As West Windsor heads into a new year following a heated campaign season, post-election reports of contributions and expenditures for each candidate who ran in the May election are now available on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh and his team, Councilwoman Linda Geevers and councilman-elect Kamal Khanna, who won by large margins in May, seem to have had much more money in their campaign coffers compared with their opponents — Council President Charles Morgan, who ran for mayor, and Nitin Shah and Anupam Gupta, who ran for council. Mayoral candidate Pete Weale stuck true to his word and did not spend money on his campaign.
Each of the candidates who ran in the election filed individual reports, and Hsueh’s team, West Windsor First, also filed a report as a team, while most of the money in Morgan’s team, Best 4 West Windsor, seemed to come out of Morgan’s own individual fund.
Hsueh claimed 72 percent of the vote in the elections, and his slate claimed victory in each of the township’s 16 voting districts. In the mayoral race, Hsueh received a total of 3,572 votes; Morgan received 1,306; and Pete Weale received 175 votes. In the council race, Geevers received the support of 3,583 voters — 73 percent of those who went out to the polls — and Khanna received 3,071, or 62 percent of the vote. Nitin Shah and Anupam Gupta, Morgan’s running mates, received 1,448 and 1,332 votes, respectively.
The most dramatic difference is seen between the mayor and Morgan. Hsueh alone reported having a cumulative amount of $68,401.96 in contributions, while Morgan reported a cumulative amount of $33,046.04. Both candidates, however, carried over funds from their previous campaign funds to deposit into their current ones.
Hsueh spent a total of $49,235.26 throughout his campaign, while Morgan spent a total of $32,339.05.
In addition, the West Windsor First team reported a total of $14,533.84 in contributions and $2,228.84 in expenditures this campaign season. Individual candidates from that team also spent their own money. Geevers received $395.67 in contributions and spent $145.67, while Khanna received a total of $7,140.44 and spent $4,730.77.
On the other team, Shah reported receiving $1,900 total in contributions and spent $1,500 in total, while Gupta received a total of $3,666.90 and spent a total of $2,805.
West Windsor First
INCOME:
Friends of the Kamal Khanna Campaign, $2,000.
Michael Huey, a township resident, and a lawyer, who also heads the Cable TV Advisory Committee and occasionally tapes council meetings when other workers are not available; $300.
Contributions of $300 or less, $25.
Friends of Kamal Khanna, $1,446.49
Stephen Decter, West Windsor resident and campaign manager, $361.68.
Friends of Linda Geevers, $395.67.
EXPENSES:
D&Y Buffet, Nassau Park Boulevard, $1,716.
Notably Yours, on note cards, $52.64.
D&Y Buffet, Nassau Park Boulevard, $1,716.
Pequod, Alexander Road, on campaign mailer, $1,208.05.
Pequod, Alexander Road, on graphic design for ad, $401.25.
Pequod, Alexander Road, for advertising costs on separate occasions: $1,313,96; $1,290.10; $271.87; $828.18; $144.24; and $2,285.46.
Miscellaneous: Campaign business cards, $193.93; campaign door hangers, $667.68; campaign flyers, $106.95; graphic design, $642; and voter registration information from Mercer County, $50.
Paul Pitluk, West Windsor resident, $45.16, for mailing materials.
Fu Grand Lin, West Windsor resident, $276.35, for signs.
West Windsor-Plainsboro News, $3,040, for advertising.
Shing-Fu Hsueh
INCOME:
Contributions of $300 or less, $25,530.
Chuck Chang for Council campaign, in October, 2007, $800.
Chung S. Yang, of Piscataway, and professor at Rutgers, $500.
Patrick and Elizabeth Boyle, of West Windsor, $2,000.
Tommy Huang, of Sparta, of Leh Ta Enterprise, Inc., $1,000.
Che Ying Liao, of Fresh Meadow, NY, of the Sunshine Network Corporation, $2,000.
Hau Chiang, of North Holmdel, of ACE Mountain Co., $500.
Stephen C.M. Chen, of Matrinsville, a physician at ACNJ, $700.
Contributions of $300 or less: $970.
Contributions of $300 or less: $830.
Contributions of $300 or less $150.
EXPENSES:
Postage Stamps, $205.
West Windsor Little League, $200.
The Mercer County Italian Festival, $200.
Andrew Liu, West Windsor resident, $26.79, for fundraising party expense.
Mastoris Restaurant, Bordentown, $5,836 for fundraising party expense.
Louis Chang, of Edison, $86.46, for a balloon expense for fundraising party.
Margaret Koo, of West Windsor, $200, for a band expense for fundraising party.
World Buffet, Mercerville, $3,700 for fundraising dinner.
Fu Liu, West Windsor resident, $130, for fundraising party expense.
Raritan Valley Florist and Garden Center, Inc., $422, for a flower epxense for the fundraising party.
March of Dimes, $100, donation.
John Liu, West Windsor resident, $62.74, for campaign website hosting.
Foto Lux Inc., Princeton-Highstown Road, $105.93.
Postmaster, $420, for a mailing.
Pequod Communication, Alexander Road, $1,208.15, for postage for signs and flyers.
Newspaper advertisements, $802.
Post Office, $8,420, for stamps.
West Windsor Recreation Department, $150, for facility use for a campaign picnic.
Fu-Grand Liu, $43.97, for signs and postage
Superstar East Buffet Chinese Restaurant, $500, for campaign picnic.
