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Campaign Spending

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Brick GOP Outspends, Out-Fundraises Democrats in Council Election

State data shows Brick Republicans have spent five times more on the council election than Brick Democrats

Brick's Republican organization has raised more than 15 times as much money as township Democrats this election cycle and has spent more than five times as much, according to state data. Both parties submitted reports to the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission earlier this month which list how much money they have raised, how much money they have spent as well as which people or businesses donated sums of money larger than $300. Republicans submitted individual reports for each candidate; Democrats submitted one report for their ticket as a whole, as well as reports for candidates. In all, the total amount raised by the four Republican candidates this election cycle amounted to $183,640. Democrats reported raising $12,106. Between …

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