Baldelli-Hunt getting vastly outspent by Dem challenger Morin

August 14th, 2012 at 7:50 pm by under Nesi's Notes, On the Main Site

Could House District 49 be one of the sleeper races of this cycle?

State Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt, D-Woonsocket, who’s made headlines and sometimes bucked leadership during her three House terms, is getting outspent in her primary race by Michael Morin, a city firefighter and union leader.

Baldelli-Hunt spent just $590 on her campaign between July 1 and Aug. 13, all of it with an otherwise unidentified vendor listed as “Lamar” (likely the advertising company). She finished with only $769 in her campaign account after receiving one donation: $200 from Sandrina Baldelli.

Morin spent $2,073 during the same period, much of it on food and fundraising. His campaign still had $2,361 on hand – three times more than Baldelli-Hunt – after collecting $4,435. Morin’s campaign contributions included $1,000 from the Providence firefighters’ political action committee.

Baldelli-Hunt won the seat in 2006 and comes from a well-known Woonsocket political family. A third candidate in the primary, Dr. Stuart Gitlow, had not reported his campaign finances as of early Tuesday evening; he had $244 on June 30. The Valley Breeze’s Sandy Phaneuf profiled all three candidates last week.

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2 Responses to “Baldelli-Hunt getting vastly outspent by Dem challenger Morin”

  1. Progress Report: Should We Save a Failing Charter School; Baldelli-Hunt Losing Fundraising Battle; Ciclline Manufacturing Plan says:
    August 15, 2012 at 7:24 am

    [...] look at the campaign fundraising comparison between Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt and challenger Mike Morin to give you an indication of why I made [...]

  2. J Rotundo says:
    August 25, 2012 at 12:40 am

    It’s an interesting race:

    1) Baldelli-Hunt, incumbent, former President of Local 1395, APWU
    2) Morin, President of the firefighter’s union
    3) Gitlow, nationally recognized physician with masters degrees in both public health and business administration

    If I were a gambling man, I’d say the labor vote will split Baldelli and Hunt, and the smart choice would be on Gitlow. The question is whether Woonsocket residents will be smart, or will they simply vote for the person they’ve already seen in the job.