The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) today disbursed $1,516,022 in matching funds, including $461,024 to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and $375,444 to Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly).
Gottheimer has now received $5,480,062, 99.6% of the total available.
ELEC also released $222,570 to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, $288,593 to radio host Bill Spadea, $69,930 to State Sen. Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield), and $98,460 to former State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford).
Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) has received the full $5.5 million match, Bramnick is now at $2,953,561 in matching funds – 54% of the full amount – and Spadea is at $1,824,191 (33%).
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) has received $4,708,411 so far, though she didn’t receive any new funds today, and is 86% of the way toward a full match. Baraka’s total is at $2,287,906 (42%), Fulop is at $4,302,353 (78%), and Sweeney is at $4,086,817 (74%).
Two candidates on the ballot, Democrat Sean Spiller and Republican Mario Kranjac, did not raise the $580,000 threshold to qualify for matching funds – or a place on future debate stages. Spiller, the president of the New Jersey Education Association, has had millions spent on his behalf by a super PAC.
Under New Jersey’s gubernatorial public financing program, the state matches $2 for every $1 raised over $185,000, with a maximum match of $5.5 million and a spending cap of $8.7 million in the gubernatorial primary.
This is ELEC’s eighth disbursement of matching funds so far this cycle, totaling $31.1 million.
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