Danville's Top Democratic Presidential Campaign Contributors

DANVILLE, CA - California’s primary election will be held on June 7. By then, the presidential field may shrink.

March 1 is Super Tuesday, with voters in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia all going to the polls. In addition, Republicans will hold caucuses in Alaska, Democrats will hold caucuses in Colorado and Democrats in American Samoa will hold their nominating contest.

While Californians are late in the game when it comes to holding our primary, candidates sure love visiting us early and often to collect campaign contributions. In fact, according to the latest filings by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), an astounding $47.3 million has been donated to presidential candidates. The nearest state, Texas, is $12 million behind California.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton has edged Bernie Sanders $21.9 million to $6.1 million.

Nationwide, Clinton has drawn $126.4 million in individual contributions compared to $95.4 million for Sanders.

Those numbers, though, are a bit misleading.

While Clinton’s campaign has raised big bucks from individuals, she’s also been helped by massive money pouring in through Priorities USA Action, a pro-Clinton Super PAC that has raised more than $50 million in support of the former Secretary of State, according to OpenSecrets.

Sanders has raised just $44,968 from outside groups, according to OpenSecrets.

In Danville, 19 donors have contributed $2700 to Clinton:

• Silvin Belotz— $2,700
• Shalini Collins— $2,700
• Kimi Casilas— $2,700
• Stuart Casillas— $2,700
• Gilbert Castro — $2,700
• Aimee Eyvazzadeh — $2,700
• Korin Harvey— $2,700
• Samuel Herrick— $2,700
• Linda Kvistad— $2,700
• Juanita Lott— $2,700
• Matthew John Miszewski— $2,700
• Kathleen O’Toole— $2,700
• Eva Sage-Gavin— $2,700
• Robert Andrew Spinner— $2,700
• Yige Wang— $2,700
• Kara Wilson— $2,700
• Eva Wong— $2,700
• Bing Wu— $2,700
• Wei Zhang— $2,700

In Danville, 12 people have made individual contributions of $250 or more to Sanders:

• Karen Beck— $2,500 (given in multiple contributions)
• William Ashurst— $2,000 (given in multiple contributions)
• Bruce Word— $1,000
• Mark Anderson— $500
• Bette Brockman— $500 (given in multiple contributions)
• Anne Cadenasso— $500
• Lisa Ashe— $250
• Richard Collins— $250
• Brad Davis— $250
• Wendee Hoover— $250
• Mat Moore— $250
• Tom Pickens— $250

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