Little known - big mega donor doctor…
In 2016, Karla Jurvetson canvassed in Nevada for Hillary Clinton and for Catherine Cortez Masto, who became the first Latina U.S. Senator.
After the election of Donald Trump in November 2016, her donations to Democratic candidates markedly increased to $6.9 million in advance of the 2018 midterms, making her one of the nation's top political donors.
Controversy arose with her large donation of $5.4m to Women Vote!, the political action committee run by EMILY's List. Her donation was in the form of
Baidu shares, a
Chinese internet company (one of the largest AI and Internet companies in the world) traded on the US stock exchange and was unusual outside of Silicon Valley since it was in the form of stock shares. The controversy arose because only American citizens can donate to U.S. elections. An EMILY's List spokesperson said, "We cleared the donation through our lawyers". In November 2018, Jurvetson was listed as one of five "surprising million dollar donors" to the US midterm elections.
In November 2019, Jurvetson hosted a Democratic National Committee (DNC) reception at her home in November 2019 with President Barack Obama.
At that time, the DNC had just $8.7 million cash on hand and $7 million in debts, compared to the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign, which had over $158 million cash on hand.
Golden State Warriors player Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha Curry, were co-hosts for the event, which raised over $3.5 million for the DNC Unity Fund that was formed to support the eventual Democratic presidential nominee.
In 2023, Jurvetson has continued her focus on elections in swing and battleground states like Arizona and Wisconsin. Jurvetson was among the first national donors to
Judge Janet Protasiewicz in her successful campaign to win a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a race called "the most important election of 2023".
Jurvetson is also an early backer of Arizona Congressperson Ruben Gallego's 2024 campaign to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate, and co-hosted a major fundraiser for his campaign in February 2023.
Jurvetson was among the largest donors to the campaign to defeat Issue One in Ohio, placed on the August 2023 ballot by Republican legislators to make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution. The major funders in support of Ohio Issue 1 were conservative Illinois businessman
Richard Uihlein and the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus Archdiocese of the Catholic Church.
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