Former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's ultra-elite Hollywood fundraiser at Tavern restaurant in Brentwood on Monday raised $2.1 million for Democrats in tight Senate races.
Tickets for the dinner, co-hosted by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg, sold for $32,400 per person, but donors also were given the option of contributing up to $211,200 to the Grassroots Victory Project 2014, a joint fundraising committee authorized by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to benefit candidates around the country, making the fundraiser the largest of the season.
In April, a U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down campaign contribution limits that prevented donors from giving more than $123,200 to candidates, political party committees and political action committees per two-year election cycle.
According to campaign finance reports, Grassroots raised $1.3 million during the July through September reporting period, with Boston-based investor Ian Simmons accounting for the single largest donation of $150,000.
Now, with Hollywood's deep pockets focused on the group, expect the names of industry bigwigs to turn up in the next filing.
The invitation to the Clinton event singled out a number of Hollywood favorites as beneficiaries.
The invited people included are Kentucky candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, Georgia candidate Michelle Nunn, West Virginia candidate Natalie Tennant, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall, Alaska Sen.Mark Begich, Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor and North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan.
The event's lengthy list of co-chairs included Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn, Casey and Laura Wasserman, and LiveNation CEO Michael Rapino, attending the event were Cameron Diaz, Eva Longoria and Jim Parsons.
Katzenberg introduced Clinton where the former secretary of state talked about the importance of keeping a Democratic majority in the Senate to implement immigration reform and other key Obama initiatives.
