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Charles Johnson makes far more political donations than other owners

We’ve known for a while that San Francisco Giants majority owner Charles Johnson has an ugly history of political contributions. Just a few years ago, it was reported that Johnson had donated to a super PAC that was running wildly racist ads.

On Wednesday, less than a week ahead of the presidential election, ESPN and FiveThirtyEight released a report detailing the political contributions of American sports owners. The article notes that no such report can be entirely comprehensive, but they did manage to uncover the contributions of 160 owners and commissioners covering 125 teams.