Lionel Kaplan

January 11, 2006 - 12:21pm

New Jerseyans for DeLay and Ney

Tom DeLay, the embattled former House Majority Leader, has raised $10,250 from New Jersey donors for his 2006 re-election campaign, including $2,000 from ex-Congressman James Courter and $1,000 from Lionel Kaplan, a prominent Democratic fundraiser from Princeton. Kaplan also contributed $1,000 to DeLay's 2004 re-election bid. DeLay's Democratic opponent, former Congressman Nick Lampson, has only one New Jersey donor: he received $500 from Edwin Oroway, a financial consultant from Franklin Lakes

Three New Jerseyans have contributed to the '06 re-election campaign of Bob Ney, the Republican Congressman from Ohio who is at the center of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal: Clare Hart, the Chief Executive Officer of Factiva, a Princeton-based Dow Jones company ($1,500), Matthew Hamel, the Factiva General Counsel ($1,500) and Wendy Whitaker, a mortgage banker from Lambertville ($500).

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September 29, 2005 - 3:34pm

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Five New Jerseyans have contributed $8,000 to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's 2006 re-election campaign in Texas' 22nd district, including $2,000 from former GOP Congressman Jim Courter and $1,000 from Lionel Kaplan, a Democratic fundraiser from Princeton who served on the panel that drew new congressional districts after the 2000 census. Courter and Kaplan also gave to DeLay's 2004 re-election. DeLay's other New Jersey donors: Jeffrey Citron of Brielle, Joy Levin of Manalapan, and Andrew Schechtel of Princeton.

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