So Where Did Scott Walker's Donors Go After He Dropped Out?

BuzzFeed - Steve Pope / Getty Images After Scott Walker left the race, the big question was who his financial backers would support. His biggest backers — the Ricketts family, of Chicago Cubs-owning and TD Ameritrade-founding fame — still remain uncommitted to a candidate. But Walker was considered a serious presidential candidate with people in the establishment and in more conservative circles, as well. So we ran the numbers with the latest campaign fundraising reports to see where Walker's campaign donors have gone with the two candidates everybody speculated would get Walker's donors (Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio) and two candidates that have fundraised well and might also get his supporters (Carly Fiorina and Ted Cruz). We considered a campaign to have "picked up" a Walker donor if that donor a. had contributed to Walker before he dropped out, b. had not contributed to the other campaign since April 1 (the earliest date covered by the July quarterly filing), and c. con