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: 'Wheeling' decried in '04 Ocean campaign

: Hudson donation matched same day

: Published in the Asbury Park Press 04/3/05

: By LILO H. STAINTON 
: GANNETT STATE BUREAU 

: TRENTON — Given the Republicans' lock on Ocean County politics, Democrats knew they faced an uphill battle during last year's freeholder race.

: But with more than $100,000 in contributions pouring in from powerful Democrats around the state, the party had a chance to build a countywide message and energize voters for local races in more than a dozen Ocean County municipalities.

: Campaign finance records show that three weeks before the Nov. 2 election, Ocean County Democrats also received $14,400 from Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, who was busy fighting a tough battle to get Jerramiah Healy elected as Jersey City mayor. DeGise had earlier given Healy, as well as his City Council allies, the maximum contributions.

: But the same day DeGise's contributions were logged in Ocean County — as two $7,200 checks to separate accounts — Ocean County Democratic leaders also gave $14,400, in two checks, to Healy's mayoral campaign.

: "It's either illegal or it's wheeling, which should be illegal," said Assemblyman Bill Baroni Jr., R-Mercer, an election law spec1alist who has sponsored legislation to eliminate such county-to-county transfers. "If someone makes a contribution and is a conduit, that's illegal. Wheeling should also be. You can see why it's corrupting."

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