Follow the money….
Here’s the final tally of campaign receipts for candidates for City Council in the 2021 municipal election as well as Political Action Committees who backed candidates in the municipal election. Only late reported data and error corrections will be made after this point.
I have always found the pattern of campaign receipts to be a strong indicator of which candidates are likely to seek reelection and which candidates are pursuing this goal most aggressively. It must be emphasized that aggressive fundraising should never be misinterpreted as quality of any given candidate.
Here’s the latest account of the (a) total receipts, (b) Cambridge contributions, (c) contributions by candidate to own campaign, (d) union contributions, (e) real estate contributions (as best as I could discern), and (f) total of union and real estate money contributed over this election cycle starting from Feb 1, 2020 through Jan 31, 2022 (a full two-year election cycle) for all City Council candidates (notes: – receipts include loans from candidates to their campaigns; refunds deducted if clearly a refund):
Note to candidates and campaigns: If you feel that anything in these tables is not correct, please contact me at election2021@cambridgecivic.com to make your case. Reasonable requests only.
You can sort on any field by clicking on the field name – in increasing order on the 1st click and in decreasing order on the 2nd click.
Total Receipts
Table of reported City Council campaign receipts (Feb 1, 2020 - Jan 31, 2022 - a full two-year election cycle)
Total Receipts, Cambridge Receipts, Self-funding, Unions, Real Estate
Last updated Apr 27, 5:35pm.
[Note: The figures shown for Nicola Williams required some correction due to very poor record-keeping, duplicate entries, etc. by the campaign Treasurer. There are likely still errors to be corrected.]
| Candidate (and PACs) | Receipts | Cambridge | Pct | Self | unions | Pct | Real Estate | Pct | unions+RE | Pct |
| Toner, Paul | $76,707.00 | $38,980.00 | 50.8% | $5,025.00 | $5,600.00 | 7.3% | $11,625.00 | 15.2% | $17,225.00 | 22.5% |
| Zondervan, Quinton | $71,129.90 | $52,490.18 | 73.8% | $17,000.00 | $500.00 | 0.7% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $500.00 | 0.7% |
| Simmons, E. Denise | $67,899.99 | $32,772.00 | 48.3% | $0.00 | $6,100.00 | 9.0% | $18,200.00 | 26.8% | $24,300.00 | 35.8% |
| McGovern, Marc C. | $66,284.21 | $33,925.00 | 51.2% | $0.00 | $10,350.00 | 15.6% | $13,175.00 | 19.9% | $23,525.00 | 35.5% |
| Williams, Nicola A. | $58,415.40 | $43,775.21 | 74.9% | $7,780.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Skeadas, Theodora | $48,374.40 | $8,321.00 | 17.2% | $3.90 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Mallon, Alanna | $41,596.02 | $25,514.57 | 61.3% | $136.00 | $5,500.00 | 13.2% | $3,850.00 | 9.3% | $9,350.00 | 22.5% |
| Siddiqui, Sumbul | $40,070.03 | $28,310.43 | 70.7% | $0.00 | $3,000.00 | 7.5% | $500.00 | 1.2% | $3,500.00 | 8.7% |
| Carlone, Dennis | $39,358.47 | $29,596.05 | 75.2% | $0.00 | $750.00 | 1.9% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $750.00 | 1.9% |
| Nolan, Patricia M. | $37,491.00 | $27,082.00 | 72.2% | $0.00 | $1,000.00 | 2.7% | $499.00 | 1.3% | $1,499.00 | 4.0% |
| Azeem, Burhan | $37,402.10 | $24,925.10 | 66.6% | $14,000.00 | $500.00 | 1.3% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $500.00 | 1.3% |
| CCC - IEPAC | $32,855.00 | $32,855.00 | 100.0% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Sobrinho-Wheeler, Jivan | $30,977.11 | $15,722.08 | 50.8% | $2,177.88 | $3,250.00 | 10.5% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $3,250.00 | 10.5% |
| McGuirk, Joe | $27,187.81 | $9,866.21 | 36.3% | $10.00 | $1,500.00 | 5.5% | $850.00 | 3.1% | $2,350.00 | 8.6% |
| Hicks, Tonia | $19,607.77 | 7112.94 | 36.3% | $120.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| ABC - IEPAC | $18,594.00 | $14,555.00 | 78.3% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $200.00 | 1.1% | $200.00 | 1.1% |
| Bullister, Dana | $15,047.01 | $8,199.01 | 54.5% | $5,399.01 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Eckstut, Robert | $10,452.00 | $1,120.00 | 10.7% | $720.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| ORC - PAC | $4,860.00 | $4,860.00 | 100.0% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| BikeSafety-PAC | $4,231.00 | $3,275.00 | 77.4% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| ABC - PAC | $1,280.00 | $1,130.00 | 88.3% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $50.00 | 3.9% | $50.00 | 3.9% |
| CResA - PAC | $1,045.00 | $1,045.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Pierre, Frantz | $250.00 | $50.00 | 20.0% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Moree, Gregg | $100.00 | $100.00 | 100.0% | $100.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Levy, Ilan S. | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| CCC - PAC | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Total | $751,215.22 | $445,581.78 | 59.3% | $52,471.79 | $38,050.00 | 5.1% | $48,949.00 | 6.5% | $86,999.00 | 11.6% |
