Politics on the Hudson

The $2M Dollar Man

Posted by: Joseph Spector - Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31, 2008

NYPIRG’s Bill Mahoney has put together a list of the top spenders for state Senate races during this two-year election cycle.

Republican Serphin Maltese, R-Queen, has spent the most on the general election, when you discount Democratic Sens. Darrel Aubertine and Craig Johnson, who had to compete in separate special elections.

Maltese has spent $2 million. He’s facing a tough re-election battle against Joseph Addabbo, who has spend $535,189.

After Aubertine and Johnson, Democratic candidate Richard Dollinger spent the most so far at $1.5 million, records show. The numbers include money from third-parties.

Here’s the list:

Republicans
Serphin Maltese—$2,038,264.22
Dave Renzi—$1,215,512.06
Tom Libous—$1,133,034.44
Martin Golden—$1,006,531.28
Joseph Robach—$994,188.23
Dale Volker—$956,849.60
Mike Ranzenhofer—$826,431.46
Barbara Donno—$818,474.90
Dean Skelos—$795,131.89
Roy McDonald—$792,134.53
Liz Feld—$747,283.39
Mike Nozzolio—$652,350.52
John Murtagh—$643,521.00
James Seward—$629,090.42
Jim Alesi—$532,993.70
Caesar Trunzo—$496,901.23
Vincent Leibell—$473,264.05
George Maziarz—$401,979.24

Democrats
Craig Johnson—$2,885,302.68
Darrel Aubertine—$2,298,294.66
Richard Dollinger—$1,544,003.49
Brian X. Foley—$1,529,811.88
Malcolm Smith—$1,115,792.38
Joe Mesi —$1,061,092.51
Jeffrey Klein—$1,000,168.66
Bill Stachowski—$691,578.34
Jim Gennaro—$604,179.36
Kevin Parker—$566,817.02
Joseph Addabbo—$535,189.05
Andrea Stewart-Cousins—$519,975.58
Daniel Squadron—$462,756.18
David Nachbar—$359,458.27
Liz Krueger—$329,466.71
Thomas Duane—$323,960.65
Antoine Thompson—$304,615.76

 

 

 

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8 Responses to “The $2M Dollar Man”

1. don't let the door hit you October 31st, 2008 at 3:24 pm

   Maltese will lose. It startrd with Spano and now him. The republicans are hasbeens. Don’t let the door hit you on thwe way out.

2. the consultant October 31st, 2008 at 4:47 pm

   and what are you going to do when the whole state is
   run by one party..the party that gave us Spitzer and
   Hevasi..?

3. Who Cares October 31st, 2008 at 6:42 pm

   MOVE – Will you be joining me.

4. voter November 1st, 2008 at 8:07 am

   Maltese spent oodles to say nothing. He’s a loser.

5. the consultant November 1st, 2008 at 9:45 am

   frankly I think both Maltese and Ceasar Trunzo may be
   at risk if Obama’s coatails are long enough..remember
   the Johnson Goldwater landslide which swept virtually
   every republican out of office in close races

6. kitz November 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 am

   The amount of money going into these state races is astounding. $2m? Think of what could be accomplished if that money were put into the budget.

7. anon November 2nd, 2008 at 7:09 am

   Nozzolio and Seward each spent over $600K?!?

   Even if they win, Capanna and Barber have totally trounced them. For far less money, they’ve forced these two losers to focus on their own races rather than helping their Republican buddies, and if the races are close, they may well decide to retire.

8. anon November 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 am

   Oh, by the way? If we wipe out the Republicans, then the Working Families Party, or possibly the Conservatives, or even the Right-to-Lifers, will become a serious “second party”. There is no real chance of “one-party rule”. Look up Duverger’s Law in Wikipedia.