ShopRite, $35.90, for other food at the campaign picnic
Wen-Chieh Chung, West Windsor resident, $372.02, for campaign picnic expense
Pequod Communications, $17,401.81, for campaign newsletter, postcards, and graphic design expenses
Princeton Packet, $690.30, for campaign advertisement
Pequod Communications, $7,692.54, for campaign media expense
Charles Morgan
MORGAN INCOME:
(While still designated for Council, 2011, candidacy):
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less: $500.
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less, $2,345.
(After $11,584.14 was transferred from 2011 council election fund to 2009 mayoral election fund):
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less: $9,623.35.
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less, $150.
Mercer Oaks Catering, $480, a refunded disbursement, for “overpayment” for a fundraiser.
Friends of John Bencivengo for Mayor, the election fund for Hamilton Township’s current mayor, $500.
Russell Wotjenko, West Windsor resident and lawyer out of North Brunswick, $1,201 — as part of an aggregate amoun of $1,500.
Bob Franks, of Warren, and president of Health Care Institution of NJ in Bridgewater, $500.
West Windsor Republican Club, $1,500, for campaign signs.
West Windsor Republican Club, $1,000.
Contributions of $300 or less, $1,287.55
West Windsor Republican Club, $1,000
Mercer County GOP, $4,200
Burkewood Creative, of Mapleton Road, $1,500 worth of in-kind contributions, for consulting services
MORGAN EXPENSES:
(While still designated for Council, 2011, candidacy):
Princeton Junction Post Office, $40, for maintenance of a P.O. Box.
R. Edward Steele, West Windsor resident and Morgan’s campaign treasurer, $71.66, for office supplies.
(After $11,584.14 was transferred from 2011 council election fund to 2009 mayoral election fund):
Amici Milano Restaurant, Chambersburg, $2,000 for a fundraiser.
Lois Morgan, his wife, $370.86, for postage.
Jamestown Association, campaign consultants who have been linked in online blogs to popular Republican candidates throughout the state, including gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, $2,447.
Lois Morgan, his wife, $788.26, for a printer, toner, and office supplies. for a fundraiser.
Lois Morgan, his wife, $376.63, for a mailing.
SHM Mailers, of Princeton Junction, $2,202.16 for printing and mailing a newsletter.
Ambrose Liu, of Rutherford, $270, for design of a newsletter.
Postmaster, $1,402 for a mailing.
SHM Mailers$>, of Princeton Junction, $1,129.48, for another newsletter mailing.
Russell Wojtenko, $99.46, for advertising magnets.
Lois Morgan, his wife, $211.86 and $33.26, for Fotolux pictures and postage.
Nicole Sanders, of Hightstown, $29.99, for business cards.
SHM Mailers$>, of Princeton Junction, $2,202.16, for another newsletter mailing.
Postmaster, $1,409.24, for a mailing.
Ambrose Liu, of Rutherford, $125, for design of a newsletter.
Lois Morgan, his wife, $675.08, for postage and photos.
Mercer Oaks Catering, $1,150, for a fundraiser.
Katarzyna Zabana Consulting Services, of Westhampton, $539.85, for advertising.
Post Office, $42, for maintenance of P.O. Box.
Lois Morgan, his wife, $168 and $100, for postage and research.
SHM Mailers, of Princeton Junction, $1,750.75, for another mailing.
Postmaster, $1,470.88, for postage.
Jamestown Associates, political consultants, $2,315, for a trifold mailing.
Craig Rankin, of Spot Cable Sales in Livingston, $2,016, for a TV spot on cable.
Linda Geevers
GEEVERS INCOME:
Contributions of $300 or less, $250.
Contributions of $300 or less, $145.67.
GEEVERS EXPENSES:
Contribution to West Windsor First, $395.67.
Kamal Khanna
KHANNA INCOME:
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less, $1,477.
Arun Khanna, of Stone Mountain, GA, and president of the American Clinical Lab, $1,000.
Veena Khanna, his wife, a physician at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, $421.44.
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less, $3,572.
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less, $650.
KHANNA EXPENSES:
Staples, $165.17, for supplies.
Staples, $74.78, for a photo duplication.
Voter Lists, $44.33.
Crown of India, $1,000, for a campaign fundraiser.
West Windsor First, a $2,000 contribution
West Windsor First, a $,1086.49 contribution
West Windsor First, a $360 contribution
In April, 2009, he dispursed the remaining $2,000 from his campaign fund to the West Windsor First campaign fund.
Nitin Shah
SHAH INCOME:
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less, $400.
Burkewood Creative, of Mapleton Road, $1,500 worth of in-kind contributions, for consulting services on May 11, a day before the election.
SHAH EXPENSES:
Advertising Magnets, $93.10.
Anupam Gupta
GUPTA INCOME:
Monetary Contributions of $300 or less, $861.
Charles Morgan Election Fund, $1,305.
Burkewood Creative, of Mapleton Road, $1,500 worth of in-kind contributions, for consulting services for media advertisement, on May 11, a day before the election.
GUPTA EXPENSES:
Russell Wojtenko, of Stonelea Drive in West Windsor, $93.10, for advertising magnets.
EBC Music Inc., of Monmouth Junction, $200, for a campaign commercial on EBC radio.
Staples, $130.50, for printer ink used for printing brochures.
Gujarat Times, $450, for election advertisement in newspaper.
Anupam Gupta, $1,282.40, for food, beverages, and paper needed for election events held between March 22 and April 23; and for election headquarters from May 2 to May 12.
