NORTH BERGEN AND BEYOND – According to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, the North Bergen Democratic Municipal Committee raised the highest campaign donations in the state during 2009 at $668,830.
Union City First received second place at $365,912 while the West New York Democratic County Committee raised $167,355, putting them in fourth place.
Executive Director Jeffrey Brindle said that nearly $4 million in donations were raised by municipal political party committees in 2009.
He also said that the ELEC’s larger searchable database of almost $40 million donations would now include municipal political party contributions, which can be found through an online access search at www.elec.state.nj.us/publicinformation/searchdatabase.htm.
“New Jersey is now one of the few states in the nation to provide online access to municipal donations,” said Brindle.– Tricia Tirella