I’m still playing catch up with the quarterly FEC Reports. This post covers the 1st quarter
2013, January – March.
You can browse these reports yourself at www.fec.gov.
As always I apologize in advance for any errors or
misinterpretations. I am neither a
lawyer nor an accountant, just an interested observer and these thoughts should
be taken as such.
Where there are two numbers separated by a slash, the first
is the amount for this quarter and the second is the amount for the election
cycle.
Watch the itemized (over $250 donations), unitemized
(smaller donations), and PAC ratios.
In
open races or in challenger’s reports, there are usually fewer PAC
donations. They like to stick with
people they are fairly certain are going to win.
Reports can be arranged alphabetically by donor (which makes it easy to track multiple donations by any one individual, unless they made more than one donation at once), chronologically (which makes it easy to see when the campaign held fundraisers), or scrambled (which is just a pain to deal with).
UPDATE: Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (13th district) is running for governor. She is still filing FEC reports but they are not included here and will be dealt with separately.
6th
Congressional District
Jim Gerlach, Republican
(incumbent)
Receipts
Itemized 112,150.00
Unitemized 300.00
Total of Contributions from
Individuals 112,450.00 / 112,950.00
Political Party Committees: 0.00 / 0.00
PACs: 182,000.00
/ 189,000.00
The Candidate: 0.00 / 0.00
Total Contributions: 294,450.00
/ 301,950.00
Loans Made by the Candidate: 0.00 / 0.00
Offsets to Operating Expenditures
(Refunds, etc.): 14,723.08 / 14,723.08
Other Receipts: 461.09 /
974.27
Total Receipts: 309,634.17
/ 317,647.35
Disbursements
Operating Expenditures: 86,449.59
/ 161,855.41
Refunds 0.00 / 1,000.00
Other Disbursements: 100.00 /
100.00
Total Disbursements: 86,549.59 / 162,955.41
Cash Summary.
Cash On Hand At Beginning Of
Reporting Period 254,009.30
Total Receipts 309,634.17
Total Disbursements 86,549.59
Cash On Hand At Close Of The
Reporting Period 477,093.88
Gerlach’s reports are arranged
chronologically not alphabetically so it is hard to track multiple donations
from the same person. That being said,
14 of the 69 itemized donations were from out of state. There were 6 donations of $5200, the total
amount allowed for the election cycle.
Among his donors were some Republican heavy hitters, Manny Stamatakis,
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., and Nick DeBenedictis. There are also donations from two executives
at Boston Beer Company. Among the PAC
donations there are four trucking related PACs, several medical PACs, and a
smattering of restaurant and insurance industry PACs. There is also a donation from a for profit
education group.
In disbursements the campaign is
making monthly payments to the Gula Graham Group and Power 8 Political
Consulting. In addition the campaign has
hired an individual fundraising
consultant / FEC compliance person.
There are payments of around $4600 for a thank you party at a place
called Teca. That must have been some
party.
7th
Congressional District
Pat Meehan, Republican
(incumbent)
Receipts
Itemized 123,400.00
Unitemized 2,467.00
Total of Contributions from
Individuals 125,867.00 / 128,917.00
Political Party Committees: 0.00
PACs: 81,500.00
/ 84,560.11
The Candidate: 0.00 / 153.66
Total Contributions: 207,367.00
/ 213,630.77
Loans Made by the Candidate:
Offsets to Operating Expenditures
(Refunds, etc.): 0.00
Total Receipts: 207,367.00
/ 213,666.77
Disbursements
Operating Expenditures: 153,706.43
/ 264,934.57
Other Disbursements: 0.00
Total Disbursements: 153,706.43 / 264,934.57
Cash Summary.
Cash On Hand At Beginning Of
Reporting Period 1,007,477.33
Total Receipts 207,367.00
Total Disbursements 153,706.43
Cash On Hand At Close Of The
Reporting Period 1,061,137.90
Meehan’s reports are also arranged
chronologically. There are 10 (of 68)
out of state donations. There were 22
donations totaling $5200 so they cannot donate again in this election cycle. Among the notables are Vahan and Danielle
Guerghian. Other donors include a
laundry owner and assorted CEOs. Some
donors are listed as Meehan Majority Makers.
There are PAC donations from the aerospace industry represented by Airline
Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers, Lockheed and Boeing, and then from
pharmaceutical industry PACs Merck and Astra Zenica. There is a donation from JEB PAC.
