Bergen County GOP closing the campaign funding gap with Democrats

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Bergen County GOP closing the campaign funding gap with Democrats
Monday October 21, 2013, 6:13 PM
BY  JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
The Record

Bergen County Republicans are raising campaign funds at a much more competitive pace than they have in several years, according to state election reports released Monday.

After two election cycles in which Democrats out-raised Republicans — often by a better than 2-to-1 ratio — the two parties are not as far apart this year with Democrats raising $182,333 in the third quarter of 2013 compared to $157,224 raised by Republicans.

And when funds raised by individual candidates is factored in, the combined totals show the two parties within about $6,000 of each other with the Democrats holding a slight edge.

That is a major turnabout for the Bergen County Republican Organization, which as recently as April 2012 had to rely upon a $10,000 loan from County Chairman Bob Yudin in order to pay its bills.

Instead, the most recent report filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission shows the Republicans with $152,279 cash on hand as of Oct. 15 compared to the Democrats who reported $38,372 in cash on hand.

“I’m very optimistic,” Yudin said Monday. “Bergen County is still a competitive county where there are more registered ‘Ds’ than registered ‘Rs’ and the unaffiliated voters decide who wins or loses.

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