{"id":7133,"date":"2015-12-11T01:30:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T06:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=7133"},"modified":"2015-12-11T01:30:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T06:30:42","slug":"democrats-outspent-gop-nearly-2-1-in-brick-council-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/12\/democrats-outspent-gop-nearly-2-1-in-brick-council-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Outspent GOP Nearly 2-1 in Brick Council Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brick Municipal Building \/ Photo: Daniel Nee<\/p><\/div>\n

Post-election data from the state Election Law Enforcement Commission shows Brick Township Democrats trounced their Republican challengers in both campaign spending and fundraising.<\/p>\n

The gulf between the two parties was highlighted in their respective fundraising numbers, where the Democrats \u2013 who swept the election and will maintain a 7-0 majority on the council in 2016 \u2013 raised about triple the amount of money as the Republicans. The Democrats raised $162,323 compared with the GOP\u2019s $52,179.<\/p>\n

The Democrats also outspent their challengers, expending $160,403 on the council race compared with the Republicans\u2019 $85,096.<\/p>\n

The total amount spent by each party \u2013 $245,499 \u2013 adds up to more than $5 per vote. There were 44,230 votes cast for all nine candidates running in the election, plus write-ins. If each voter voted for four candidates, the parties\u2019 combined spending added up to about $22 per voter.<\/p>\n

The state requires multi-candidate campaigns that raise or spend above $12,300 to file a post-election wrap up report of campaign spending and fundraising receipts. The report also includes details on where last-minute funding influxes originated. Republicans raised more than $10,000 in party funding in the days before the election, as well as $7,500 from the Remington, Vernick and Vena engineering firm. The Democrats raised $10,000 from the state Laborer\u2019s union, $2,000 from the Florio Kenny Raval law firm in Hoboken and another $2,000 from the Waters McPherson McNeill law firm of Secaucus.<\/p>\n

The Democrats\u2019 fundraising success is a significant reversal from most Ocean County races, where GOP candidates dominate in fundraising. Besides holding onto their seats in Brick, Democrats scored a victory in Little Egg Harbor Township on election night this year. The remainder of Ocean County municipalities, as well as county offices, remain in the hands of GOP officials.<\/p>\n

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