Campaign finance in the New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017
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New Jersey held an election for governor and lieutenant governor on November 7, 2017. The primary election was held on June 6, 2017. Click here to return to the main article on this election.
Public matching funds
Under New Jersey law, candidates for governor were permitted to apply for a public matching funds program. Since New Jersey campaign finance law considers the primary election and general election to be separate campaigns, candidates were allowed to opt to participate during the primary election but not the general election, or vice versa. The deadline to apply for participation during the primary election was April 3, 2017, while the deadline to apply for participation during the general election was September 1, 2017. The program was open to any gubernatorial candidate who had raised and spent or committed to spend $430,000. Participating candidates receive access to as much as $4 million in public funds during a primary election and $9.3 million in public funds during a general election. Under New Jersey law, publicly funded gubernatorial candidates must:[1]
- Participate in at least two Election Law Enforcement Commission-sponsored debates
- Contribute no more than $25,000 of their own money to their campaign
- Take out no more than $50,000 in bank loans
- Spend no more than $6.4 million (when applying for funding for a primary election)
- Spend no more than $13.8 million (when applying for funding for a general election)
During the primary election, Democratic candidates Jim Johnson and John Wisniewski and Republican candidates Kim Guadagno and Jack Ciattarelli applied for public matching funds.[2] Only Phil Murphy and Kim Guadagno applied for the public matching funds program in the general election.[3][4]
General election
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Reporting schedule
According to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, gubernatorial candidates running in the general election are required to file campaign finance reports on the following dates:[5]
- October 10, 2017
- October 27, 2017
- November 27, 2017
Candidate contributions
The second round of campaign finance reports in the general election was due in on October 27, 2017, and covered all contributions and expenditures made before October 24, 2017. Campaign finance reports were not available from the Riccardi and Ross campaigns.[6]
Primary election
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The following are campaign finance reports for the six Democratic and five Republican candidates who appeared on the ballot in the June 6, 2017, primary election. Information on the number of donors who gave the maximum allowed donation of $4,300 is taken from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. All other information comes from the campaigns' final filings of the primary election cycle.
Phil Murphy: According to his June 26, 2017, G-1 report, Murphy's donations included $16,395,000.21 from himself and $95,977.25 from the Murphy for Governor General Matching Fund. Murphy ended the primary election cycle with $16,350,796.18 in outstanding loans. The Election Law Enforcement Commission recorded 528 donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Murphy during the primary election cycle.[7]
- Jim Johnson: According to his July 17, 2017, G-1 report, Johnson's donations included $15,000 from himself and $2,055,175.40 in public matching funds. Johnson ended the primary election cycle with $64,836.56 in outstanding loans. The Election Law Enforcement Commission recorded 109 donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Johnson during the primary election cycle.[8]
- John Wisniewski: According to his July 18, 2017, G-1 report, Wisniewski's donations included $34,300 from himself and $1,299,886.52 in public matching funds. The Election Law Enforcement Commission recorded 75 donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Wisniewski during the primary election cycle.[9]
- Raymond J. Lesniak: According to his August 10, 2017, G-1 report, Lesniak's donations included $270,000 from himself. Lesniak ended the primary election cycle with $520,000 in outstanding loans. The Election Law Enforcement Commission recorded 35 donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Lesniak during the primary election cycle.[10][11]
- Bill Brennan: According to his July 11, 2017, R-1 report, Brennan's donations included $900 from himself and a $2,200 loan he made to his campaign. The Election Law Enforcement Commission did not record any donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Brennan during the primary election cycle.[12]
- Mark Zinna: According to his July 7, 2017, R-1 report, Zinna's donations included $1,400 from himself. The Election Law Enforcement Commission did not record any donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Zinna during the primary election cycle.[13]
Kim Guadagno: According to her June 26, 2017, G-1 report, Guadagno's donations included $2,254,294.84 in public matching funds. Guadagno ended the primary election cycle with $10,232.40 in outstanding loans. The Election Law Enforcement Commission recorded 153 donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Guadagno during the primary election cycle.[14]
- Jack Ciattarelli: According to his June 26, 2017, G-1 report, Ciattarelli's donations included $25,000 from himself and $1,052,644 in public matching funds. The Election Law Enforcement Commission recorded 73 donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Ciattarelli during the primary election cycle.[15]
- Steve Rogers: According to his June 23, 2017, G-1 report and the Election Law Enforcement Commission, no donors gave the maximum of $4,300 to Rogers during the primary election cycle.[16]
- Joseph Rudy Rullo: According to his July 10, 2017, R-1 report and the Election Law Enforcement Commission, no donors gave the maximum of $4,300 to Rullo during the primary election cycle.[17]
- Hirsh Singh: According to his June 27, 2017, R-1 report, Singh's campaign funds included $969,000 in loans. The Election Law Enforcement Commission did not record any donors who gave the maximum of $4,300 to Singh during the primary election cycle.[18]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Gubernatorial Public Financing Program," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Primary 2017 Public Funds Disbursed," accessed September 6, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Philip Murphy, Form G-1A," July 13, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Kimberly Guadagno, Form G-1A," July 25, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "2017 Reporting Dates," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Candidates Have Spent $13.3 Million on General Election while Independent Committees Have Spent $10.6 Million," October 31, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Philip Murphy," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - James Johnson," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - John S Wisniewski," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Raymond J Lesniak," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ As of August 16, 2017, an error on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement website led to all donations to Lesniak appearing twice. Ballotpedia has accounted for this error in its analysis.
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - William Brennan," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Mark Zinna," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Kimberly Guadagno," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Jack Ciattarelli," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Steven Rogers," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Joseph R Rullo," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Contribution Summary - Hirsh V Singh," accessed August 16, 2017
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