Santorum's S.C. campaign gets boost from BlueCross BlueShield execs
By Gina Smith | The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Rick Santorum’s S.C. base — at least financially speaking — is BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, located in northeast Richland County.
The former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, who is getting a second look by many after his virtual tie with GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, had raised $80,080 from S.C. donors as of the end of 2011’s third quarter.
More than a quarter of that money, $21,000, came from top executives of BlueCross, the largest S.C.-based insurance company, according to the Federal Elections Commission, which tracks candidate donations.
James D’Alessio, the company’s vice president of government affairs, is Santorum’s “S.C. business coalitions” chairman, helping, in his spare time, Santorum build S.C. business ties.
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