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.

Name City Company Amount Gerald Daley Middletown HR Admin, State of CT 750 Donna Galluzzo Durham Home Health Strategies 750 William Grady Middletown Self, Attorney 750 Ronald Klattenberg Middletown Retired, North East Utilities 750 Vincent Loffredo Middletown CT Education Association 750 Dan Russo Middletown Attorney 750 Maria Sanchez Middletown American Savings Fouundation 750 Elizabeth Santangelo Middletown Consultant 750 Thomas Serra Middletown Retired 750 Central CT Carpenters Local 24 Yalesville 500 Judith Russo Middletown Homemaker 500 Kathryn Antonucci Middletown Middletown Schools 300 Grady Faulkner Middletown Accountant, Adecco 250 Jennette Faulkner Middletown Instructor, self employed 250 Friend for Gregory Meeks Jamaica, NY 250 Theodore Raczka Middletown Attorney 250 Michael J. Walsh Bloomfield Moukawsler & Walsh, LLC 250 Stephen Glinn Simsbury Pratt & Whitney 200

Jane Reif Middletown Retired 200