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The campaign of Democratic congressional candidate Joyce Healy-Abrams announced earlier this month that she raised $240,000 in the first quarter.
What her press release didn’t mention was that half of that money was $120,500 she loaned to her own campaign.
Healy-Abrams filed her latest campaign finance report on Friday with the Federal Election Commission. It said that outside of the loan Healy-Abrams, a candidate for the new 7th District, collected $107,416 in contributions between Feb. 16 and March 31 for a total of $129,846 for the election cycle.
The Hills and Dales woman spent $34,769, leaving her with $208,041 in cash.
Her opponent U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, raised $203,582 between Feb. 16 and March 31 for a total election cycle haul of nearly $895,000. None of what he collected was a loan. He spent about $75,000, resulting in a net increase in cash on hand to nearly $616,000.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Notable contributors to Healy-Abrams included (all figures are total for election cycle):
• Alan J. Abrams, who lives in Healy-Abrams’ household, $2,500.
• Healy-Abrams’ stepmother Barbara Healy, $3,500.
• Former Kent State University Stark campus dean Betsy Boze, $1,000.
• Jennifer Coon, real estate manager for Northmark in Louisville, $1,000.
• Attorney Steve Okey of Alliance, $1,000.
• Frances G. Pepper, of Cincinnati and the wife of former Proctor and Gamble CEO John Pepper, $850.
• Paul Siegfried, the owner of several local McDonald’s franchises, $250.
• Edward Slesnick, the vice president of Slesnick Iron & Metal, $500.
• Prominent Cleveland immigration attorney Margaret Wong, a major supporter of Healy-Abrams’ brother Canton Mayor William J. Healy II, $300.
• David Zhou, the chief operating officer of VXI Global Solutions, in Los Angeles, $500. Mayor Healy persuaded VXI to establish a call center in Canton.
Unions and labor associations contributed at least $40,000. U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s campaign fund and PAC to the Future committee gave $7,000. Former congressman John Boccieri’s campaign contributed $2,000. The Ohio Democratic Party and Mayor Healy’s campaign fund each gave $1,000, and the New Democrat Coalition PAC gave $5,000.
Former Plain Local Schools superintendent Jacqueline DeGarmo gave $250 and provided about $369 worth of free catering for a campaign event.
Healy-Abrams’ mother Mary Healy gave $500 and provided $817 worth of free catering for a fundraising event.
Contributors to Gibbs included (total for election cycle):
• William H. Belden, chairman of the Belden Brick Company, $1,000.
• Massillon Cable TV Chairman Richard Gessner, $2,500.
• Benjamin Suarez, the president of Suarez Corporation and his wife Nancy, $10,000.
• Harold Ziegler, Jr. of Ziegler Tire & Oil, $350.
• Stark County Treasurer Alex Zumbar, $250.
The campaign of Democratic congressional candidate Joyce Healy-Abrams announced earlier this month that she raised $240,000 in the first quarter.
What her press release didn’t mention was that half of that money was $120,500 she loaned to her own campaign.
Healy-Abrams filed her latest campaign finance report on Friday with the Federal Election Commission. It said that outside of the loan Healy-Abrams, a candidate for the new 7th District, collected $107,416 in contributions between Feb. 16 and March 31 for a total of $129,846 for the election cycle.
The Hills and Dales woman spent $34,769, leaving her with $208,041 in cash.
Her opponent U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, raised $203,582 between Feb. 16 and March 31 for a total election cycle haul of nearly $895,000. None of what he collected was a loan. He spent about $75,000, resulting in a net increase in cash on hand to nearly $616,000.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Notable contributors to Healy-Abrams included (all figures are total for election cycle):
• Alan J. Abrams, who lives in Healy-Abrams’ household, $2,500.
• Healy-Abrams’ stepmother Barbara Healy, $3,500.
• Former Kent State University Stark campus dean Betsy Boze, $1,000.
• Jennifer Coon, real estate manager for Northmark in Louisville, $1,000.
• Attorney Steve Okey of Alliance, $1,000.
• Frances G. Pepper, of Cincinnati and the wife of former Proctor and Gamble CEO John Pepper, $850.
• Paul Siegfried, the owner of several local McDonald’s franchises, $250.
• Edward Slesnick, the vice president of Slesnick Iron & Metal, $500.
• Prominent Cleveland immigration attorney Margaret Wong, a major supporter of Healy-Abrams’ brother Canton Mayor William J. Healy II, $300.
• David Zhou, the chief operating officer of VXI Global Solutions, in Los Angeles, $500. Mayor Healy persuaded VXI to establish a call center in Canton.
Unions and labor associations contributed at least $40,000. U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s campaign fund and PAC to the Future committee gave $7,000. Former congressman John Boccieri’s campaign contributed $2,000. The Ohio Democratic Party and Mayor Healy’s campaign fund each gave $1,000, and the New Democrat Coalition PAC gave $5,000.
Former Plain Local Schools superintendent Jacqueline DeGarmo gave $250 and provided about $369 worth of free catering for a campaign event.
Healy-Abrams’ mother Mary Healy gave $500 and provided $817 worth of free catering for a fundraising event.
Contributors to Gibbs included (total for election cycle):
• William H. Belden, chairman of the Belden Brick Company, $1,000.
• Massillon Cable TV Chairman Richard Gessner, $2,500.
• Benjamin Suarez, the president of Suarez Corporation and his wife Nancy, $10,000.
• Harold Ziegler, Jr. of Ziegler Tire & Oil, $350.
• Stark County Treasurer Alex Zumbar, $250.
• Robert Shearer, owner of Shearer’s Foods, $2,500.
• Edward Roth III, president of Aultman Hospital, $1,000.
• Timken Co. executives, Timken family members and the Timken Good Government Fund, about $17,000.
• Douglas Sibila, of Plain Township, president of People’s Services, $1,000.
• National Air Traffic Controllers PAC, $5,000
• National Republican Campaign Committee, $5,000.
• Koch Industries PAC, run by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, $5,000.
Political Action Committees tied to corporations gave Gibbs more than $87,000 in the cycle. That includes Chesapeake Energy, UPS, Exxon Mobil, Federal Express, Marathon Petroleum, Verizon Wireless, Nationwide Insurance, Proctor & Gamble, AT&T, Home Depot, AEP and the Ford Motor Company.
Companies related to transportation and energy made many of the contributions. Gibbs is a subcommittee chairman on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
