OpenSecrets.org reports that people living in Palm Beach ZIP code 33480 contributed about 102 times as much as the average ZIP code to political candidates for the 2010 election cycle.
The total reported is $2.874 million, compared to $28,078 for the average ZIP code. The figure is based on Federal Election Commission data available on Nov. 15, and the website credits the Center for Responsive Politics for the information.
The top contributors in the town ZIP code listed gave $30,400 each, the website shows, and include Richard D. Greenfield, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, attorney; John Noffo Kahn, National Republican Congressional Committee, retired; Karin F. Luter, National Republican Congressional Committee; John K. Castle, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Castle Harlan Inc./chairman and CEO; Marianne Castle, National Republican Senatorial Committee; Diana Wister, National Republican Senatorial Committee, self-employed; William R. Wister Jr., National Republican Senatorial Committee, retired; Gerald R. Jordan Jr., National Republican Senatorial Committee, Hellman Jordan Management Co.; William I. Koch, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Oxbow Group, president/CEO; John J. Noffo Kahn, Republican National Committee, retired.
According to OpenSecrets. org, top contributions from Palm Beach during the 2010 cycle went to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, $288,626; Marco Rubio (R), $216,890; the National Republican Congressional Committee, $146,837; Allen B. West (R), $143,029; Ron Klein (D), $112,050; Charlie Crist (I), $97,900; Republican National Committee, $93,039; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, $90,300; Tom Rooney (R), $78,950; Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, $72,400.
On Nov. 2, Rubio won a U.S. Senate seat; West defeated incumbent Klein in Florida’s 22nd congressional district race; and Rooney was re-elected in Florida’s 16th congressional district race.