Campaign finance disclosures filed last week show incumbent First Selectwoman Mary Ann Drayton-Rogers and the Democrats raised about $20,000 for their re-election.
David Haversat, the Republican candidate for First Selectman, raised $7,355, while the Oxford Town Republican Town Committee raised $6,129.79.
Those numbers were current as of Oct. 13, the date the latest round of campaign finance disclosures were due.
The Republican committee filed another report Wednesday showing an additional $5,250.65 raised as of Oct. 20.
The Oct. 13 filings, which includes the names of individual donors, are available at the end of this article.
The Oxford Democratic Town Committee spent $11,786.51, which includes more than $4,000 on campaign literature such as signs and brochures.
“Haversat Yish 09” spent $4,611.72, while the Republican committee spent an additional $4,768.91 as of Oct. 13.
Biggest Democratic Contributors
Drayton-Rogers does not have her own re-election committee, but is relying on her Democratic Town Committee for campaign cash.
Her biggest individual donor is Anthony D’Souza, who lists himself as a builder from Shelton. He donated $1,000 to the Oxford Democrats.
The next biggest donor is Drayton-Rogers, who donated $572 to the Democrats. Donors who gave $500 to the Democratic cause include resident Robert Rzeszutek, town tax collector Karen Guillet and John Rogers, Drayton-Rogers’ husband.
Drayton-Rogers said her campaign is in a good position financially and expects it to remain strong standing on a solid two-year record of flat taxes and economic growth.
Haversat’s Contributors
Haversat’s biggest supporters include Ed Carver, who donated $550. Carver and his wife formed “Keep Oxford Green,” a political action committee which is causing controversy among Democrats in town.
Haversat’s single largest individual donor is Tony Montanaro, an Oxford resident who works as an engineer with Verizon. He has contributed $640.
Haversat has also contributed $150 to his own campaign.
“People are energized and I am excited and happy with the results,” Haversat said of his fundraising results.
Haversat said he is confident in his chances to win the town’s top seat based in his previous terms on the board of Selectmen from 2003 to 2006.
Keep Oxford Green
Keep Oxford Green, formed to lobby against high-density housing of any kind in town, raised $1,084.53 and spent $244.53 as of Oct. 13.
Its five contributors were Patty Palmer, a Town of Oxford secretary who is married to former First Selectman August Palmer ($300), Earl Marks ($40), Tanya Carver ($112.03), Ed Carver ($132.50) and Jay Hard of Oxford ($500).
Of the 8,193 registered voters in Oxford, 2,461 are Republicans and 1,493 are Democrats.
There are 4,239 unaffiliated voters in town.
Election Day is Nov. 3.
