Accolade CEO Raj Singh at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. Singh and his wife, Jill, are among the top fundraisers for Joe Biden. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong)

Former vice president Joe Biden on Saturday released a list of 820 key fundraisers who’ve helped juice the candidate’s war chest as he looks to unseat President Donald Trump.

The so-called “bundlers” include politicians, entertainment moguls and tech heavyweights each of whom have helped Biden raise at least $100,000. The list of fundraisers — available here — does not disclose the exact amounts that each individual raised.

But CNN writes that “the hundreds of big-name bundlers backing Biden underscore how much elite fundraisers have helped Biden outperform President Donald Trump in the money race in recent months.”

CNN notes that Biden is on track to raise $1 billion, and reports that Trump has not disclosed a list of his bundlers.

So, who is on the list from Washington state? A few of Seattle’s well-heeled technology business leaders, that’s for sure.

    • Raj and Jill Singh. Raj Singh is the co-founder of Concur, the travel and entertainment expense software pioneer that sold to SAP for $8.4 billion in 2014. Singh now serves as CEO of health benefits provider Accolade, which completed an initial public offering earlier this year and is now valued at $1.9 billion. The couple are active in politics and community-building, playing a key role in #AllInSeattle fundraising effort earlier this year.
    • Brad Smith, president at Microsoft. Smith, who also sits on the board of Netflix, has worked at Microsoft for 27 years. The lawyer and author of the book Tools and Weapons has taken the lead in many policy initiatives at Microsoft, from immigration to cybersecurity to privacy.
    • Michael Parham, general counsel and senior vice president at RealNetworks. The University of Michigan trained lawyer has worked at RealNetworks since 2012, and leads the software company’s licensing efforts.
    • Suzi and Eric LeVine. The former Microsofties are some of the most active Democratic fundraisers, so it’s not a surprise to see them on this list. Suzi LeVine is the former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, serving from June 2014 until January 2017. She now leads Washington state’s employment security department. After a 12 year career at Microsoft, Eric LeVine founded CellarTracker, a wine review and tracking system.
    • David Zapolsky and Lynn Hubbard. Zapolsky is the long-serving general counsel and senior vice president at Amazon. He’s also a member of Amazon’s influential S-team which drives the $1.5 trillion company’s strategy.
    • Jon and Kimberly Shirley. Jon Shirley is the former president of Microsoft.

Microsoft confirmed Smith’s role as a bundler, but he was not available for further comment. Parham was also not available to comment.

In a statement to GeekWire, Raj Singh said he and his wife are “huge believers in our country and the incredible resilience of our democracy.”

He continued:

And that resilience requires great engagement from the population – regardless of the candidates that they support. That’s why we are so excited to see the incredible turnout that already seems to have materialized for the 2020 election. In fact, our most material contributions in this election cycle were to non-partisan groups that helped register people to vote. And yes, we are supporters of the Biden/Harris ticket. Their values regarding critical matters of the economy, social justice, immigration, healthcare, and science are far more aligned with our way of thinking than their opponents. We are hopeful for an orderly and peaceful election cycle and more than anything hope for a process of healing that brings a divided country together.

Others from Washington state on Biden’s bundler list include: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal; Zumiez co-founder Tom Campion; former Seattle deputy mayor Tim Ceis; public relations executive Roger Nyhus; non-profit leader Pam Eakes and others.

There are 17 individuals from Seattle and Bellevue on the Biden bundler list, which only discloses name, city and state.

Nationally, other notables on the list include former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg; LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman; venture capitalist Ron Conway and Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

It’s not a surprise that Biden is drawing on financial support in high-tech circles in the Seattle metropolitan area, which leans heavily Democratic. Biden has a 99% chance to win Washington state and its 12 electoral votes, according to Five Thirty Eight.

That one-sided nature of the race leaves many voters in the Evergreen state feeling as if their vote in the presidential race is inconsequential. One way to counter that: fundraising.

(Editor’s note: Zapolsky and Shirley were added to the list after initial publication).

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