It turns out the 'Evil' Koch Bros. are only the 59th biggest donors in American politics. Can you guess who is number one?

It turns out the 'Evil' Koch Bros. are only the 59th biggest donors in American politics. Can you guess who is number one?

By Mark Tapscott | FEBRUARY 14, 2014 AT 9:41 AM

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Charles and David Koch are the two most evil people in American politics, right? We know that because Jane Mayer proved it with her landmark "Covert Operations" tour de liberal force in 2010.

Well, it turns out that Mayer's aim was off just a little, by like 58 slots on the all-time biggest donors in American politics list, as compiled by OpenSecrets.org.

OpenSecrets.org tallied the top donors in federal elections between 1989 and 2014. Koch Industries -- privately owned by the Evil Koch Bros -- is on the list, to be sure, but doesn't appear until the 59th slot, with $18 million in donations, 90 percent of which went to Republicans.

Unions, unions, unions

So who occupies the 58 spots ahead of the Evil Koch Bros? Six of the top 10 are ... wait for it ... unions. They gave more than $278 million, with most of it going to Democrats.

These are familiar names: AFSCME ($60.6 million), NEA ($53.5 million), IBEW ($44.4 million), UAW ($41.6 million), Carpenters & Joiners ($39.2 million) and SEIU ($38.3 million).

In other words, the six biggest union donors in American politics gave 15 times more to mostly Democrats than the Evil Koch Bros.

Wall Street and Act Blue, too

Three of the remaining four slots in the top 10 were taken by AT&T ($56.4 million), National Association of Realtors ($51.2 million) and Goldman Sachs ($44.8 million).

So, if money is the measure of evil in American politics and the Evil Koch Bros only come in 59th, who is really the most evil donor ever?

Turns out it's Act Blue, with just short of $100 million in contributions during its lifetime, which only started in 2004, 15 years after the Evil Koch Bros in the OpenSecrets.org compilation.

Any bets on when Mayer's "Covert Operations II: Act Blue" will appear in the New Yorker?

David Koch

David H. Koch is the EVP for Koch Industries, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Note: Andrew L. Stern was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

L. Brooks Entwistle is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and an advisory director for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Robert J. Hurst was the vice chairman for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Anne Welsh McNulty was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Stephen Friedman was a director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Roderick K. von Lipsey was a VP for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Sonal Shah was a VP for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Robert K. Steel was the vice chairman for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is the chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Mark Schwartz was the president & CEO for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), the president & CEO for Soros Fund Management, and George Soros’s senior adviser.

Soros Fund Management is a partner with Silver Lake Kraftwerk Fund.

Silver Lake Kraftwerk Fund is a fund for Silver Lake.

Roger Wittlin was a managing director at Silver Lake, and a group VP for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

George Soros is the founder of Soros Fund Management, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Abby Joseph Cohen was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a senior investment strategist for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

James A. Johnson is a director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank) and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Tracy R. Wolstencroft is an advisory director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Geoffrey T. Boisi was a general partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mario Draghi was a managing director at the honorary trustee Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Suzanne Nora Johnson was the vice chair for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Richard L. Kauffman was the group chairman for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

John L. Thornton was the president & COO for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is the chair for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

John C. Whitehead was the co-chairman & senior partner for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James W. Cicconi was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is the senior EVP for AT&T Inc.

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is a director at AT&T Inc., and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Center for International Policy, and the Economic Policy Institute.  

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Darcy Burner is a director at the Center for International Policy, and was a director at ActBlue.

Gerald W. McEntee is a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and was the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Rhonda Weingarten is a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and an executive committee member for the Council on Competitiveness.

Douglas J. McCarron was the vice chairman for the Council on Competitiveness, and is the president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America.

Ron Gettelfinger was a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and the president of the United Auto Workers (UAW).

Bob King is a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and the president of the United Auto Workers (UAW).

Andrew L. Stern was a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Anna Burger was a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and the secretary-treasurer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Mary Kay Henry is the president for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and a director at the Democracy Alliance.

George Soros was a member of the Democracy Alliance, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Economic Policy Institute, and People for the American Way.

Reg Weaver is a director at People for the American Way, and was the president for the National Education Association (NEA).

America Votes is a national partner with People for the American Way, the National Education Association (NEA), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the AFL-CIO.

Cecile Richards was the president of America Votes, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and married to Kirk Adams.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Kirk Adams is married to Cecile Richards, the international EVP for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and was the organizing director for the AFL-CIO.