Sally Atwater

Widow of Republican operative Lee Atwater; Trump nominee to be a member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars

During the last decade of Lee Atwater’s life, Sally Atwater worked in the Department of Education under President Ronald Reagan. After Lee succumbed to cancer in 1991, Sally stayed in Washington, D.C., holding positions at the National Institutes of Health, and Health and Human Service. Now she’s a special education teacher in Walterboro, South Carolina. She was unsuccessful in a 2014 bid to be South Carolina’s superintendent of education.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Jim DeMint Former President, Heritage Foundation | Former US Senator and Representative from South Carolina

• 2 contributions · 3,000 USD (Jul 19 '04→Dec 31 '07)

Trump Victory Donald Trump's Joint Fundraising Committee C00618389

• 1 contribution · 2,700 USD (Sep 28 '16)

Donald Trump 45th President of the United States; Former host of The Apprentice Reality show; Real estate developer

• 1 contribution · 2,700 USD (Sep 28 '16)

George W Bush 43rd US president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H W Bush

• 2 contributions · 2,500 USD (Aug 9 '00→Jun 13 '03)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD (Feb 6 '08)

George H W Bush 41st US president; DCI 1976-77

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Dec 2 '91→Mar 25 '92)

Leader PAC

• 3 contributions · 2,000 USD (Apr 16 '92→Jul 15 '93)

D C Republican Committee Federal Campaign Committee

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Jun 14 '05→May 3 '07)

South Carolina Republican Party

• 2 contributions · 1,250 USD (Oct 26 '07→Jun 9 '16)

George Allen US Representative and Senator from Virginia

• 3 contributions · 1,250 USD (Jul 22 '05→Apr 29 '11)

Family

Lee Atwater Republican operative; former chairman of the Republican National Committee

• husband (?→'91)*