ELEC: Combined County Party Fundraising Continues to Thrive

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County political party committees are raising funds at a healthy clip even during an “off-year” when federal elections are the main focus this fall, according to quarterly reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). Combined fundraising for those committees during the first nine months of 2024 totaled $8.

4 million. That figure is 66 percent higher than the average for eight federal election years since 2010.

County party committees continue to benefit from the enactment last year of the most sweeping overhaul of campaign finance laws since 2004. The new law (P.

L. 2023, Chapter 30) was signed April 3, 2023, by Governor Phil Murphy.

The law doubled the maximum annual contribution to county party committees from $37,500 […].

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