Of the five Republicans seeking seats on NorCo Council, Dan Campo and Juan Martinez are immigrants who would bring diversity to the county's governing body. Campo is a commercial pilot while Martinez is a successful businessman whose Don Juan Tex Mex restaurant chain is very popular. Neither has ever run for office, but both have done quite well in raising money in their bids to win.
Campo (you can see his report here) started in June with $1,090.40, and raised $15,285.00 through October 20. This gave him a total warchest of $16,375.40. He's spent $12,223.36, leaving him with $2,607.86 for the closing days of the campaign.
Like his Republican running mate Sam Elias, Camp has a great deal of grass roots support. He received $2,860 in small contributions ($50 to $250) from 23 individual donors.
But Campo also had three large donors. The Greater LV Ass'n of Realtors kicked in $3,500, and Flexicon's David Gill donated $2,000. But his biggest contributor was Richard Picut for $5,000. Picut 's company does industrial machinery, so he's not looking for a county handout.
Martinez (you can see his report here) started in June with $3,877.90, and raised $8,200 through October 20. This gave him a total treasury of $12,077.09, of which he spent $9,715.52. This leas him with $2,362.38 for the closing days of the race.
Martinez had only 8 small donors ($50-250), for they include former congressional candidate Maria Montero, Lou Pektor and Att'y Blake Marles.
His large contributors include Greater LV Ass'n of Realtors ($3,500), retired attorney Charles Baltic III ($1,000), Mathew Pezon ($1,000) who runs a home-buying business and several restauranteurs.
He took a $400 in-kind contribution for some kind of cigar party.
Finally, he lent his campaign $1,000.
Both of these candidates have compelling life stories, the kind that would appeal to Democrats. But it appears that no effort was made to reach out to Democrats.
14 comments:
I read about Campo. Compelling story! These guys should be reaching out to everyone. County government should be less about partisanship and more about governing. Our county government has become as bitter and partisan as our federal government, it helps nobody.
None of the R's have reached out to Dems- no canvassing, only a few meet & greets, and "cigar parties." Tells you everything you need to know.,
I agree, Dems have been all over my area, and R's are having Cigar Parties!
This goes both ways. None of the Dems have reached out to the R's either. No direct mail, canvassing, no text messages or robocalls from any county Dem candidate is going to Republicans.
I am uncertain if that is true. There may have been outreach in the mailers from DemocracyFIRST, at least to indies. But the difference here is that Dems have a registration edge that the GOP lacks. To win, you need at least some votes from indies or Dems.
"None of the Dems have reached out to the R's either. No direct mail, canvassing, no text messages or robocalls from any county Dem candidate is going to Republicans."
I can't speak for any other candidate, but I can say that I absolutely knocked on Republican doors (and had some great conversations at them) and I also sent mail to Republicans. Not to every Republican in the county, but I sent what I could to reach as many as possible with the resources I had. My goal is to try to represent everyone and that means being willing to talk to everyone.
I can’t imagine ANY senior citizen of either party voting for Tara. She has no managerial skills and she will continue on with the mess that Gracedale has become and continues to be. It has become worse not better under the present administrator.
and Boulette received big money from Democracyfirst- a crazy left wing organization
4:09, this is from the DrmocracyFirst webpage: “ The democracyFIRST Promise campaign calls on candidates and elected officials to publicly pledge to support the rule of law, core pro-democracy principles and democratic norms, that underpin our electoral process. This project establishes a clear cross-partisan pro-democracy baseline for the public to evaluate candidates and elected officials. democracyFIRST actively promotes and supports a broad cross-partisan group of outspoken pro-democracy county, state, and national leaders and holds those opposed accountable for violating and subverting core pro-democracy principles, democratic norms, and the rule of law. ”
That seems both reasonable and a matter of common sense, not crazy left wing as you wrongly assert.
Bernieohare the comment at 5:16 is from me. I am away from my PC, and forgot to identify myself.
Feel free to peruse Democracy First's candidate list:
https://democracyfirst.org/our-candidates/
You'll see quite a few Republicans across Pennsylvania, including state Senator Rosemary Brown from Monroe County, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick from Bucks County, and our own former Congressman Charlie Dent from the Lehigh Valley. Also Republican County Commissioners in Somerset, Lackawanna, Blair, Washington, Chester, Bucks, Montgomery, Dauphin, and Armstrong Counties.
So I don't consider it far left, and I'm happy to be on a bipartisan list of people who will stand up for democratic norms, fair elections, and a rejection of political violence.
you lost me at Charlie Dent
Jason is not ready for Council if this is his concern and not what he will need to deal with.
I agree-He's left wing masquerading as a moderate-, and he needs to stay in Wind Gap. Most of his $ raised came from out of State- tells you everything you need to know!
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