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Some observations on Lansing's
November election
Originally posted December 10, 2013;
updated December 14, 2013
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All the incumbents won in the November
5 election except at-large councilman Brian Jefferies, who was
knocked out by Judi Brown Clark. Jeffries'
last campaign finance report (10/21/13-11/25/13) shows some 11th
hour desperation. $13,275 in contributions were received, more than
in all the rest of the campaign. $6,000 of it came from Jeffries and
his wife.
For mayor, 9863 voters voted for Virg
Bernero and 3863 voted for Harold Leeman, Jr. Through October 20,
Bernero spent $68,700.65, or $6.97 per vote. Leeman spent $2372.95,
or $.61 per vote. Full election results can be found on the
City Clerk's website.
Here are the people and PACs who
contributed $500 or more to Bernero:
|
Contributor |
Occupation |
Employer |
PAC? |
Date |
Amount |
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Dykema Gossett State PAC |
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|
Y |
7/8/2013 |
2300.00 |
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield
of MI |
|
|
Y |
1/23/2013 |
2000.00 |
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AT&T Michigan PAC |
|
|
Y |
5/29/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Sparrow, Janet |
Homemaker |
|
|
1/23/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Boji, Eliya |
Retired |
|
|
9/4/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Boji, Heather A |
Homemaker |
|
|
9/4/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Boji, Seham |
Homemaker |
|
|
9/4/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Christman PAC |
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|
Y |
1/9/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Potter, Scott |
Banking/Office |
Christman Construction |
|
6/10/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Clark Hill PLC PAC |
|
|
Y |
8/19/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Pappas, Richard J |
President |
Davenport College |
|
9/10/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Dean, Marilyn |
Homemaker |
|
|
6/27/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Stoffl, Thomas |
President |
DLZ Michigan |
|
1/22/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Alley, Alys |
Student |
|
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1/9/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Havey, Adam |
VP |
Emergent Biosolutions |
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9/18/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Ferguson, Joel |
Real Estate Developer |
|
|
1/22/2013 |
1000.00 |
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GCSI 21st Century PAC |
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|
Y |
1/9/2013 |
1000.00 |
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GM PAC - Michigan |
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|
Y |
2/19/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Granger PAC |
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|
Y |
1/8/2013 |
1000.00 |
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McDaniel, Mark S |
President |
Great Lakes Capital Fund |
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9/5/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Thornburg, Roger |
CPA |
Investors Equity Group |
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4/26/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Jones, Gary |
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Jones Development Company |
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9/6/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Davis, Susan |
|
|
|
1/13/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Cheng, Chiung |
Controller |
Message Makers |
|
8/8/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Terry, Terry |
President |
Message Makers |
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8/6/2013 |
1000.00 |
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MI Laborers Political
League |
|
|
Y |
3/25/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Michigan Laborers
Political League |
|
Y |
9/11/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Morgan, Julie |
Homemaker |
|
|
4/30/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Morgan, Michael R |
Owner |
Mid-Michigan Kennels Inc |
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4/30/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Miller Canfield PAC |
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|
Y |
1/8/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Grimm, Terry |
Executive |
Niowave |
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8/13/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Shaheen, Denise |
Homemaker |
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1/23/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Vartoogian, Ryan |
President |
Spartan Internet |
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1/22/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Singh, Balbir |
Owner |
Village Party Store |
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9/29/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Martin, Van |
President |
Martin Commercial
Properties |
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6/20/2013 |
875.00 |
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Smalligan, Kristie |
Homemaker |
|
|
7/8/2013 |
800.00 |
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Wood, Chris A |
Homemaker |
|
|
6/7/2013 |
750.00 |
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Cooper, J. Lewis III |
CEO |
Great Lakes Wine & Spirits |
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10/27/2013 |
750.00 |
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Lark, Susan S |
Homemaker |
|
|
7/7/2013 |
700.00 |
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Mittleman, David S |
Attorney |
|
|
4/30/2013 |
700.00 |
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Sparrow, Frederick |
Advertising |
Barron Enterprises, LLC |
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6/6/2013 |
650.00 |
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Loepp, Daniel |
President |
Blue Cross Blue Shield |
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6/25/2013 |
500.00 |
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Peffley, Dick |
General Manager |
Board of Water & Light |
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1/14/2013 |
500.00 |
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Clark Hill PAC |
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|
Y |
1/22/2013 |
500.00 |
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Snyder, George |
Owner/President |
DBI Business Interiors |
