I wrote about this topic in September about the pre-primary filing. Since then, there was an October pre-election filing. It is equally interesting as September’s. My source is the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance. To see the data yourself, you can:

1. Check out the database.
2. Click “Candidates.”
3. Enter “Havern” for the last name.
4. Click the “ Pre-election Report”
5. In particular, I’m talking about Schedule A

Havern’s receipts were $11,000. Again, a big chunk (more than $4000) was from PACs, lobbyists, unions, and lawyers.

What is more interesting in this particular filing is the industry of the donors. The legislature was working on the health care bill – and more than a dozen donors appeared from hospitals, insurance companies, and other healthcare industry representatives. I don’t believe that this is a coincidence. The industry is donating more in the same period that major healthcare changes are being implemented.

Another curiousity in this filing. Why are there two different donations from the National Association of Government Employees (the union known as NAGE) that add up to $700? Neither lists a committee number. The legal limit for such donations is $500. (The curiousity in the last filing, the $100 contribution from the “Alcohol Beverage Control Commission,” was not amended). I’m going to write a letter and ask for clarification on both.