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Thirteen families and 37 private companies produced multiple Pioneers and/or Rangers.

Multi-Pioneer Families
Led by President George W. Bush's own clan, 13 U.S. families bred two or more elite donors who raised at least $100,000 for the 2000 or 2004 campaigns. Seven Bush family members raised $100,000 or more for at least one of his campaigns. Brother Neil Bush and cousin Elsie Walker also took the 2000 Pioneer pledge but failed to reach their $100,000 Pioneer target.
 
Bush Dynasty Pioneers
Pioneer/Ranger Members
In 2000 or 2004
Relation To
President
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Dorothy Bush Koch Sister Wine Institute CEO's spouse Bethesda, MD
Marvin Pierce Bush Brother Winston Partners Alexandria, VA
H.T. 'Bucky' Bush Uncle Bush-O'Donnell Co. St. Louis, MO
Jonathan Bush Uncle Riggs Investment Mgmt. Co. New Haven, CT
Dorothy Stapleton Cousin Czech Ambassador's spouse Greenwich, CT
Craig N. Stapleton Cousin's spouse Czech Ambassador Greenwich, CT
George Herbert Walker IV Cousin Goldman Sachs & Co. New York, NY
* Ambassador Craig Stapleton is a 2004 Bush Pioneer in his own right.

Thirteen other families bred multiple elite Bush donors, with three trifecta families producing three Pioneers or Rangers. Mercer Reynolds, who once bought out George W. Bush's failing oil company, is Bush's ex-Swiss ambassador and current national finance chair. The grandfathers of Mercer and Pioneer cousin James Reynolds bought the "Cracker's Neck" wood pulp plantation outside Atlanta. Along with Pioneer--and apparent family member-- Harold Reynolds, their grandsons developed the land into Reynolds Plantation, a luxury development that was the site of major fundraisers for Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns.

Ranger Richard Egan co-founded EMC Corp., a fabulously successful computer data-storage giant that maintained an inbred board long after it became a major corporation. Even before it was hammered by the high-tech bubble burst, EMC faced accusations of excessive executive competition and complaints about EMC rent payments to companies run by Egan's Ranger sons. Egan is Bush's ex-Ambassador to Ireland.

Sam Fox is another Ranger father of two Ranger sons. The Fox family's Harbour Group specializes in takeovers of manufacturing companies and has major investments in China. Sam Fox ironically told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he got involved in politics in the 1980s out of concern over the huge federal deficit. He was among 22 wealthy business leaders whom the president, who calls this donor "Foxie," invited to a 2001 lunch to discuss  tax cuts for the rich.

The Pickens family of Dallas--which recently squabbled over its oil inheritance--had two members who raised more than $100,000 for Bush's campaigns. Three other family members took the 2000 Pioneer pledge but failed to reach their $100,000 target (John T., Michael K. and William C. Pickens). A T. Boone Pickens spokesperson says that he is not related to this Pickens family.
 
Other Pioneering Families
Family No. Pioneers & Rangers 
Members In 2000 or 2004
Main Fortune Home
Egan 3 Richard, Chris & Michael EMC Corp. (computers) Hopkinton, MA
Fox 3 Sam, Greg & Jeff Harbour Group (finance) St. Louis, MO
Reynolds 3 Mercer, James & Harold Reynolds Plantation (developers) Greensboro, GA
Bailey 2 Irving & Catherine Providian Corp. (finance) Louisville, KY
Freeman 2  Brad & Russell Freeman Spogli & Co. (finance) L.A. & Fargo, ND
Haslam 2 James II & James III Pilot Corp. (truck stops) Knoxville, TN
Hubbard 2 Allan & Kathy E&A Industries, Inc. (chemicals) Indianapolis, IN
Lessing 2 Stephen & Stephen, Jr. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (finance) Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Lindner 2 Carl, Jr. & Carl III American Financial Group (finance) Cincinnati, OH
Mitchell 2 Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Brothers, Inc. (construction) Mobile, AL
Pickens 2 J. Bryan & Robert Oil inheritance Dallas, TX
Siegel 2 Ned & Stephanie Siegel Group (developers) Boca Raton, FL
Zachariah 2 Zachariah & Mammen Holy Cross Hospital (physicians) Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Multi-Pioneer/Ranger Employers
There are 38 private companies that support more than one Bush Pioneer or Ranger by employing these elite donors (or in some cases helping to support a spouse who is not a major bread winner). Investment banks Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley lead the pack by employing four Pioneers or Rangers apiece. Nine other companies each support three Pioneers or Rangers, including three companies that employ two or more elite Bush donors from a single family.
 
Companies Supporting Multiple
Pioneers or Rangers
Company Rangers & 
Pioneers In 
2000 & 2004
Industry
Bear Stearns & Co.
4
Finance
Morgan Stanley
4
Finance
*American Financial Group
3
Insurance
Blank Rome
3
Lobbyists
Cassidy & Associates
3
Lobbyists
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
3
Finance
Goldman Sachs & Co.
3
Finance
*Harbour Group
3
Finance
*Mitchell Brothers, Inc.
3
Homebuilder
Poole McKinley & Blosser
3
Lobbyists
Reynolds DeWitt & Co.
3
Finance
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
2
Lobbyists
American Continental Group
2
Lobbyists
Aon Corp.
2
Insurance
Cardinal Investment Co.
2
Finance
*Chrysalis Ventures
2
Finance
Deloitte& Touche
2
Accounting
Dover Management, LLC
2
Finance
*E&A Industries, Inc.
2
Energy
Fidelity Investments
2
Finance
Freeman Spogli & Co.
2
Finance
Gallatin Group
2
Lobbyists
Haynes & Boone
2
Lawyers
*Holy Cross Hospital
2
Health
JPMorgan
2
Finance
Kojaian Companies
2
Developer
MBNA Corp.
2
Finance
Microsoft
2
Computers
Northwestern Mutual Life
2
Insurance
Park Strategies
2
Lobbyists
*Pilot Corp.
2
Energy
PricewaterhouseCoopers
2
Accounting
Reliant Energy
2
Energy
*Reynolds Plantation
2
Developer
*Siegel Groupt>
2
Developer
Trust Co. of the West
2
Finance
U.S. Sugar Corp.
2
Agriculture
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
2
Health
*Employs or provides for multiple members of the same family (see "Pioneering Families").