In Partners We Trust
Nineteen current and former 2016 U.S. presidential contenders combined to spend $3.68 million with their top 50 solution providers through the end of January, according to a CRN analysis of filings with the U.S. Federal Elections Commission (FEC).
Many campaigns started by looking in their own backyard for IT support, with six current and former governors in the race tapping a combined nine solution providers from their home states. Campaigns also leveraged the channel to scale up for the early contests, with six of the top 50 partners hailing from early primary states Iowa, South Carolina and Nevada.
California and the Virginia-Maryland-Washington, D.C., area were the most popular locations for partners supporting the presidential campaigns, with seven and eight in those locations, respectively, in the top 50.
Read on to learn which partners have brought in the most dough from presidential campaigns.
