LittleSis: Winton M Blount III

Winton Blount III, a former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and candidate for governor, has died. Blount was 71, according to Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, his former business partner. Blount and Strange had car dealerships and other businesses together from 1990 to 2001. In 1998, Blount challenged Gov. Fob James in the Republican primary. He forced James into a runoff, but James prevailed. Blount also served as chairman of the Business Council of Alabama in 1989. Blount's father, Winton "Red" Blount, was also a Republican Party leader, serving as U.S. Postmaster General under President Nixon. "Red" Blount built an international construction company and was known for his philanthropy, including the funding of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery.

Donor	Common Recipients
W Allan Jones	Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robin Hayes, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee
Roger Milliken	Lamar Alexander, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee
Thomas Kempner, Sr	Robin Hayes, Richard Shelby, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, George H W Bush
J Bayard Boyle Jr	Lamar Alexander, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Campaign for a New American Century, George H W Bush
Vin Weber	Lamar Alexander, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee
Thomas A Davis	Robin Hayes, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush
Wayne T Smith	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party, Campaign for a New American Century, George H W Bush
John M Green	Robert Aderholt, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn
Ray Cole	Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee
Donald H Rumsfeld	Jeff Sessions, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, George H W Bush
John D Johns	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party
William H Heyman	Lamar Alexander, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, George H W Bush
Van D Hipp Jr	Robert Aderholt, Spencer T Bachus III, Robin Hayes, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Alabama Republican Party
Harold Simmons	Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Newt Gingrich, Dirk Kempthorne, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn
Philmore B Anderson	Robert Aderholt, Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee
Dean L Buntrock	Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush
Emory M Folmar	Robert Aderholt, Robert Terry Everett, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Alabama Republican Party, George H W Bush, Bill Cabaniss
Roy Pfautch	Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush
Joseph J Grano Jr	Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, George H W Bush
Howard M Jenkins	Spencer T Bachus III, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Continue the Majority, George H W Bush

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Common Recipients

W Allan Jones

Lamar Alexander, Spencer T Bachus III, Robin Hayes, Richard Shelby, William H Frist, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee

Roger Milliken

Lamar Alexander, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee

Thomas Kempner, Sr

Robin Hayes, Richard Shelby, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dylan C Glenn, George H W Bush

J Bayard Boyle Jr

Lamar Alexander, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Campaign for a New American Century, George H W Bush

Vin Weber

Lamar Alexander, Robin Hayes, Jeff Sessions, William H Frist, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee