Gary Tharaldson
Profile Summary
Gary Tharaldson is a U.S. real estate billionaire based in North Dakota, born in 1945, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.2 billion RTB.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 records on file, totaling $1,535,280.66; these sampled records span 2016-10-27 to 2025-12-19 and do not represent his complete contribution history FEC. The sample includes $1,215,031 classified as Unknown, $314,249.66 to Republican recipients, and $6,000 to Democratic recipients FEC. His largest listed recipients in the sample were Best of America PAC ($1,000,000), Trump 47 Committee, Inc. ($100,000), the Republican National Committee ($98,516), NRSC ($67,600), and Fedorchak Victory Committee ($50,000) FEC.
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 158 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $1,535,280.66.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
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Giving score
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