[This post has been corrected; see note below] Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the nephew of California real estate magnate Angelo K. Tsakopoulos, will be fundraising for Sacramento area congressman Dan Lungren, R-Calif., tomorrow night, according to an invitation received by Party Time.

Angelo K. Tsakopoulos and his wife Sofia, together the fourth biggest contributors to federal candidates in 2008, gave over 95 percent of this bounty to Democrats. His nephew Angelo G., also a real estate developer, is a GOP donor — albeit on a much lower plane that his father. He and his wife Katerina appear to be letting Lungren, a conservative who challenged Boehner for Minority Leader in 2008, use their Carmichael, Calif. home to fundraise for his re-election bid.

Angelo G. has given about $7,500 to Lungren since 2003. His uncle has given the conservative lawmaker $3,200, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics.

Members of the Tsakopoulos family, including Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis — appointed by President Obama to be ambassador to Hungary – have given $58,000 to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., from 1990 to 2004, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics (Angelo G. has not been among them). Boehner would replace Pelosi if the Republicans take the House in November.

According to news reports, Pelosi calls herself a friend of the Tsakopoulos family and her husband has benefited from real estate ventures with ATK Development, the company founded by Angelo Tsakopoulos. Eleni was ATK’s president before becoming an ambassador. Paul Pelosi Jr. has raked in between $1.4 million and $9 million from his real estate partnership with ATK Development, financial disclosure forms show.

The Speaker even attended Eleni’s Senate confirmation hearing last year, saying, “My husband and I are here as friends and admirers of the Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis family,” the Washington Times reported, referring to Markos Konalakis, the former publisher of the Washington Monthly, who is Eleni’s husband.

There is yet another well-heeled member of the Tsakopoulos clan: Eleni’s brother Kyriakos, who was on Obama’s national fundraising team and bundled between $50,000 and $100,000 for the presidential race, according to CRP.

Since 1989, Angelo has given over $12 million to federal and state candidates’ campaigns and members of the family have given over $600,000 to the Democratic Congressional Committee. (To search for campaign contributions, go to TransparencyData.com.)

As for Lungren, who gets more contributions from the real estate sector than any other, the Tsakopoulos family has contributed over $21,000 to the congressman since 2003. Lungren’s race leans in his favor, according to the Cook Political Report. However, his Democratic opponent Ami Bera has out-raised the veteran lawmaker, according to CRP.

Boehner is listed as a “special guest” on the invitation to the reception, taking place at the Tsakopoulos’s home. The “minimum contribution” to attend the reception is $250 while donors can snap a photo with the minority leader for $1,000.

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Correction: The original post incorrectly stated that the Dan Lungren fundraiser was being held at the home of top Democratic donors Angelo and Sofia Tsakopoulos. In fact, the event is being held at Angelo’s nephew’s home, named Angelo G. Tsakopoulos, who is not a Democatic donor. Angelo G. has given more campaign contributions to Republicans than Democrats. A call made to the elder Tsakoupoulos for confirmation was not returned.

The initital post had said that Angelo Tsakopoulos had contributed $4,400 to Dan Lungen in the 2010 cycle. In fact, Angelo K. has given $1,000 and Angelo G. has given $3,400.

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