Santa Monica: Top Republican 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, it could be a close race on the Republican side.

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson has raised $2,741,477 in individual donations in the California, according to publicly available contribution data from the Federal Election Commission, despite polling in last place among remaining candidates nationally.

Here’s how much the other Republican candidates have taken in from the state:

• Florida Sen. Marco Rubio — $4,562,346
• Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — $3,133,011
• Ohio Gov. John Kasich — $708,585
• Donald Trump — $208,891

National contribution numbers tell a different story, with Carson leading the way, followed by Cruz, Rubio, Trump and Kasich.

Those numbers, though, are a bit misleading.

While the campaigns have raised plenty of money through individual contributions, Super PACs have poured tons of money to support campaigns as well.

Outside groups have raised $46,726,605 for Cruz, $13,807,549 for Carson, $34,313,903 for Rubio, $6,729,311 for Kasich and $1,894,509 for Trump, according to OpenSecrets.

Who’s giving money in Malibu? These are the individuals with a contribution of at least $1,000 to Republican campaigns:

Ben Carson

• DOVEL, GREGORY
• GRAMMER, KELSEY
• KAYNE, RIC MR.
• LEWIS, JAMES C. MR.
• MORELAND, JOHN
• NOTEWARE, BRIAN MR.

Ted Cruz

• BARAVARIAN, BOB
• CONLEY, ELIZABETH
• EBERHART, JOSIAH
• EBERHART, JOSIAH
• FOSTER, ASHLEIGH MS.
• KHARASCH, IRA D. MR.
• KHARASCH, IRA D. MR.
• KORN, SAMUEL MR.
• LEVY, JACOB SHAOUL
• LEVY, SHAOUL
• LEVY, SHAOUL
• MCGIMSEY, DIANE
• NOURAFCHAN, DARIUS MR.
• PALMER, ASHLEY BREN
• PALMER, ASHLEY BREN
• PALMER, ASHLEY BREN
• PALMER, DAN
• PALMER, DAN MR.
• PALMER, DAN MR.
• PLOTKE, FRED W. MR.
• STANG, JAMES
• WENDEL, BRIAN
• WENDEL, BRIAN
• WENDEL, BRIAN
• WENDEL, BRIAN
• WENDEL, BRIAN
• WENDEL, BRIAN

Marco Rubio

• CARNEY, JARED
• COHN, ADAM MR.
• COPPOLA, ARTHUR M. MR.
• DICKER, BRANDI MRS.
• DICKER, JEREMY MR.
• ELLIOTT, DARRIN MRS.
• ELLIOTT, MIKEL MR.
• FOGELMAN, JOHN MR.
• GEHRING, THOMAS G. MR.
• GIBSON, GORDON MR.
• GIBSON, GORDON MR.
• HAMILTON, ROBERT DR.
• HELGOE, BRIAN D. MR.
• HOCHMAN, NATHAN J. MR.
• KAPLAN, SHELBY J.
• MARTIN, DAVID MR.
• MARTIN, MARY MRS.
• MCCLELLAN, RYAN MR.
• MERINO, ALEXANDER MR.
• NOURAFCHAN, DARIUS MR.
• ORWITZ, MICHAEL MR.
• ORWITZ, MICHAEL MR.
• ORWITZ, MICHAEL MR.
• SHAMOS, LORIN
• SHELTON, TRACI K.
• SHIRKEN, BRIAN MR.
• SHIRKEN, KIRSTEN MRS.
• SINGLETON, CARY MRS.
• SINGLETON, WILLIAM MR.
• SLOAN, SHELDON MR.
• TELLEFSEN, STEPHANIE MRS.
• TELLEFSEN, THOMAS R. MR.
• TILTON, PETER MR.
• VAN DE BUNT, BENNET MR.
• WATT, JAMES SCOTT MR.
• WATT, JAMES SCOTT MR.
• WATT, JAMES SCOTT MR.

John Kasich

• ALPER, ARTHUR J.
• DREW, DOUGLAS
• DUVAL, GLENN
• LOWE, ELIZABETH
• MARKOFF, STEVEN C
• SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD
• WORTHE, JEFFREY M.

Donald Trump

• GELB, JAMES
• HARMAN, JOHN

The maximum amount of money an individual can give to a campaign under federal law is $2,700.

Following voting in four states, Trump holds a commanding lead in delegate count with 82. Cruz has 17 pledged delegates, Rubio 16, Kasich 6 and Carson 4.

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

Names listed twice may be joint donations from spouses.

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.