NJ Spotlight's Interactive Map: Tracking The Gubernatorial Campaign Contributions

NJ Spotlight once again has put up an interactive map that shows us in which parts of the state this year's gubernatorial candidates received their campaign contributions from. Democrat Phil Murphy, has a clear money advantage over his rival Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno.

Here in Middletown, Guadagno has out fundraised Murphy by slightly more than $10,000 ($26,800 to $16,074).  Interestingly, $1,500 of which has come from the campaign account of Middletown's Stephanie Murray.  What does that tell you?

Either Guadagno is worried about the overall money difference between her and Murphy and shook down Murray's campaign for a $1,500 contribution or Murray's campaign thinks so little of its opponent, that it doesn't think it needs its money to win reelection. Maybe it's both.        

From 10/26/17 Friends of Stephanie Murray campaign ELEC report 

Who Contributed To Chris Christie's Failed Presidential Campaign? NJSpotlight's Interactive Map Will Tells Us

NJSPOTLIGHT created an interactive & searchable map that allows us to see who and how much an individual contributed to Chris Christie's failed presidential campaign.

There were more than 4,400 donors to Christie for President and the Super PACs. The lion's share of Christie's money came from New Jersey -- $7.3 million -- and neighboring states. However, Christie also got at least one donation from every state, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, except for Hawaii, New Mexico and North Dakota.

You can do a search of contributors a few ways; you can do a search by name, state, town or zip code. So if you want to see whether or not Governor Christie had  any friends in Monmouth County or Middletown contribute to his campaign you can do so easily.

I found several prominent Middletown residents who contributed to ‎Chris Christie or one of his Super PACs. Look and see if you can find anyone you know on the list.