A flood of large campaign checks from outside New Jersey helped fatten county party coffers to their largest totals since the last gubernatorial election in 2017, according to fourth quarter reports filed for 2021 with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). County party committees raised $14.3 million and spent $13.2 million in 2021,[.]
A record spike in independent spending pushed the cost of the 2021 gubernatorial election to $90.7 million, the second costliest on record when inflation is taken into account, according to the latest reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). “While the 2021 election cost the most ever in nominal dollars,[.]
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