Massachusetts 2014 ballot measure campaign expenditure recipients
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The following information details to whom 2014 Massachusetts ballot measure campaign expenditures went. Those who received expenditures provided services, such as consulting, advertising, polling, legal work and signature collection, for the ballot measure campaigns.
The top five recipients of ballot measure campaign expenditures were:
- Goddard Gunster, Inc.: $9,015,262
- GMMB Inc.: $8,065,461
- DCI Group AZ, LLC: $2,313,098
- Petta Ryan Consulting: $2,120,938
- DR & Associates: $935,000
An aggregation of data on expenditure recipients in all states can be found here.
All data was compiled from expenditures data made available through the state's campaign finance website.[1]
Expenditure recipients
The following chart illustrates which firms received payments greater than or equal to $20,000 from ballot measure campaign committees in 2014.
- A green background indicates that the expenditure recipient was employed by supporters of a measure.
- A red background indicates that the recipient was employed by opponents of the measure.
| Recipient | Total | Question 1 | Question 2 | Question 3 | Question 4 |
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| 3-Street, Inc. | $56,612 | $50,182 | $6,430 | ||
| Andover Strategic Alliance | $40,000 | $40,000 | |||
| Beacon Strategies Group | $24,000 | $24,000 | |||
| Blue Labs Inc. | $118,000 | $118,000 | |||
| Boston Retail Products, Inc. | $23,500 | $23,500 | |||
| Brian Ashmankas | $38,427 | $38,427 | |||
| Brody Company, LLC | $58,000 | $58,000 | |||
| Campaign Industries LLC | $889,079 | $889,079 | |||
| Clare Kelly | $29,107 | $29,107 | |||
| Coalition for Social Justice | $127,922 | $127,922 | |||
| Connolly Printers | $132,129 | $132,129 | |||
| Conover Tuttle Pace | $474,005 | $474,005 | |||
| Conservation Law Foundation | $23,000 | $23,000 | |||
| Cosgrove, Eisenberg & Kiley | $45,000 | $45,000 | |||
| Crawford Strategies, Inc. | $34,490 | $34,490 | |||
| Darek Barcikowski | $42,073 | $42,073 | |||
| DCI Group AZ, LLC | $2,313,098 | $2,313,098 | |||
| Desiree Awiszio | $30,338 | $30,338 | |||
| Dewey Square Group Llc | $480,290 | $480,290 | |||
| DR & Associates | $935,000 | $935,000 | |||
| DSM Environmental Services, Inc. | $26,698 | $26,698 | |||
| Element Productions | $113,285 | $113,285 | |||
| Field First Strategies, LLC | $93,873 | $20,000 | $73,873 | ||
| GMMB Inc. | $8,065,461 | $8,065,461 | |||
| Goddard Gunster, Inc. | $9,015,262 | $9,015,262 | |||
| Headrush Media Group Inc. | $44,000 | $44,000 | |||
| Julia Leja | $48,000 | $48,000 | |||
| Julian Wooten Johnson | $25,585 | $25,585 | |||
| Kelly-Allen Group LLC | $20,000 | $20,000 | |||
| Kiley & Company | $388,300 | $23,750 | $364,550 | ||
| Kimball Political Consulting | $36,046 | $36,046 | |||
| Liberty Concepts | $37,225 | $37,225 | |||
| Mack-Sumner Communications | $83,258 | $83,258 | |||
| Marcus J. Starr | $25,500 | $25,500 | |||
| Martilla Strategies | $100,000 | $100,000 | |||
| Mass Inc. Polling | $28,200 | $28,200 | |||
| Mass Uniting | $33,566 | $33,566 | |||
| Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group | $20,000 | $20,000 | |||
| Matt O'Neil | $22,500 | $22,500 | |||
| Melwood Global | $78,000 | $78,000 | |||
| Nielsen, Merksamer, Parinello, Gross & Leoni LLP | $49,674 | $49,674 | |||
| Northwind Strategies | $24,167 | $24,167 | |||
| O'Sullivan and Associates | $50,000 | $50,000 | |||
| Petta Ryan Consulting | $2,120,938 | $2,120,938 | |||
| Pilgrim Strategies, LLC | $35,000 | $35,000 | |||
| Progressive Massachusetts | $36,300 | $36,300 | |||
| Propel Marketing | $50,000 | $50,000 | |||
| Raskey Baerlein Strategic Communications | $407,216 | $261,897 | $145,319 | ||
| Saint Consulting Group | $105,000 | $105,000 | |||
| Smith, Duggan, Buell & Lupo LLP | $30,000 | $30,000 | |||
| Spoonworks, Inc. | $315,800 | $125,000 | $190,800 | ||
| Standard Modern Company | $110,049 | $33,040 | $77,009 | ||
| The Campaign Group | $38,000 | $38,000 | |||
| The New Media Firm, Inc. | $200,000 | $200,000 | |||
| The Nolan Group | $26,742 | $26,742 | |||
| Verrill Dana LLP | $44,000 | $44,000 |
See also
- Massachusetts 2014 ballot measures
- 2014 ballot measure campaign expenditure recipients
- Campaign finance requirements for Massachusetts ballot measures
External links
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