The Post-Gazette reviewed hundreds of pages of campaign contribution records, made available through the Federal Election Commission, to calculate which areas of the city are most politically generous. Along the way, we came across some notable names:
Tom Murphy, mayor of Pittsburgh, $500 to John Kerry.
Jon Burnett, KDKA weatherman, $75 to George W. Bush.
Jerome Bettis, Pittsburgh Steelers running back, $2,000 to Bush.
Franco Harris, former Steelers running back, $1,000 to Kerry.
Philip Pelusi, president of Studio of Elegance, $110 to Bush.
Esther Bush, Urban League of Pittsburgh, $600 to Kerry.
Elsie Hillman, Republican civic leader, $2,000 to Bush.
Freddie Fu, University of Pittsburgh surgeon, $2,000 to Kerry.
Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. attorney,$500 to Bush.
Ivan Itkin, former gubernatorial candidate, $1,000 to Kerry.
William Lieberman, chair of Pittsburgh's oversight board, $2,000 to Bush and $500 to Joe Lieberman.
Richard Florida, Carnegie Mellon University's "creative class" professor, $2,000 to Kerry.
Jim Roddey, former county chief executive, $2,000 to Bush.
Al Fondy, president of the Pittsburgh teachers union, $700 to Kerry and $200 to Howard Dean.
Jim Broadhurst, CEO of Eat'n Park restaurants, $2,000 to Kerry and $1,000 to Bush.
Herbert Elish, director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, $2,000 to Kerry.
Frank Fuhrer, owner of a South Side beer wholesaler, $2,000 to Bush.
Esther Barazzone, president of Chatham College, $1,000 to Kerry.
Karen Shapira, wife of Giant Eagle Inc. CEO, $2,000 to Lieberman.
James E. Rohr, chairman of PNC Bank, $2,000 to Bush.
Stan Savran, sports broadcaster, $500 to Kerry.
