Hermosa Beach's Top Democratic Presidential Campaign Contributors

With Super Tuesday around the corner where voters in 13 states cast their ballots for the presidential nomination in each party, and if campaign contributions are any indication of appeal, Hillary Clinton should be a big winner on the democratic side.

Clinton has received $21,899,489 so far in campaign donations from people in the California, according to publicly available contribution data from the Federal Election Commission.

Her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, has raised $552,513 in the state.

That’s somewhat in line with nationwide numbers that showed Clinton with $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.

Clinton has seven big-spenders in Hermosa Beach, who contributed $2,700, the maximum an individual can donate to a campaign allowed under federal law.

They are:

• FALLEY, MATTHEW N.
• FRIEDL, PHILIP
• GILBERT, LYNNE
• NAKAGAWA, GENE
• SCHWENKMEYER, KRISTEN
• VILLARREAL, ALICIA
• WILSHIRE, CAROL

No one in Hermosa Beach made individual contributions of $1,000 or more to Sanders.

Following voting in four states, Clinton leads Sanders in pledged delegates, 91 to 65. But Clinton holds a commanding lead over the Vermont Sen. in the race for the nomination overall with the support of 453 superdelegates compared to just 20 superdelegates for Sanders.

Names listed twice may be joint donations from spouses.

You can see what contributors in your zip code gave here.

Total contributions to all presidential candidates from California total more than $47 million, by far outpacing the rest of the country. Texas contributions total $35.3 million, and New York State has contributed $30.1 million.