Bayonne mayoral candidate Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski and her City Council slate have raised $62,675, with $127,206.57 cash on hand for the non-partisan May 12th municipal elections, their 11-day pre-election campaign finance reports shows.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Ashe-Nadrowski, a former council president, raised $39,475, spent $67,979.64, and has cash on hand $84,382.20 in her individual account, according to her May 1st report filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (NJ ELEC).
Scarinci Hollenbeck partner Joe DeMarco contributed $5,800 ($200 was refunded to comply with ELEC rules), the Greater NJ Carpenters PEC gave $4,000, and Orange Township Public Works Water Repair Supervisor Jason Cox donated $2,500, the report says.
Additionally, Wielkotz & Company, LLC CPA Steven Wielkotz contributed $5,000, while the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 21 NJ PAC wrote a check for $2,500, as did the Teamsters Joint Council No. 73 State PAC.
On the expenditure side, the biggest check she wrote by far was for Brooklyn-based Red Horse Strategies, who was paid $56,912.12 for political consulting.
The five council candidates running with Ashe-Nadrowski raised $23,200, spent $33,338.37, and have $42,824.37 cash on hand in their joint account, their May 1st ELEC report indicates.
Eric M. Bernstein & Associates, LLC Principal Eric Martin Bernstein gave $10,000, while Hackensack’s Boswell Engineering donated $5,000 – as did state Senator Joe Lagana. Further, former state Assemblyman Nick Chiaravalloti chipped in $2,850, and UA Plumbers Local 24 PAC contributed $2,500.
Their biggest expenses were renting the Chandelier restaurant for a fundraiser last month, a cost of $12,236.72, and paying professional fundraiser Ray Ferraioli’s H&P Consulting $8,000 for his services.
Team Ashe-Nadrowski remains the top fundraising operation in the Peninsula City heading into next Tuesday’s non-partisan municipal elections.
Councilman at-Large Loyad Booker and city Business Administrator/Board of Education President Mary Jane Desmond are also vying for mayor since interim Mayor Robert Kubert isn’t seeking a full term.
Team Booker reported raising $13,665 with a total of $75,401.66 cash on hand in the 11-day pre-election report, as HCV first reported, while Desmond said last month that she is not going to be fundraising for the May 12th contest.