 28 to the list of Barack Obama supporters smiling today.
Campaign records show that former Rams running back Marshall Faulk gave $1,000 to Illinois’ junior senator in March.
Maybe Faulk can give Obama some advice on playing with the lead?
Other notable local donors to Obama’s campaign include:
- State Auditor Susan Montee and family, including her three children - who, despite listing their occupation as âstudent,” each gave $2,300.
- Barbara Eagleton, widow of former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton.
- Build-A-Bear Workshop founder Maxine Clark - who hosted a stuffed-teddy fundraiser for Obama rival Hillary Clinton last month.
- Former St. Louis Mayor Vince Schoemehl, and former Clayton Mayor Ben Uchitelle.
- Attorney and tavern owner Jim Holloran .
Across the aisle, the Republican winner of the Iowa caucus, Mike Huckabee, has only a handful of donors here, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Highlighting Huckabee’s few St. Louis supporters was prominent GOP attorney Jerry Hunter, who gave the former Arkansas governor $2,300 last year.
Many of our area’s most dependable Republican donors - from millionaire ambassador Sam Fox to the Cardinals owners - followed the lead of Gov. Matt Blunt by backing Mitt Romney, who finished nine percentage points behind Huckabee yesterday.