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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Bill Mahoney (518) 817-3738

NYPIRG LOOKS AT MONEY SPENT ON PRIMARY ELECTIONS

Coffey spent the most per vote of the seven statewide candidates on the ballot; Paladino spent the least

One-hundred eighteen (118) of the candidates for State Senate, Assembly, Governor, and Attorney General on the
September 14th primary ballot have filed campaign finance reports this year.

The following vote and monetary totals are current as of 7 PM on September 27 th and are subject to change if
amended or late campaign finance filings are submitted or absentee ballots are tallied. Campaign spending represents
money spent between Jan. 12 and Sep. 24, 2010.

$ per
Committee Name Office District Votes Won? $ Spent vote Rank Link
DENIS FOR STATE ASSEMBLY A 72 548 n $89,697.74 $163.68 1 Link
FRIENDS OF JOHN A MESSER S 16 2965 n $458,693.00 $154.70 2 Link
SASSON FOR SENATE S 16 4874 n $462,926.72 $94.98 3 Link
FRIENDS OF EDWARD BRAUNSTEIN A 26 2035 y $184,675.35 $90.75 4 Link
LATESSA FOR ASSEMBLY A 119 1325 n $114,684.53 $86.55 5 Link
FRIENDS OF FRANCISCO MOYA A 39 2711 y $205,456.61 $75.79 6 Link
SEAN COFFEY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL AG 98388 $6,853,981.40 $69.66 7 Link
CITIZENS FOR SAM HOYT A 144 5174 y $330,407.75 $63.86 8 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT ELIO FORCINA A 26 928 N $58,234.49 $62.75 9 Link
MUNOZ FOR SENATE S 31 459 n $27,590.25 $60.11 10 Link
DUANE FOR NEW YORK A 26 1526 n $91,620.32 $60.04 11 Link
FRIENDS OF LYNN NUNES S 10 3500 n $206,233.19 $58.92 12 Link
FRIENDS OF LUCRETIA REGINA-POTTER A 49 296 n $16,724.79 $56.50 13 Link
FRIENDS OF BILL STACHOWSKI S 58 5958 n $310,894.88 $52.18 14 Link
PEOPLE FOR BING A 73 5211 y $256,752.40 $49.27 15 Link
FRIENDS OF TOBY STAVISKY S 16 6475 y $308,390.86 $47.63 16 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT WEISENBERG A 20 3785 y $179,229.73 $47.35 17 Link
FRIENDS OF RAMIREZ A 86 1496 n $70,517.02 $47.14 18 Link
FRIENDS OF GREGG LUNDAHL A 73 976 n $43,993.09 $45.07 19 Link
CIPRIANO FOR ASSEMBLY A 49 469 y $20,518.44 $43.75 20 Link
DINALLO FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, INC. AG 46496 $1,913,638.50 $41.16 21 Link
NEW YORKERS FOR ESPADA S 33 3607 n $142,327.77 $39.46 22 Link
NEW YORKERS FOR MARK LEVINE S 31 8326 n $326,493.41 $39.21 23 Link
NEW YORKERS ON THE BALL S 40 9258 y $362,456.98 $39.15 24 Link
ROSA EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE A 72 650 n $25,401.50 $39.08 25 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT MARY BETH
MURPHY S 40 5770 n $224,621.14 $38.93 26 Link
FRIENDS OF MIKE MILLER FOR ASSEMBLY A 38 1756 y $67,162.89 $38.25 27 Link
PAVELOCK FOR SENATE S 47 1434 n $54,149.05 $37.76 28 Link
JOE FOX FOR ASSEMBLY A 28 1961 n $73,719.92 $37.59 29 Link
CITIZENS FOR GINNY FIELDS A 5 1304 n $48,472.13 $37.17 30 Link
FRIENDS OF MARK POLLARD S 18 3014 n $110,797.95 $36.76 31 Link
