They included:

Tim Ryan, the Democrat running for Ohio's open Senate seat, who received $5,000 from CUNA. His opponent, Republican J.D. Vance, did not receive any donation from the credit union or banking groups.
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), who received $5,000 from CUNA for his tight re-election bid against Republican Herschel Walker, who received no donation from the credit union or banking groups.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who received $10,000 from CUNA in her failed attempt to keep her House seat in the Republican primary. The banking groups did not contribute to any candidate in the race.

There were 63 candidates that received donations from the banking groups, but not from the credit union groups. Banks gave only $24,500 to five Democrats, but $274,000 to 58 Republicans. Two examples were:

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who received $5,000 from banking groups but none from credit union groups in his reelection bid against Blake Masters, a former investment firm executive endorsed by former president, Donald Trump. Masters received no money from either the banking or credit union groups.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who has received a combined $15,000 from ABA and ICBA in his reelection bid. He is running against Mandela Barnes, a Democrat who is Wisconsin's lieutenant governor. Barnes received no support from either the banking or credit union groups.

Among all 767 congressional candidates receiving donations from at least one of the four groups, the 350 Democrats received $1.4 million from the credit union groups, accounting for 54% of their donations, and $823,500 from the banking groups, accounting for 32% of their donations.

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