Hoboken Councilwoman-at-Large Emily Jabbour raised $69,525.25 for the mayoral race in the second quarter of this year, also loaning her campaign $150,000, according to campaign finance reports.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“I am proud and deeply grateful that so many hard-working Hoboken residents are chipping in to build my campaign for Mayor and help us deliver results like Vision Zero and more affordable housing,” she said in a statement.
“Joe [Quintero], Caitlin [Layson], Steve [Firestone], and I are working hard to listen to residents, earn their support, and use the resources we have raised to build an effective campaign that will continue to connect with this community.”
Jabbour raised $274,488.25, spent $345.19, and has $274,143.06 cash on hand in her mayoral account, her July 15th report filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (NJ ELEC) says.
The overall amount raised is actually just $24,488.25 though after subtracting the $150,000 loan and $100,000 transferred from her city council ELEC account.
Boswell Engineering President and CEO Kevin Boswell donated $5,000, as did Florio Kenny Reval, LLP senior partner Ed Florio, JDA Management Group CEO Greg Dellaquella contributed $2,600, and Bloomberg Global Head of Index-Linked Products Umesh Gajria gave $2,500, the report says.
All of her expenditures were nominal fees for BCB Bank, Stripe, and ActBlue.
In her council account, Jabbour raised $45,037, spent $147,157.63, and has $24,437.46 cash on hand, reads a separate ELEC report also filed on July 15th.
Bijou Development Partner and CFO Dave Gaber wrote a check for $2,500, The Washington Post’s Senior Creative Development Producer Jennifer Brennan contributed $2,115, and outgoing Assemblyman John Allen (D-32) donated $1,000, the same amount as Antonelli Kantor Rivera PC partner Daniel Antonelli.
Additionally, real estate agent Tammy Peng gave $1,755 and Village Hoboken cannabis dispensary partner Yi Lung Huang gave $1,000.
As far as expenses go, her campaign manager Emmett Shell was paid a total of $11,240.24 for the quarter, San Francisco-based Gusto received $5,748.42 for payroll services, and $3,011.25 was spent on campaign merchandise from Rivalry Sports Apparel.
Jabbour added this afternoon that first time donors made up 64 percent of her contributors, while 71 percent of the contributions were $100 or less.
Three colleagues are joining Jabbour the non-partisan November 4th contest: 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher, 3rd Ward Councilman Mike Russo, and 4th Ward Councilman Ruben Ramos.
Former U.S. Treasury official Dini Ajmani is also a declared mayoral candidate.