FRIENDS OF BASIL SMIKLE FOR NEW
YORK STATE SENATE S 30 5389 n $194,322.78 $36.06 32 Link
GUSTAVO RIVERA FOR STATE SENATE S 33 6870 y $229,125.28 $33.35 33 Link
PEOPLE FOR BRODSKY AG 59168 $1,919,583.24 $32.44 34 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT JEFFRION AUBRY A 35 2289 y $72,787.96 $31.80 35 Link
HEVESI FOR ASSEMBLY A 28 2984 y $90,960.03 $30.48 36 Link
SHIRLEY HUNTLEY FOR STATE SENATE S 10 9535 y $288,349.76 $30.24 37 Link
KATHLEEN RICE 2010 AG 189505 $5,545,762.09 $29.26 38 Link
FARRELL 2010 A 71 6102 y $178,387.90 $29.23 39 Link
FRIENDS OF SENATOR BRESLIN S 46 10627 y $308,359.72 $29.02 40 Link
FRIENDS OF GEORGE JOSEPH A 115 2739 n $75,717.00 $27.64 41 Link
KENNEDY FOR SENATE S 58 14159 y $376,841.75 $26.61 42 Link
COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT NELSON
CASTRO A 86 1765 y $44,703.07 $25.33 43 Link
RUBEN DIAZ FOR STATE SENATE S 32 7823 y $196,846.01 $25.16 44 Link
MIRANDA FOR US A 35 1355 n $33,784.20 $24.93 45 Link
FRIENDS OF NICK A 38 538 n $13,324.95 $24.77 46 Link
FRIENDS FOR DELMONTE A 138 3262 n $79,213.81 $24.28 47 Link
FRIENDS OF KEN MANGAN A 5 1491 y $36,188.48 $24.27 48 Link
REFORMERS FOR RUSSO S 49 6680 y $157,475.27 $23.57 49 Link
FRIENDS OF RHODA JACOBS A 42 3236 y $74,278.51 $22.95 50 Link
FRIENDS OF ROBERT J. RODRIGUEZ A 68 2523 y $57,880.30 $22.94 51 Link
FRIENDS OF JIM DOMAGALSKI S 59 7014 n $156,694.14 $22.34 52 Link
SUPPORTERS OF ANTOINE M. THOMPSON S 60 13573 n $300,161.23 $22.11 53 Link
FRIENDS OF ADRIANO ESPAILLAT S 31 10969 y $238,680.54 $21.76 54 Link
FRIENDS OF LUKE MARTLAND S 46 7686 n $160,747.47 $20.91 55 Link
GOLOMBEK FOR REFORM A 144 4921 n $96,622.21 $19.63 56 Link
FRIENDS OF DAVID WEPRIN A 24 4494 y $86,982.44 $19.36 57 Link
ELECT MICHAEL J. HENNESSY S 47 1805 y $34,737.53 $19.25 58 Link
FRIENDS OF JOHN RUIZ FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE A 68 2061 n $39,566.79 $19.20 59 Link
TENNEY FOR ASSEMBLY A 115 3623 y $68,117.23 $18.80 60 Link
BEHAR FOR NY A 26 994 n $18,618.11 $18.73 61 Link
CITIZENS FOR RYBCZYNSKI A 146 2548 y $47,717.48 $18.73 62 Link
SCHNEIDERMAN FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL, INC. AG 202894 $3,781,905.26 $18.64 63 Link
CITIZENS FOR LENTOL A 50 5138 y $94,739.83 $18.44 64 Link
PEOPLE FOR JULISSA A. GOMEZ A 72 1326 n $24,221.50 $18.27 65 Link
FRIENDS OF KEVIN PARKER S 21 8805 y $155,367.68 $17.65 66 Link
FRIENDS OF TOM O'MARA S 53 10238 y $175,376.67 $17.13 67 Link
MEJIAS FOR SENATE S 6 2338 n $37,996.48 $16.25 68 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT SAM ROBERTS A 119 2108 y $34,042.21 $16.15 69 Link
LIEDKA FOR SENATE S 49 3820 n $59,951.36 $15.69 70 Link
LAZIO 2010, INC. G 167705 $2,573,784.99 $15.35 71 Link
MONSERRATE 2010 A 1356 n $20,709.47 $15.27 72 Link
FRIENDS OF HARRY BRONSON A 131 1532 y $23,121.24 $15.09 73 Link
SERGIO 2010 A 78 694 n $10,197.00 $14.69 74 Link
FRIENDS OF PETER M. RIVERA A 76 2428 y $33,980.72 $14.00 75 Link
FRIENDS FOR EVETTE ZAYAS A 68 324 n $4,479.78 $13.83 76 Link
