Donations Show Where Spicer Support Comes From: Map

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer launched her 2021 campaign on Thursday, and is entering a reelection year with close to $30,000 in her campaign coffers.

Although Spicer was quiet about her 2021 plans until this week, she's been accepting contributions since she took office in 2018. She began 2020 with about $11,000 in her campaign account, and held key fundraisers in July and December 2020 to boost her to near the $30,000 mark.

With campaign season underway, Patch dug into Spicer's fundraising efforts since January 2020 to find out where in the state and nation her donations are coming from. Most of her supporters live in Framingham, but Spicer is well known outside the city — she made appearances around the state to support Joe Kennedy during his U.S. Senate bid in 2020, and has strong connections with other Black and Democratic elected officials in Massachusetts and beyond.

About 83 percent of Spicer's donations since January 2020 have come from inside Massachusetts, but she drew donations from residents of 19 other states and Washington, DC. Here's where those came from:

• Massachusetts —313
• New York — 19
• Georgia — 6
• Delaware, Florida, North Carolina, Washington DC — 3 each
• Arizona, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, Texas, Vermont — 2 each
• Kansas, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Wisconsin — 1 each

In Massachusetts, about 44 percent of Spicer's donations came from Framingham. She received a healthy number from Boston (Roslindale, Roxbury, Hyde Park, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain included), and then small groups spread across the state from Quincy to as far west as Northampton and Springfield. Here are the top five Massachusetts communities for donations:

• Framingham 138
• Boston 43
• Natick 8
• Stoughton 7
• Cambridge, Newton 6 each

Inside Framingham, Spicer received 91 donations from people living in either the 01701 or 01705 zip codes, which are north of Route 9. She got 47 donations from 01702 south of Route 9.

Here's a map of where all donations since January 2020 have originated from:

Spicer's average donation from Massachusetts residents combined was about $119, and the average Framingham donation was about $104. The average donation across all sources was $112. Most donations were under $100 at 231 compared to 141 above $100, according to state records.

The incumbent mayor also drew support from some notable people from across the U.S. including:

• Melrose Mayor Paul Brodeur
• District 9 Councilor Tracey Bryant
• District 4 Councilor Michael Cannon
• Chelsea City Manager Tom Ambrosino
• Leslie White-Harvey, former Framingham school committee candidate
• Everett City Councilor and mayoral candidate Gerly Adrian
• Charles River Ventures founder Rick Burnes
• Hudson Planning Director Kristina Johnson
• Former Suffolk DA candidate Linda Champion
• Wayside Youth & Family CEO Eric Masi
• Former Gary, Ind., mayor and Chicago Urban League CEO Karen Freeman-Wilson
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute business school dean Debora Jackson
• Former U.S. Senate candidate Joe Kennedy's political action committee

Former Councilor Charlie Sisitsky is so far the only person to have stepped up to challenge Spicer in 2021. He filed paperwork with the state on April 28 and has not reported any fundraising yet.

READ: Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer Will Seek Reelection In 2021