Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox is running for reelection this year with funding from some of the nation’s largest Democrat donors.
In December, Cox received a $50,000 donation from David E. Cumming and another $50,000 donation from John Cumming, both of whom registered their contributions under the same Wyoming address as the Cumming Foundation. The foundation’s vice president and executive director, Annette Cumming, was previously the board chair for Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and is currently on the Planned Parenthood Federal Political Action Committee.
John Cumming was among the “biggest donors” of the 2020 election cycle and gave nearly $370,000 to Democrats, according to campaign finance data recorded by OpenSecrets. Past political contributions in Utah include $50,000 to the Utah Democratic Party between 2008 and 2013. John Cumming has made more than $620,000 in political contributions since 2007. The only Republicans to receive funding were Cox in December and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who received $4,600 in March 2007, a month after launching a presidential campaign.
David Cumming’s previous contributions include thousands of dollars to a lineup of Democrat politicians including President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton.
The $100,000 from left-wing donors is no small sum for the western red-state governor. Cox has raised less than $1.7 million so far this election cycle, according to Deseret News.
The self-styled Republican governor of Utah has spent the last few years endorsing a litany of left-wing social causes, including transgender pronoun activism and diversity, equity,
