EASTHAMPTON — Mayoral candidate Nicole M. LaChapelle has raised three times more money than her opponent, Joy E. Winnie, and has outspent her by more than $20,000.
Campaign finance reports were filed Monday with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance detailing the campaigns’ income and spending through Oct. 20. They show Winnie raised $11,160 and spent $5,461, and LaChapelle raised $34,161 and spent $27,288.
LaChapelle’s campaign haul breaks the record for the most money raised for a mayoral campaign in Easthampton.
LaChapelle had 335 donors from 10 states and the District of Columbia, which include business leaders, educators and political figures. Most of Winnie’s donors are from Easthampton and include local public officials.
At a debate last week, current Mayor Karen Cadieux, who is not seeking re-election, questioned the candidates about how much of their donations came from within the city compared to outside it. LaChapelle said at the time she estimated the ratio was about 60 to 40.
But she acknowledged to the Gazette on Tuesday that her estimate was wrong. The report shows $8,407 was contributed to LaChapelle’s campaign from Easthampton residents, about 25 percent of her total contributions.
“A donation in my campaign is an investment in Easthampton,” LaChapelle said.
Out of Winnie’s total contributions, $7,675, or 69 percent, was contributed by Easthampton residents, and $3,485 came from outside the city. Many donors were from neighboring communities such as Florence and Holyoke.
Winnie’s biggest donation was $1,000 from her sister, Holly Gagnon, who is CEO and president of Seneca Gaming Corp. in New York. Mayor Karen Cadieux contributed $100, as well as another $100 from her committee, and former mayor Michael Tautznik contributed $170.
Owners of Smartgreen Inc., Ted Blais and Kot Kasom, both of Southampton, each contributed $500 to Winnie’s campaign, as did Owalla Facteau, an Easthampton resident and business manager of the National Yiddish Book Center.
The report shows real estate developers Lisa and David Boyle and retirees Patrica and Paul Duda, all of Easthampton, contributed $225 each.
Other donors include retired Easthampton police captain and former mayoral candidate Donald Emerson as well as City Councilors Joseph McCoy, Daniel Rist and Daniel Carey.
“I did not actively go out and advocate for funds,” Winnie said, adding that to do so would be a conflict of interest since she is a public employee. Many funds came in through fundraisers, she said.
Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan, who is an Easthampton resident, contributed to both campaigns, but said he is endorsing Winnie. Sullivan’s wife, attorney Catherine Hancock, also contributed to Winnie’s campaign.
“I’ve known each of the candidates for a number of years,” he said. “They’d both be very good mayors.”
The report shows donors who contributed $1,000 to LaChapelle’s campaign include owner of the Brass Cat Michael Lavalle, founder and chairwoman of Beacon Health Options Betsy Pattullo and retired attorney Deborah Benson, of Boston.
Donors who contributed $500 include Carpenters Local 107 Political Action Committee, retiree and Northampton resident Chia Collins, retiree and Easthampton resident William Sullivan, and LaChapelle’s daughter, Sigrid Von Wendel.
Other donors to LaChapelle’s campaign include former lieutenant governor Tim Murray, of Worcester, Amherst Survival Center Executive Director Mindy Domb, former state senator Gail Candaras, Cancer Connection interim Executive Director Kristen Elechko, and Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins.
LaChapelle has spent about four times more than Winnie, with half of her expenditures used on campaign consulting and services. Most of Winnie’s expenditures were on fundraisers and campaign materials such as lawn signs.
LaChapelle spent $13,367 on campaign consulting and services which includes $5,333 to Elvin Bruno, of Holyoke; $4,234 to Alyssa Brody, of Webster; $2,300 to Strategic Communication by Alexandra Puffer, based in Holyoke; and $1,500 to Ck Stategies based in Boston.
LaChapelle said she wants to pay people fairly for their services. She said some of the tasks campaign consulting entailed were starting up a website and volunteer recruitment.
She also spent $1,500 on field director payroll for Heather La Penn, of Easthampton, $1,000 on photo and video for the campaign by Henry Amistadi, of Easthampton, and $300 to Heather Rush, of Easthampton, for graphic design.
She spent $2,110 on database services and merchant fees for online donations from software company NGP VAN, of Somerville. For a campaign office, LaChapelle spent $380 for two months rent in an unfinished space in the Keystone Mill building.
Winnie said she tried to support local businesses as they have given back to Easthampton at sporting events.
She spent the $2,926 at Puffer Printing off Union Street on lawn signs, campaign buttons and donation envelopes.
For fundraising events, she spent $750 for food at Glendale Grill, $375 to John Tranfaglia, of Pittsfield, for food served at a pancake breakfast, and $120 for hall rental at the American Legion Post 224.
Winnie also spent $545 for a political flier insert in the Gazette.
Caitlin Ashworth can be reached at cashworth@gazettenet.com.