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By David Freedlander 5/23 11:01am

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Debra Winger for Scott Stringer

Add Debra Winger to list of A-list celebs joining the Scott Stringer for mayor effort.

One month after Scarlett Johansson headlined a fundraiser for the Manhattan BP, his campaign announced that Debra Winger, star of Terms of Endearment  and An Officer and A Gentlemen, among other films, will be headlining a “Women for Stringer” soiree in June.

This one, at the Fifth Avenue home of political strategist Renee Cafaro, costs $100 for entry, with tickets going for as much as $1,000. Read More

By David Freedlander 5/22 4:14pm

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Barney Frank To Raise For Chelsea Council Candidate

Corey Johnson, a candidate for the west side city council seat now belonging to the term-limited Christine Quinn, is getting some high-powered help in his bid for office.

Two openly gay members of the House of Representatives–Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Jared Polis of Colorado–are hosting a fundraiser for Mr. Johnson–at a townhouse tonight in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C.

Tickets go for $50-$150, but because the soiree is in Washington D.C, it is unlikely that very many of the people there will be city residents, and those any contributions will not be able counted in the city’s generous campaign finance matching program. Read More

By David Freedlander 4/25 4:51pm

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Gillibrand To Fundraise With John Kerry and Chris Ward

A reader passed along what appears to be an infrastructure-themed fundraiser for U. S. Kirsten Gillibrand.

On the host committee are some of the top engineers and building trades types in the state, including Richard T. Anderson of the New York Building Congres, Raymond P. Daddazio of the engineering firm Weidlinger Associates, Michael F. McNally, CEO of Skanska, and Michael Zetlin the founding partner of a law firm bearing his name that specializes in real estate and construction.

Also listed on the host committee is Christopher Ward, the former Port Authority chief who was pushed aside by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Read More

By David Freedlander 3/14 3:23pm

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At Waldorf Fundraisers for Romney, No Mention of Last Night’s Losses

Mr. Romney suffered a 1-2 punch of losses last night, coming in a close third place in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries. But those defeats were brushed off at a pair of fundraisers for Mr.Romney at the Waldorf-Astoria, according to several sources who attended them.

“The mood was great,” said John Catsimatidis, the supermarket magnate who hosted the afternoon fundraiser.  ”The media doesnt always reflect reality. More delegates were won last night by Romney voters than by any of the rest of them. When the media says its a big win for Santorum, they are not telling the truth.It’s basic math. Do you own homework and add the numbers. The truth is the truth.”  Read More

By David Freedlander 3/08 4:21pm

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Catsimatidis and Isaacs Raise For Romney

The chairman of the Manhattan Republican Party and one of Manhattan’s most generous Republican donors are teaming up to raise money for Mitt Romney.

Dan Isaacs, the Manhattan chair, and John Catsimatidis, the supermarket magnate and one-time potential mayoral aspirant sent out an email this afternoon announcing that the get-together with the former Massachusetts governor will be next week at the Waldorf-Astoria, and ticket prices range from $1,000 to $2,500. And the invitation notes that “The Governor will have an opportunity to meet everyone in the room.”

The fundraiser comes as for the first time questions are being raised about Mr. Romney’s ability to raise money. An article in The New York Times today pointed out how most of Mr. Romney’s money is coming from big donors, and that he lags among small dollar contributors that reveal how much grassroots support a campaign really has.

The Romney campaign pushed back today, sending out a release touting the $11.5 million that they have raised in February, and pointing out that 83 percent of all the funds they have raised have been in amounts under $250. The campaign memo, and the invite are both below: Read More

By David Freedlander 2/20 11:45am

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White Shoe Law Firm Named Top Donor To NY Delegation

A report out today from MapLight, a research organization that studies the influence of money on politics, came out with a report today detailing which companies give the most to each state’s congressional delegation.

In New York, that distinction goes to the law firm of Boies, Schiller and Flexner who gave close to $700,000 to current members of the House and Senate from New York.

That firm was founded by David Boies, the super-lawyer who represented Al Gore during the 2000 recount and who has since been one of the lead lawyers attempting to over California’s anti-gay marriage Proposition 8. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a frequent target of the firms’ largesse, was also a partner there earlier in her career. Read More

By David Freedlander 2/08 2:27pm

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Top Romney Donor Tries To Wrangle Last Remaining Hold-Outs

Just when Mitt Romney appears to be down on his luck, his finance team comes into save him.

Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets and the one Mr. Romney’s top donors, convened a meeting of a dozen or so top  unaffiliated Republican financiers this afternoon to urge them to get behind the candidate who most Republicans think is their best candidate to take on Barack Obama.

According to a source who was there, the meeting was an effort to “talk about what is going on in terms of the primaries, in terms of the elections, in terms of the positions, in terms of the focus, the message, and how it was presented. The general consensus was that Mitt Romney is the best candidate.” Read More

By David Freedlander 2/07 3:55pm

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Reshma Raises For Obama

Reshma Saujani, who lost a contentious Congressional election  to Carolyn Maloney in 2010, will be hosting a fundraiser for Barack Obama’s re-election next month.

In an email to her supporters, Ms. Saujani said the event will be “one of the last intimate events with the President in NYC,” and he notes that “long term friends like Deepak Chopra and Russell Simmons” are slated to attend. Read More

By David Freedlander 2/07 10:25am

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As Fashion Elite Raises for Obama, GOP Pounces

Anna Wintour and Scarlett Johansson are hosting a fundraiser tonight for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign at the clothing retailer Theory.

The event, called “Runway 2 Win” will feature big names from the fashion world including Diane Von Furstenburg, Vera Wang and Tory Burch. President Obama is not slated to attend, but the event is part of a growing engagement on the part of the fashion world in politics.

And the event has, naturally, led the GOP to pounce, releasing a web video that pokes fun at some of the high-priced Obama swag that the fashionistas are producing: Read More

By David Freedlander 2/06 3:48pm

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Schumer Raises for Hochul

Sen. Chuck Schumer is hosting a fundraiser later this month for Kathy Hochul, the upstate Congresswoman who won a squeaker of a special election last year that, according to the invite, “changed the national electoral landscape and energized the Democratic Party.”

Ms. Hochul, you may recall, won the seat held by Rep. Chris Lee after he resigned when half-naked photos used to attract women on Craigslist surfaced.  That seat strongly favored the GOP, but Ms. Hochul made an issue of her Republican opponent’s support of Paul Ryan’s budget and its effects on Medicare.

As Darren Rigger, a fundraiser for Ms. Hochul points out, it is a little unusual to have Sen. Schumer step out for a Congressional candidate like this. His counterpart in the Senate,  Kirsten Gillibrand, has been a far more aggressive presence, especially for newer and for female Democratic members of Congress. Read More