Birmingham's Top Democratic Presidential Campaign Contributors

BIRMINGHAM, MI – Michigan voters will take to the polls on Tuesday, March 8, to cast their ballots for the presidential nomination in each party, and if campaign contributions are any indication of appeal.

If campaign contributions are an indication, Hillary Clinton should be a big winner on the Democratic side. In Michigan, she took in

In Michigan, she’s taken in $1,174,906 so far, compared with $504,517 contributed to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to publicly available contribution data from the Federal Election Commission.

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.

The following people in Birmingham donated $500 or more to Clinton:

• Barbara Bloom, $1,000
• Andrea Brown, $500
• Lois Cohn, $800
• Peggy Daitch, $500
• Debby Davidson, $750
• Ethan Davidson, $2,700
• Gretchen Davidson, $2,700
• Elia Zaid, $2,700
• Allan Gilmour, $2,700
• Barbara Girdon, $500
• Martin Goldman, $500
• Deborah Gordon, $2,700
• Craig E. Hilbourn, $2,700
• Eric Jirgens, $2,700
• Vernon Johnson, $2,700
• Ann Katz, $500
• Norman Katz, $500
• Susan Kaufman, $500
• Patricia Kelter, $500
• Shalina Kumar, $500
• Samuel Lites, $2,700
• Barbara Mahone, $2,700
• Darin McKeever, $2,700
• Mayer Morganroth, $2,700
• Kia Pavloff, $500
• Christine Provost, $2,700
• David Provost, $2,700
• Jesse Matthew Reiter, $2,700
• Robert Riley, $1,000
• Charles Schwartz, $1,000
• Salim Sessine, $2,700
• Pratheep Sevanthinathan, $600
• Susie Sillman, $500
• Susan Sosnick, $3,200
• Sarah Treger Strasberg, $3,000
• Karen Louise Teegarden, $2,700
• Arnold Weingarden, $700

The following people in Birmingham donated $500 or more to Sanders:

• Steve Barone, $500
• Les Clifford, $1,000
• Edi Levy, $635
• Stanley J. Sandrwicz, $2,707.54
• Jessica Winski, $1,765

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