Howard Kessler

Individual

Also gave $556K to joint fundraising committees. That isn't in the totals here, because those committees pass the money on to others.

Grouped by the exact name reported to the FEC, which has no ID for individual donors. Other people with this name may be included.

Total Contributed

$201K

Contributions

Recipients

Active Period

1999–2026

Donor Profile

Party Lean

D $187KIndependent $1KR $900

Top States

DC$102K

MA$33K

FL$29K

MT$11K

IL$6K

Giving Trend

↑ 107%

2025–2026 vs 2023–2024

Employer

KESSLER GROUP

Summary

KESSLER, HOWARD is an individual political donor based in FL. They have contributed $201K across 96 contributions to 46 recipients. Their average contribution is $2K. Top recipients include DSCC, LOIS FRANKEL FOR CONGRESS, MONTANANS FOR TESTER. Their political giving spans from the 2000 to the 2026 election cycle, with peak giving of $38K in 2012.

Giving Pattern by Cycle

Contribution amounts per election cycle, colored by recipient party

All Recipients

Committees and candidates receiving contributions, all cycles

#	Name	Party	State	Total	Contributions
1	DSCC	Democratic	DC	$83,500	6
2	LOIS FRANKEL FOR CONGRESS	Democratic	FL	$13,600	4
3	MONTANANS FOR TESTER	Democratic	MT	$11,400	5
4	KENNEDY FOR MASSACHUSETTS	Democratic	MA	$11,000	4
5	COMMITTEE TO ELECT DAN KOH	Democratic	MA	$7,000	2
6	FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE	Democratic	IL	$6,100	3
7	CORY 2020	Democratic	DC	$5,600	1
8	DONNA DEMOCRATS	Democratic	FL	$5,600	2
9	RUFUS GIFFORD FOR CONGRESS	Democratic	MA	$5,400	2
10	DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS	Democratic	DC	$5,000	1
11	GROUNDWORK PROJECT PAC	—	MA	$5,000	1
12	PRAIRIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	—	DC	$4,800	1
13	AMY KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS	Democratic	NJ	$2,800	1
14	BECKY GROSSMAN FOR CONGRESS	Democratic	MA	$2,800	1
15	FRIENDS OF WEINER	Democratic	NY	$2,400	1
16	YEN BAILEY FOR CONGRESS	Democratic	FL	$2,240	4
17	CAMPAIGN FOR FLORIDA'S FUTURE	Democratic	FL	$2,000	1
18	BOB GRAHAM FOR PRESIDENT INC	Democratic	FL	$2,000	1
19	BILL NELSON FOR US SENATE	Democratic	FL	$2,000	2
20	GEPHARDT FOR PRESIDENT, INC.	Democratic	DC	$2,000	1
21	WYDEN FOR SENATE	Democratic	OR	$2,000	1
22	THE MARTY MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE	Democratic	MA	$2,000	1
23	TORRICELLI FOR U S SENATE INC	Democratic	NJ	$2,000	2
24	LEON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE	Democratic	FL	$1,750	3
25	HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC	Democratic	DC	$1,000	1

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Source: FEC bulk data

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