Elite Bush donors hail from 49 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and London, England. Only Rhode Island has yet to produce a Bush Pioneer or Ranger. Bush's home state of Texas produced the most elite donors, providing 66 in each of the 2000 and 2004 races. While Texas produced comparable numbers of elite donors in both election cycles, dramatic growth in other states has caused Texas' share of this donor network to slip from 27 percent in 2000 to 12 percent in 2004.

• The Bush dynasty states of Texas and Florida were the leading bastions of elite Bush donors in both 2000 and 2004.

 
• The most dramatic growth in elite Bush donors came in the finance capital of New York, which quintupled the ranks of its elite donors. Meanwhile battleground state Ohio quadrupled its elite Bush donors, as did Virginia and the District of Columbia.

 
• Two states on the 2004 top-10 list virtually built their elite-donor networks from scratch. Georgia leapt from three elite donors to 20, while Illinois shot from one to 18.

 
• Just one state produced fewer elite donors in 2004 than tit did in 2000: New Jersey dropped from 18 to 14.