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Here's How Much Money Levittown Candidates Raised In 2020

Levittown ballots this year included candidates for president, Congress, Assembly and state Senate. Here's how much they raised.

Levittown ballots this year included candidates for president, Congress, Assembly and state Senate. Here's how much they raised.
Levittown ballots this year included candidates for president, Congress, Assembly and state Senate. Here's how much they raised. (Colin Miner/Patch)

LEVITTOWN, NY — Candidates who appeared on Levittown ballots in 2020 raised thousands of dollars in the weeks and months leading up to Election Day. That includes candidates in state Assembly, Senate and U.S. Congress races.

Using the latest publicly available data from the New York State Board of Elections, Patch compiled a list of how much money each candidate raised — and spent — in 2020. Here's what we found.

Assembly District 14

As of Oct. 19, the campaign for incumbent Republican New York state Assemblyman Dave McDonough had raised about twice as much money than Democratic challenger Kevin Gorman.

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McDonough held a comfortable lead in the race with about 38,000 votes to Gorman's roughly 21,000. Thousands of absentee ballots have not been counted in the race.

Friends of Dave McDonough

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  • Total contributions: $13,100
  • Total expenses: $7,701

Gorman for Assembly

  • Total contributions: $6,287
  • Total expenses: $6,151

Assembly District 17

As of Oct. 12, the campaign for incumbent Republican state Assemblyman John Mikulin had raised about $28,000 in 2020. Engelman did not have a fundraising committee, records showed.

Mikulin held a large lead in the race with about 35,000 votes to Engelman's roughly 19,000. Thousands of absentee ballots have not been counted in the race.

Friends of John Mikulin

  • Total contributions: $27,953
  • Total expenses: $11,234

Senate District 6

As of Oct. 19, incumbent Democratic state Sen. Kevin Thomas' campaign had raised far more money than Republican challenger Dennis Dunne Sr.

Dunne held a comfortable lead in the race with about 65,000 votes to Thomas' roughly 57,000. Thousands of absentee ballots have not been counted in the race.

Friends of Kevin Thomas For Senate

  • Total contributions: $389,811
  • Total expenses: $202,033

Dunne 2020

  • Total contributions: $89,015
  • Total expenses: $33,468

2nd Congressional District

As of June 30, Democrat Jackie Gordon's campaign had raised far more money than Republican opponent Andrew Garbarino.

But that money so far hasn't translated into results. Gordon trailed Garbarino by a large margin Thursday with about 111,000 votes to Garbarino's roughly 157,000. Thousands of absentee ballots have yet to be counted.

Jackie Gordon for Congress

  • Total receipts: $3.8 million
  • Total disbursements: $3.2 million

Garbarino for Congress

  • Total receipts: $1.4 million
  • Total expenses: $1 million

President

As of Oct. 14, former Vice President Joe Biden had raised far more money than President Donald Trump.

As of Thursday, Biden led Trump in the popular vote with 72.4 million to Trump's 68.9 million. Numerous votes remained uncounted nationwide.

Donald J. Trump For President

  • Total receipts: $533.8 million
  • Total disbursements: $492.3 million

Biden for President

  • Total receipts: $952.2 million
  • Total disbursements: $790.2 million

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