Snow and his company have deep ties to the GOP.
The new nominee contributed $1,000 to Bush's 2000 presidential primary campaign, and also gave $1,000 to Bush's principle GOP rival, Arizona Sen. John McCain.
In all, Snow gave at least $12,000 to campaigns in the 1999-2000 election cycle and at least $23,000 in 2001-02, all to Republicans, figures compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show.
Two other CSX executives and a CSX lobbyist were among Bush's top donors, each raising at least $100,000 for Bush's 2000 primary campaign.
CSX itself has been a faithful Republican donor. The company and its employees contributed at least $840,000 to campaigns in the 2001-02 election cycle, with roughly $8 of every $10 going to Republicans. |