Source: Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF)
ABC-PAC: “A Better Cambridge Political Action Committee” [dissolved 4/14/21 in favor of ABC-IEPAC]
ABC-IEPAC: “A Better Cambridge Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee”
BikeSafety-IEPAC: “Cambridge Bicycle Safety Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee”
CCC-PAC: “Cambridge Citizens Coalition Political Action Committee” [dissolved 11/5/21 in favor of CCC-IEPAC]
CCC-IEPAC: “Cambridge Citizens Coalition Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee”
CResA-PAC: “Democracy for Cambridge Political Action Committee” – Cambridge Residents Alliance
ORC-PAC: “Our Revolution Cambridge Political Action Committee”
Note: Late support from two additional Independent Expenditure PACs (IEPAC) associated with Liam Kerr has been reported for two candidates:
Priorities for Progress IEPAC – $3000 toward Paul Toner (Novus Group, digital advertisements)
Democrats for Education Reform IEPAC – $2500 toward Patricia Nolan (Novus Group, digital advertisements)
Bank Reports and $ per #1 Vote
Bank Reports 2021 - Cambridge City Council Candidates and PACs
Last updated Feb 4, 1:00pm
| Candidate | From | To | Start | Receipts | Expend | Balance | As Of | #1 Votes | $/#1 Vote |
| ABC-PAC | 02/01/20 | 04/14/21 | $2,051.88 | $1,229.43 | $3,281.31 | $0.00 | 04/14/21 | | |
| ABC-IEPAC | 02/17/21 | 10/31/21 | $0.00 | $18,424.00 | $11,178.25 | $7,245.75 | 11/01/21 | | |
| CCC-PAC | 02/01/20 | 10/31/21 | $5,142.82 | $0.00 | $5,142.82 | $0.00 | 11/04/21 | | |
| CCC-IEPAC | 01/01/21 | 12/31/21 | $0.00 | $32,855.00 | $32,512.40 | $342.60 | 01/05/22 | | |
| CResA-PAC | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $456.16 | $2,041.56 | $1,419.26 | $1,078.46 | 02/03/22 | | |
| BikeSafety-IEPAC | 02/01/20 | 10/20/21 | $0.00 | $3,861.00 | $0.00 | $3,861.00 | 10/20/21 | | |
| ORC-PAC | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $60.00 | $4,860.10 | $4,433.08 | $487.02 | 02/01/22 | | |
| Azeem, Burhan | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $53.68 | $38,646.06 | $38,307.13 | $392.61 | 02/03/22 | 1379 | $27.78 |
| Bullister, Dana | 11/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $0.00 | $15,071.40 | $14,930.41 | $140.99 | 02/04/22 | 520 | $28.71 |
| Carlone, Dennis | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $7,231.04 | $40,784.41 | $35,958.09 | $12,057.36 | 02/01/22 | 1493 | $24.08 |
| Eckstut, Robert | 05/12/21 | 01/31/22 | $0.00 | $9,886.39 | $9,688.13 | $198.26 | 02/01/22 | 70 | $138.40 |
| Hicks, Tonia | 11/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $0.00 | $19,079.01 | $17,277.12 | $1,801.89 | 02/01/22 | 363 | $47.60 |
| Levy, Ilan | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $54.78 | $0.00 | $51.00 | $3.78 | 02/01/22 | 97 | $0.53 |
| Mallon, Alanna | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $4,944.73 | $40,630.07 | $39,879.65 | $5,695.15 | 02/03/22 | 1220 | $32.69 |
| McGovern, Marc | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $11,356.02 | $67,758.37 | $65,477.31 | $13,637.08 | 02/02/22 | 1539 | $42.55 |
| McGuirk, Joe | 12/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $0.00 | $26,359.48 | $23,853.41 | $2,506.07 | 02/01/22 | 611 | $39.04 |
| Moree, Gregg | 12/31/20 | 11/30/21 | $0.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $0.00 | 12/06/21 | 80 | $1.25 |
| Nolan, Patty | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $6,855.33 | $36,922.69 | $30,637.02 | $13,141.00 | 02/01/22 | 1971 | $15.54 |
| Pierre, Frantz | 11/01/20 | 12/31/21 | $0.00 | $3,336.17 | $2,312.83 | $1,023.34 | 01/04/22 | 355 | $6.52 |
| Siddiqui, Sumbul | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $15,318.99 | $40,290.95 | $35,863.41 | $19,746.53 | 02/01/22 | 4124 | $8.70 |
| Simmons, Denise | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $8,662.33 | $66,729.02 | $60,207.29 | $15,184.06 | 02/01/22 | 1764 | $34.13 |
| Skeadas, Theodora | 02/01/21 | 01/31/22 | $0.00 | $46,663.79 | $46,008.27 | $655.52 | 02/01/22 | 813 | $56.59 |
| Sobrinho-Wheeler, Jivan | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $2,103.89 | $30,001.90 | $31,048.50 | $1,057.29 | 02/01/22 | 1225 | $25.35 |
| Toner, Paul | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $156.57 | $75,858.01 | $74,637.07 | $1,377.51 | 02/01/22 | 1703 | $43.83 |
| Williams, Nicola A. | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $262.21 | $61,089.46 | $60,934.55 | $417.12 | 02/01/22 | 1159 | $52.58 |
| Zondervan, Quinton | 02/01/20 | 01/31/22 | $256.49 | $70,872.25 | $70,347.73 | $781.01 | 02/01/22 | 1295 | $54.32 |
2021 Cambridge Candidate Pages
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