Oil and gas magnate Harold Hamm donated to Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley. Pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren and Midland Energy Inc. CEO Syed Javaid Anwar contributed to DeSantis, too. Billionaire energy executive Jeffery Hildebrand is backing North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s campaign.

Coal executive Joe Craft and his wife, Kelly — who served as ambassador to the United Nations under Trump — have donated to DeSantis, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie.

Meanwhile, none of those wealthy energy donors has cut Trump big checks for his 2024 campaign, according to campaign finance reports due Saturday.

[This is particularly noteworthy, considering that energy policy is one of Trump’s unalloyed victories in his first term. If any industry had a vested interest in a second Trump term, it would be the energy industry. Their departure should be worrying Trump. — Ed]