In disbursements, the campaign
paid $13K for lawn signs. They also paid
for an EZPass, and for cable tv. There
were 3 paid employees. The Theodore Co received
just under $10K for fundraising. Chris
Mottola consulting was paid $28K. There
must have been some drama with a campaign office, as there are payments for rent,
for moving, and 3600 to a firm that does waterproofing and other types of
repair. In addition to local political
campaigns Meehan donated $2000 to Christie for Governor. The campaign reimbursed Patrick Meehan, Jr.
for expenses, and reimbursed Meehan’s leadership fund, Patriots Leading a
Majority.
8th
Congressional District
Mike Fitzpatrick,
Republican (incumbent)
Receipts
Itemized 173,325.00
Unitemized 27,853.16
Total of Contributions from
Individuals 201,178.16 / 206,723.16
Political Party Committees: 0.00
PACs: 100,470.00
/ 104,470.00
The Candidate: 0.00
Total Contributions: 301,648.16 / 311,193.16
Loans Made by the Candidate: 0.00
Offsets to Operating Expenditures
(Refunds, etc.): 491.00 / 491.00
Other Receipts: 13.02
/ 37.86
Total Receipts: 302,152.18
/ 311,722.02
Disbursements
Operating Expenditures: 140,756.93
/ 254,316.50
Other Disbursements: 0.00
Total Disbursements: 140,756.93 / 254,316.50
Cash Summary.
Cash On Hand At Beginning Of
Reporting Period 114,083.20
Total Receipts 302,152.18
Total Disbursements 140,756.93
Cash On Hand At Close Of The
Reporting Period 275,478.45
Fitzpatrick’s reports are arranged
chronologically. Of the 172 itemized
donations, nine were from out of state and 12 were for more than $5,200, the
total allowed in this election cycle. As
with other reports, it is difficult to see who many of those people donated
again, given the arrangement of the report.
Among notables donating are William Sasso and Thomas Manion. A number of people at Teletronics Technical
Company donated, as did a group of people who work at Merck. There are also clusters of health care system
owners, care dealers and mechanics. The
president of the Seoul National University donated, as did a librarian, artist,
nurse, teacher, and some local business owners.
In PACs there are a number of local political committees that donated,
and a cluster of finance related PACs.
The US Cuban Democracy PAC donated as did the JEB Fund.
In disbursements there are
payments for a rental car and gas payments.
There are payments to Olive Garden, Temperance House, and the US House
Members Dining Hall, as well as plane, train, and hotel costs. The campaign made several small payments to
Federal Express. LN consulting and KC
Consulting were each paid about $6K. The
Theodore consulting company received nearly $9K.
13th Congressional District (open seat)
Valerie Arkoosh, Democrat
Receipts
Itemized 214,250.00
Unitemized 2,515.00
Total of Contributions from
Individuals 216,765.00
Political Party Committees: 0.00
PACs: 1,500.00
The Candidate: 0.00
Total Contributions: 218,265.00
Loans Made by the Candidate: 0.00
Offsets to Operating Expenditures
(Refunds, etc.): 0.00
Total Receipts: 218,265.00
Disbursements
Operating Expenditures: 3,802.61
Other Disbursements: 0.00
Total Disbursements: 3,802.61
Cash Summary.
Cash On Hand At Beginning Of
Reporting Period 0.00
Total Receipts 218,265.00
Total Disbursements 3,802.61
Cash On Hand At Close Of The
Reporting Period 214,462.39
About half of her donations came from out of state. The report is scrambled so it is difficult to
track whether or not the donations are from the same people. There were 28 listings for donations of
$5200, the total allowed for the election cycle, but I think that was 14 people
donating $2600 twice – again, it’s hard to tell when the reports are
scrambled. As might be expected, Dr.
Arkoosh has a significant number of donations from physicians and others in the
medical field. There was also a little
Hollywood, including a directory of celebrity services, a sr vp at Showtime, a
filmmaker, and a project developer at Google.
A piano teacher and a private investigator were also donors. Notable individuals are Dr. Manan Trivedi, a
former congressional candidate in the 6th congressional district,
the director at Women’s Way, and Debra Brady.
The only PAC listed is the Women’s Campaign Fund.
The only disbursement listed is $3500 to a fundraising consultant.
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