• $1,000-a-plate attendee
• $1,000-a-plate-dinner attendee
• Big backer
• Big shot
• Biggie with bucks
• Campaign bankroller
• Campaign contributer with deep pockets
• Campaign contributor: sl.
• Campaign fund feeder
• Campaign supporter
• Cigar smoker, stereotypically
• Contributor of big bucks
• Deep-pocketed type
• Fund-raiser's target
• Garfield of cartoons, literally
• Garfield, due to lasagna?
• High roller
• Influential moneybags
• Influential one
• Influential person
• Loaded person
• Major campaign contributor
• Major contributor
• Moneybags
• Nabob
• One of the haves
• One with megabucks
• PAC contributor, often
• PAC man, often
• PAC man, perhaps?
• Person of influence
• Person rolling in dough
• Plutocrat backer
• Plutocrat supporter
• Pol backer
• Pol's patron
• Pol's supporter
• Political benefactor, in slang
• Politician's wealthy supporter
• Prosperous one
• Rich contributor
• Rich dude
• Rich political contributor
• Super PAC benefactor
• Tycoon, informally
• War chest contributor
• Wealth wielder
• Wealthy contributor
• Wealthy guy
• Wealthy PAC contributor
• Wealthy political contributor
• Wealthy political patron
• Wealthy sort, slangily
• Wealthy string-puller
• Well-heeled contributor
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