BOB FRIEDRICH 2010 A 24 1994 n $27,256.15 $13.67 77 Link
CRESPO FOR ASSEMBLY A 85 2094 y $28,520.20 $13.62 78 Link
FRIENDS OF MARION L. BELL A 68 687 n $9,213.22 $13.41 79 Link
PALADINO FOR THE PEOPLE G 274903 $3,683,499.69 $13.40 80 Link
CHARLIE 2010 S 32 2129 n $28,235.13 $13.26 81 Link
FRIENDS OF MIKE AMODEO A 146 2102 n $26,376.92 $12.55 82 Link
FRIENDS OF JOHN ACCARDO A 138 3615 y $44,259.83 $12.24 83 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT WILLA POWELL A 131 1040 n $12,575.60 $12.09 84 Link
FRIENDS OF GEORGE A. AMEDORE, JR. A 105 3264 y $37,473.46 $11.48 85 Link
PEOPLE FOR KUZMA S 58 1150 n $11,997.41 $10.43 86 Link
SEPULVEDA FOR ASSEMBLY A 76 1935 n $17,930.43 $9.27 87 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT MICHELE ADOLPHE A 42 1083 n $9,936.64 $9.18 88 Link
EDWARD GIBBS 2010 A 68 488 n $4,414.61 $9.05 89 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT MALIK EVANS A 131 1315 n $11,879.60 $9.03 90 Link
FRIENDS OF JAMES GARY PRETLOW A 87 3198 y $27,691.73 $8.66 91 Link
18TH FRIENDS OF SENATOR VELMANETTE
MONTGOMERY S 18 12742 y $106,467.91 $8.36 92 Link
FRIENDS OF RORY ALLEN S 60 6150 n $48,507.56 $7.89 93 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT BARBARA M.
CLARK A 33 3185 y $23,148.45 $7.27 94 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT NAOMI RIVERA A 80 2332 y $15,432.64 $6.62 95 Link
FRIENDS OF JOAN MILLMAN A 52 6828 y $44,605.76 $6.53 96 Link
TOBACK FOR ASSEMBLY A 20 2442 n $15,110.68 $6.19 97 Link
BENEDETTO FOR ASSEMBLY A 82 4091 y $24,855.85 $6.08 98 Link
FRIENDS OF JIM BACALLES S 53 7003 n $40,916.97 $5.84 99 Link
ANNA LEWIS FOR STATE SENATE S 31 1691 n $8,667.14 $5.13 100 Link
GALLIVAN FOR SENATE S 59 7875 y $35,045.17 $4.45 101 Link
FRIENDS OF ROB GIUFFRE A 80 1069 n $4,728.82 $4.42 102 Link
FRIENDS OF KENNETH EVANS A 40 1083 n $4,450.00 $4.11 103 Link
ALFRED T. COPPOLA CAMPAIGN FUND
COPPOLA CARES S 60 4808 n $19,411.15 $4.04 104 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT CHRISTOPHER S.
FRIEND A 137 2910 y $11,293.22 $3.88 105 Link
DOUG BIVIANO FOR BROOKLYN A 52 2450 n $8,196.01 $3.35 106 Link
FRIENDS FOR PALMESANO A 136 6475 y $21,249.38 $3.28 107 Link
DIPIETRO FOR A CHANGE S 59 6396 n $20,202.13 $3.16 108 Link
CASEY NY SENATE (CASEY NEW YORK
SENATE) S 58 1317 n $4,033.54 $3.06 109 Link
FRIENDS OF ALVIN JOHNSON A 68 552 n $1,586.88 $2.87 110 Link
SERRANO FOR STATE SENATE S 28 6567 y $15,127.32 $2.30 111 Link
PEOPLE FOR ARIEL FERREIRA A 2092 n $3,770.24 $1.80 112 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT STEVEN R. KULA A 136 2283 n $3,496.95 $1.53 113 Link
INEZ BARRON FOR ASSEMBLY A 40 3149 y $3,196.00 $1.01 114 Link
FRIENDS OF MIMI PIERRE JOHNSON A 21 1404 n $1,316.28 $0.94 115 Link
FRIENDS OF GERARD PARISI FOR
ASSEMBLY A 105 1489 n $1,282.60 $0.86 116 Link
COMMITTEE TO ELECT DANIEL KOZUB
NYS ASSEMBLY DIST. 146 A 146 1649 n $887.86 $0.54 117 Link
FRIENDS OF RAFAEL DOMINGUEZ A 82 717 n $305.00 $0.43 118 Link