Here's How Much Money Poured Into Upper East Side Elections

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Candidates who appeared on the ballot on the Upper East Side raised and spent plenty of dough in the weeks and months leading up to Election Day.

Using the latest publicly available data from the New York State Board of Elections and the Federal Election Commission, Patch compiled a list of how much money each candidate raised — and spent — leading up to the 2020 Election.

Totals are from 2019 and 2020 and have been rounded down to the closest whole number.

12th Congressional District

In the neighborhood's most lopsided fundraising result, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney raised more than $2.8 million and spent about the same amount, while her two general election opponents raised and spent no money whatsoever.

Maloney defeated Republican Carlos Santiago-Cano and Libertarian Steven Kolln on Tuesday to secure another term representing New York's 12th District, which covers parts of the Upper East Side and Midtown Manhattan, Astoria and Long Island City in Queens, and Greenpoint in Brooklyn.

The Associated Press called the race for Maloney late Tuesday as she led with about 80 percent of the vote, though the results do not yet include at least 131,000 absentee ballots cast in the district. Much of Maloney's fundraising was likely targeted at her more competitive June primary race against Suraj Patel, in which she prevailed after weeks of ballot counting.

Carolyn Maloney:

• Total raised: $2.8 million
• Total expenditures: $2.8 million

Carlos Santiago-Cano:

• Total raised: $0
• Total expenditures: $0

Steven Kolln:

• Total raised: $0
• Total expenditures: $0

76th Assembly District

Incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright raised and spent more than $500,000 on her re-election bid, which became tougher this spring after a filing error forced her to run as an independent candidate.

Her closest opponent, Republican Lou Puliafito, raised only $2,800 and spent less than that. Patrick Bobilin, a progressive candidate who was forced to abandon his campaign in October after a judge ruled him ineligible, raised the second-most money in the race: more than $15,300.

Rebecca Seawright:

• Total raised: $504,000
• Total spent: $539,000

Louis Puliafito:

• Total raised: $2,800
• Total spent: $2,300

Patrick Bobilin:

• Total raised: $15,300
• Total spent: $2,600

73rd Assembly District

In the 73rd District, which covers the western part of the neighborhood and parts of Midtown east, incumbent Democrat Dan Quart was re-elected over Republican challenger Judith Graham, winning about 70 percent of the in-person vote to Graham's 30 percent.

Quart vastly outraised Graham, although he, in turn, was outraised by Cameron Koffman, Quart's opponent in this summer's Democratic primary, who raised more than $515,000 and spent over $433,900 in his unsuccessful bid to unseat Quart.

Dan Quart:

• Total raised: $329,500
• Total spent: $157,100

Judith Graham:

• Total raised: $8,200
• Total spent: $6,400

68th Assembly District

Incumbent Democrat Robert J. Rodriguez cruised to re-election over Republican opponent Daby Carreras. in the 68th Assembly District, which covers East Harlem and the northern part of the Upper East Side.

Rodriguez raised more than $111,000 — much of it likely for his primary campaign against challenger Tamika Mapp — while Carreras had no campaign account on file with the state.

Robert Rodriguez:

• Total raised: $111,000
• Total spent: $65,000

28th State Senate District

Incumbent Democrat Liz Krueger vastly outraised Republican challenger Michael Zumbluskas in the race for the 28th District, which covers the Upper East Side and parts of Midtown, Murray Hill and Gramercy.

Krueger prevailed on election night with about 74 percent of the vote, before absentee ballots have been counted.

Liz Krueger:

• Total raised: $110,600
• Total spent: $44,300

Michael Zumbluskas:

• Total raised: $1,200
• Total spent: $273

29th State Senate District

Further uptown, State Sen. José M. Serrano raised more than $23,000 in his bid for another term representing parts of the Upper East Side and East Harlem in Albany.

His Republican opponent, Jose A. Colon, had no campaign account on file.

José M. Serrano:

• Total raised: $23,500
• Total spent: $27,300

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Maya Kaufman contributed to this report.