Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Democratic Campaign Contributors

Candidates for election are required to disclose to the public the source of their campaign contributions. The information on candidates for State positions is readily available on the Secretary of State's Campaign Reporting Information System, and the information on candidates for Federal positions can be found on many different websites (Federal Election Commission, for example).

The municipal campaign finance statements are technically just as open, but since they are only available on paper at the Town Clerk's office, very few people read them. In a previous post I listed the names of major contributors to the successful reelection of Mayor Giuliano. This post covers the campaign finance statements of the "Middletown Democrats 2009", which supported the campaigns of Democratic candidates for Common Council, Planning and Zoning, and the Board of Education.

The Democrats raised and spent a total of $13,698 for their highly successful reelection campaigns for the non-mayoral candidates.

Here is a brief description of the top donors:
  • Gerald Daley, Ronald Klattenberg, Vincent Loffredo, and Tom Serra are members of the Common Council. Elizabeth Santangelo is married to Robert Santangelo, also a council member.
  • William Grady and Judith Russo were candidates for the Board of Education.
  • Dan Russo is the chair of the Democratic Town Committee and was a candidate for P&Z.
  • The Central Connecticut Carpenters local is a union.
Listed below are all the donors who gave more than $200. I have compiled a fuller list, which includes all donors who gave $100 or more, along with the listed occupation for each donor, available here.

NameCityCompanyAmount

Gerald DaleyMiddletownHR Admin, State of CT750

Donna GalluzzoDurhamHome Health Strategies750

William GradyMiddletownSelf, Attorney750

Ronald KlattenbergMiddletownRetired, North East Utilities750

Vincent LoffredoMiddletownCT Education Association750

Dan RussoMiddletownAttorney750

Maria SanchezMiddletownAmerican Savings Fouundation750

Elizabeth SantangeloMiddletownConsultant750

Thomas SerraMiddletownRetired750

Central CT Carpenters Local 24Yalesville500

Judith RussoMiddletownHomemaker500

Kathryn AntonucciMiddletownMiddletown Schools300

Grady FaulknerMiddletownAccountant, Adecco250

Jennette FaulknerMiddletownInstructor, self employed250

Friend for Gregory MeeksJamaica, NY250

Theodore RaczkaMiddletownAttorney250

Michael J. WalshBloomfieldMoukawsler & Walsh, LLC250

Stephen GlinnSimsburyPratt & Whitney200

Jane ReifMiddletownRetired200





1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting, not a single developer. They know who to contribute to in order to gain influence in Town Hall and its not the Dems.