Dear [Mark Cuban]: Thank you for supporting food banks. Nous, Yahoo, faisons partie de la famille de marques Yahoo. . Mark Cuban under fire for remarks on Georgia election NBA owners have donated significantly more to the Republicans than Democrats ahead of the November presidential election, according to a wide-ranging report from John Gonzalez of The Ringer. As a country, we make decisions. Emily Rella is . Mark Cuban | Biography, Companies, Pharmacy, & Facts Sign up for notifications from Insider! Mark Cuban founded video portal Broadcast.com with fellow Indiana University alum Todd Wagner in 1995 and sold it to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in 1999. I literally had lunch with President Obama in the West Wing and I was like, 'Before we get started, I'm not writing any checks, right?'". Editor's note: This is one in a series of six pieces that shows how professional sports owners in America contribute to political campaigns, why they spend millions in the space and what that financial power means as athletes across sports continue to embrace activism of their own. Want to see it get better ? Charity isnt sufficient, John Legend (@johnlegend) November 12, 2020, Cuban responded, Lets go all the way. There are ways to support candidates and causes beyond money, as Cuban has done. The Commission maintains a database of individuals who have made contributions to federally registered political committees. California fast-food chain In-N-Out faced calls for boycotts after it donated $25,000 to the California GOP in 2018. I don't want any part of that.". "You can't cure every ill with a government program. There are rules. In the 2018 election cycle, Facebook PAC spent $278,000 supporting candidates for federal office, mostly on Republicans, records show. Rounding out the top-level Republican donations from sports team owners between $250,000 to $499,999 include: Ken Kendrick of the Arizona Diamondbacks at $448,700, Philip F. Anschutz of the LA Kings at $411,400, Dee Haslam of the Cleveland Browns at $359,800, and Jimmy Haslam of the Browns at $329,400.