Middletown's Top Democratic Presidential Campaign Contributors

Connecticut voters will take to the polls on April 26 to cast their ballots for the presidential nomination in each party, and if campaign contributions are any indication of appeal, it looks like former U.S. Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on the upswing.

Connecticut residents have donated four times as much money to Hillary Clinton as her opponent Bernie Sanders. Clinton has received more than $1.8 million to Sanders’ $388,000, according to the Federal Election Commission campaign finance reports.

Those numbers, though, are a bit misleading.

While Clinton’s campaign has raised big bucks from individuals, she is also helped by massive money pouring in through Priorities USA Action, a pro-Clinton Super PAC that 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.

Who’s giving money in Middlesex County? These are the top individual contributions to Democratic campaigns:

Donations to the Clinton Campaign:

• AVINO, DIANA — CLINTON — $276
• BURTON, NANI R. — MIDDLEFIELD — $1,000
• BYSIEWICZ, SUSAN — MIDDLETOWN — $2,700
• HESKY, FRANK — MIDDLETOWN — $400
• DOHERTY, EDWARD — PORTLAND — $250
• DOHM, FAITH — DURHAM — $250
• DONALDSON, DAVID — MIDDLETOWN — $2,700
• DREW, DANIEL — MIDDLETOWN — $1,000
• EVANS, FRANCES — MIDDLETOWN — $642
• FACCADIO, LISA — MIDDLETOWN — $250
• FLOOD, CHRISTOPHER — PORTLAND — $2,700
• HAGLUND, SORAYA — CROMWELL — $250
• HAUSER, DEBRA — CLINTON — $2,700
• HUBBARD, JACQUELINE — ESSEX — $1,350
• HUEBNER, RICHARD — PORTLAND — $1,000
• JOHNS, SUSAN — EAST HADDAM — $225
• LANDINO, ROBERT — WESTBROOK — $1,000
• MASCI, LINDA — CLINTON — $600
• MCCORMICK, SHARON —DURHAM — $1,000
• NEEDLEMAN, NORMAN —ESSEX — $2,350
• OLSEN, JOHN— CLINTON — $250
• PHILLIPS, WILLIAM — ESSEX — $1,000
• ROSSI, THEODORE — MIDDLETOWN — $2,700
• ROSSI, THEODORE — MIDDLETOWN —$1,000
• SCHUMANN, DAVID —KILLINGWORTH — $1,025
• SCILLIA, CAROLE — MIDDLETOWN — $250
• TRAMBADIA, VINI — MIDDLETOWN — $500

Donations to the Sanders Campaign:

• BONIN, HELENE —MIDDLETOWN —$1,055
• BUCKINGHA, MALLORY — MIDDLETOWN — $723
• CHAPIN, BRUCE — DURHAM — $2,035
• ELLIOTT, VINCENT — MOODUS —$1,020
• GANDHY, ANNAITA — MIDDLETOWN — $325
• INGRAM, ROBERT — ESSEX — $409
• LEVEILLE, MADELEINE — CLINTON — $250
• MALAN, SUSAN — ESSEX — $200
• MARKS, ALEXANDRA — EAST HADDAM — $500
• MCCANN, PATRICK — DURHAM —$500
• POTTER, DIANA HITT —HADDAM — $200
• RHINES, JOHN F. — EAST HAMPTON —$498
• SHAPIRO, PHILIP —DURHAM —$1,260
• TERRY, DAVID — EAST HAMPTON — $535
• TOROP, PAUL — MIDDLETOWN —$200
• WALDNER, ED — MIDDLEFIELD — $321
• WINSTON, KRISHNA — MIDDLETOWN — $250
• YANKURA, E STEVEN —CLINTON — $500
• ZACK, CATHY — DURHAM — $850

Following voting in three states, Clinton leads Sanders in pledged delegates, 52 to 51. Clinton holds a commanding lead over the Vermont senator in the race for the nomination overall with the support of 445 superdelegates, compared to 18 superdelegates for Sanders.

Brian McCready and Jaimie Cura contributed to this report.