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REALLY, REALLY FINE DINING: So, $335,000 is not the budget for “Oceans 15.” It’s what it would cost you to eat with HILLARY CLINTON, George Clooney and his wife, Alma. POLITICO’s Annie Karni and Kenneth P. Vogel report:
It will cost more than four times the average annual income in San Francisco to eat dinner next to Hillary Clinton and the Clooneys there next month.
Both events raise money for the Hillary Victory Fund. While the maximum donation to a presidential campaign is $2,700 for the primary elections (plus another $2,700 for the general), the Hillary Victory Fund can accept much larger contributions because it is a so-called joint fundraising committee that is comprised of multiple committees.
In addition to Hillary for America, which is Clinton’s main campaign committee, the Hillary Victory Fund also includes the Democratic National Committee and 32 state party committees.
The maximum donation to the DNC is $33,400 per year, while the state parties each can accept donations of $10,000 per year into their federal accounts.
Clinton’s typical, non-A-list-actor fundraisers for the primary require hosts to raise between $10,000 and $50,000. A fundraiser last week at the home of bestselling author John Grisham in Virginia, for instance, required co-hosts to raise $10,000.