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6/12/2013 |
500.00 |
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Theis, Ken |
Director, Technology
Manager |
Dewpoint |
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8/27/2013 |
500.00 |
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DTE Energy Co. PAC |
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|
Y |
6/4/2013 |
500.00 |
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El-Hibri, Nancy |
Executive |
Emergent Biosolutions |
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11/19/2013 |
500.00 |
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Eyde, Nicholas |
Executive |
Eyde Co. |
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4/30/2013 |
500.00 |
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Ashton, Michael |
Attorney |
Fraser
Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap |
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7/1/2013 |
500.00 |
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Morgan, Thaddeus |
Attorney |
Fraser
Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap |
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7/16/2013 |
500.00 |
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Curran, Kathy |
Homemaker |
|
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1/15/2013 |
500.00 |
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Curran, Kathy |
Homemaker |
|
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4/23/2013 |
500.00 |
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Curran, Steve W |
Owner |
Harvest Music & Sound
Design |
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1/15/2013 |
500.00 |
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IBEW-COPE |
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Y |
9/25/2013 |
500.00 |
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Meyer, Thomas |
Senior Vice President |
Jackson National Life
Insurance |
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1/17/2013 |
500.00 |
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Sopha, James |
COO |
Jackson National Life
Insurance |
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1/22/2013 |
500.00 |
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Lothamer, Jesse |
Accountant |
Lothamer Accountants |
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9/12/2013 |
500.00 |
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Anid, Maroun |
Owner |
Louie's Party Store |
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10/22/2013 |
500.00 |
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McCray, Gary J |
Attorney |
|
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4/30/2013 |
500.00 |
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McKinney, Kevin A |
Lobbyist |
|
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9/18/2013 |
500.00 |
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Hufnagel, Paul L |
Retired |
MI Firefighters Assoc |
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5/24/2013 |
500.00 |
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Biladeau, Bradley S |
Legislative Liaison |
Mich. Assoc. of School
Administ |
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6/3/2013 |
500.00 |
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Michigan Beer & Wine
Wholesalers |
|
|
Y |
6/25/2013 |
500.00 |
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Farrell, Patricia A |
Administrator |
Michigan State University |
|
9/12/2013 |
500.00 |
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Miller, Mark W |
Attorney |
Miller Johnson Schroeder
PC |
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4/23/2013 |
500.00 |
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Hoppe, Kevin B |
Engineer |
Nth
Consultants |
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1/10/2013 |
500.00 |
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Swaffar, Colleen |
Homemaker |
|
|
1/10/2013 |
500.00 |
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Operating Engineers Local
324 |
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|
Y |
9/23/2013 |
500.00 |
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Williams, Jeffrey S |
Owner |
Williams Auto World |
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1/23/2013 |
500.00 |
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Williams, Jeffrey S |
Owner |
Williams Auto World |
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7/24/2013 |
500.00 |
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El-Hibri, Y Fuad |
Retired |
|
|
11/19/2013 |
500.00 |
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Realtors PAC |
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|
Y |
10/31/2013 |
500.00 |
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Roberts-Mason, Barbara J |
Retired |
|
|
5/31/2013 |
500.00 |
Note that two $500 contributions were
received
after the election. Full detail on contributions is
here.
The Bernero campaign spent $100,205.72
in 2013 (detail
here). $44,454.34 of that was paid to individuals for purposes
variously identified as "Contract Employee", "Consulting" and
"Consultation/Research/Survey/Sign". Some of that money appears to
have been passed on to Bernero's favored city council candidates,
and that could
violate campaign finance law. Jessica Yorko and Tina Houghton
each got $1000 and Kathie Dunbar got $2000. Here is a summary of
Bernero campaign expenditures:
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Consulting |
$44,454.34 |
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Food and Coffee |
$7,441.68 |
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Auto Expense |
$4,605.26 |
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Rent |
$4,400.00 |
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Other |
$39,304.44 |
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Total: |
$100,205.72 |
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As of 11/25/13, Bernero has a balance
of $41,652.18 in his campaign account. Can we please stop giving him
money?
Jessica York has yet (as of 12/10/13)
to submit her report for the 10/21/13-11/25/13 period,
which was due 12/5/13. She was also late with the report for the
8/27/13-10/20/13 period, and had to pay a
$300 late
fee. (The
20131021-20131125 report was finally received by the clerk
12/13/13.)
Finally, organized labor didn't do so
well in this election. In her loss to Yorko in the 4th ward,
Chong-Anna Canfora took in a total of $29,200 and spent all but
$2,162. Over half of the contributions - $17,600 - were from union
PACs and union officials. She got 1,974 votes, so her cost per vote
was $13.70.
Campaign finance reports for all the
candidates can be found
here.
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