N.J. political parties’ fundraising slump reached new low in 2020
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
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Fundraising by New Jersey’s six statewide political parties and legislative leadership committees reached a new low in 2020, according to the Election Law Enforcement Commission.
The six political committees raised less than $4.3 million last year, a fraction of their pull in decades past. Long-term trends and the pandemic slowed fundraising, which is typically lower in federal election years when there are no gubernatorial or legislative races, said ELEC Executive Director Jeff Brindle. Their cash on hand, fundraising and spending all dropped from 2016.
In 2020, the New Jersey Republican State Committee, Senate Republican Majority, Assembly Republican Victory, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Senate Democratic Majority, Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee raised $4.26 million, spent $3.5 million and had about $1.4 million on hand.
TRENTON, N.J. – Attorney Michael Lavery was elected chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee (more commonly known as the “NJGOP”) on Tuesday night on a remote Zoom call.
The vote – which was conducted by remote secret ballot – was 24 votes for Lavery, nephew of embattled Ocean County powerbroker George Gilmore, and 16 for Bob Hugin, the party’s 2018 U.S. Senate nominee who entered the race at the 11th hour.
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The contest boiled down to a proxy battle between the party’s two major 2021 primary candidates – Doug Steinhardt and Jack Ciattarelli – who backed opposing chair prospects. Steinhardt, the outgoing NJGOP chairman, had handpicked Lavery as his successor; Ciattarelli endorsed Hugin after the ex-big pharma executive began calling committee members to solicit votes.
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