Since the start of the year, Hayden’s campaign account outraised Arroyo’s, $382,716 to $230,733, and outspent him, $222,713 to $196,635. Printing companies are common expenditures for local races where visibility from lawn signs, mailers fliers can make a big difference. He also got a $13,250 boost from Democrats for Education Reform Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee, an organization run by center-left area political activist Liam Kerr.īoth Arroyo and Hayden hurled money at Connolly Printing in Woburn, a favorite of many Boston pols. He’s now the only one on the ballot for the November general election after winning the Democratic primary. Hayden raised $92,317 and spent $77,167 in August to leave him with $145,505 in the bank to start September. He got just a small boost from a PAC - $5,656 in total from the Chinese Progressive Association’s action committee. The campaign finance reports for both Hayden, who emerged victorious in Tuesday’s primary, and challenger Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, who came up short, have dropped, showing significant spending in the final weeks of the particularly nasty race that Arroyo conceded Wednesday morning.Īrroyo raised $24,016 and spent $126,747 to end August with $101,795 in the bank. Politico reported last month that the outgoing guv was scheduled to hold a fundraiser with Hayden at the Carrie Nation bar downtown, but scheduling issues ultimately stymied that. This one has ties to Baker, though he’s not allowed to tell it what to do.īaker appointed Hayden in January after then-DA Rachael Rollins left to become U.S. While individuals can donate a maximum of $1,000 a year to a candidate, they can give essentially as much as they want to independent expenditure PACs, which by law are forbidden from coordinating with candidates, but can spend through the nose to help them. Quinn and Hayden are both Democrats and Higgins and O’Connor Republicans. Patrick O’Connor of Weymouth, all of whom got less than $15,000 from the committee.
The other three candidates who received more than $10,000 from the PAC were Bristol DA Tom Quinn, Cape & Islands DA candidate Dan Higgins and state Sen.
“Massachusetts Majority is proud to have played an important role in securing party nominations for a bipartisan slate of political centrists,” PAC chair Gregg Lisciotti said in a statement touting the success of the 15 candidates it chose to spend money on.
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