Pre-primary finance reports were due 1/3 for the three special elections.
Wo 2
Ellis (D) 6825
Rice (D)9275
McCallum (D) 2575
Dennehy (R) 18,855 (5,000 from self)
Venuto (U) no report
Br 1
Coppola (R) 5026 (500 from self)
Naughton (D) 15,685 (5,000 from self)
Mi 27
Moroney (D) 34,718.57 (about 1,000 from self)
Provost (D) 25,034.57 (5,000 from self) plus existing balance of 23,739.85 from alderman campaign
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McCallum shows $17,050 in loans from himself to the campaign in the Liabilities section, but the campaign forgot to report that in the Contributions section.
who has $23,000 kicking around from an alderman campaign? Is that normal in Somerville?
That seems like a lot of money. However, I realized that Provost had no intention of filling this term out as alderman. She knew that Jehlen was going to win the Senate seat and I am sure she was thrifty in her alderman race to conserve funds. I mean she really didn’t raise any money compared to Moroney.
A $100 contribution I made to Denise for Alderman-at-Large back in October shows up in this report as a contribution for the House race.
One thing worth noting is that most of Denise Provost’s campaign contributions came from people in the city of Somerville, while almost all of Moroney’s contributions came from people and organizations that are based elsewhere.
I made a separate user post with more information from the Provost and Moroney campaign reports.