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Tara T. Hong

18th Middlesex District · Democrat

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At a glance

$8,344cash on hand as of Sep 30, 2026
$50,082raised in 2025–26
$48,534spent in 2025–26

Account: Hong, Tara (OCPF ID 17978). See the full reports at OCPF

Year by year

YearRaisedSpentCash at the end
2026$39,689$37,809$8,344 so far
2025$10,393$10,725$6,464
2024$35,585$29,201$6,796
2023$0$0$413
2022$24,767$24,353$413

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

  • Individuals (listed by name)80% $41,443
  • Unions and associations8% $4,100
  • PACs (political action committees)7% $3,600
  • Other political committees4% $2,050
  • Other candidates’ committees1% $700

Out of $51,893 in contributions and candidate loans listed line by line.

Gifts from individuals: where donors live

  • Towns in the 18th Middlesex District41% $17,100
  • Elsewhere in Massachusetts53% $21,883
  • Massachusetts, town not identified<1% $250
  • Other states5% $2,210

Split between districts: Lowell. All gifts from these towns count as “in district towns”.

Top organizations giving, 2025–26

  1. 1199 SEIU - MA PAC PAC$500
  2. MA Dental Society PAC PAC$500
  3. MA&No New England Laborers' District Council Political committee$500
  4. Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council Union or association$500
  5. Painters District Council #35 PAC PAC$500
  6. 1199 SEIU MA PAC PAC$500
  7. Beer Distributors' PAC PAC$500
  8. Ironworkers Local 7, Ma Pac-ocpf #80219 Union or association$500
  9. Local 509 Service Employee Union or association$500
  10. MA & No. New England Laborers' District Council PAC Union or association$500
  11. Painters & Allied Trades DC#35 Union or association$500
  12. Professional Fire Fighters of Ma Pac PAC$500
  13. Retired Public Employeees Pac PAC$500
  14. SEIU Mass State Council Political committee$500
  15. Steel Metal Workers Local 17 Union or association$500

Top 15 of 35 organizations. Includes in-kind gifts.

Donors’ employers, 2025–26

Gifts from individuals added up by the employer they listed. No names. Retired, self-employed and not employed are left out.

  1. UMass Lowell 26 gifts$1,300
  2. Tg Gallagher, Inc. 4 gifts$1,200
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts 7 gifts$1,125
  4. Wilson Sonsini 1 gift$1,000
  5. Boston Holdings 1 gift$1,000
  6. Bulfinch Strategies Group 4 gifts$800
  7. US Government 2 gifts$750
  8. Lowell Public Schools 9 gifts$650
  9. Kearney, Donovan & McGee, P.C. 3 gifts$600
  10. IAFF - L853 1 gift$500

Individual donors giving $200 or more, 2025–26

80 people gave this campaign $200 or more in total. Name and town only, as the campaign reported them.

  1. Mitchell Paulin Lowell$1,200
  2. Jennifer Fang Cambridge$1,000
  3. Charles Jacobs Buffalo, NY$1,000
  4. Mehmed Ali Montgomery, AL$750
  5. Yun-Ju Choi Lowell$750
  6. Sue Kim Lowell$625
  7. Judith Durant Lowell$600
  8. Hewon Hwang Concord$500
  9. Bryant Potter Dracut$500
  10. Sergey Bolobov Marblehead$500
  11. Titus Kao Acton$500
  12. John Mellace Peabody$500
  13. David Robertson Wilmington$500
  14. Thomas A. Tarpey Concord$500
  15. Shaw Yang Concord$500
  16. Peter Yee Concord$500
  17. Mark Briere Lowell$450
  18. Phillip Conroy Lowell$450
  19. William Coyne Boston$400
  20. Michael Fineberg Lowell$400
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  1. Brian Jencunas Marshfield$400
  2. Steven Joncas Lowell$400
  3. Steven Panagiotakos Lowell$400
  4. Jefferson Smith Ipswich$400
  5. John Boutselis Lowell$350
  6. Gregory Howard Lowell$350
  7. John Juszkiewicz Lowell$350
  8. Stella Ko Acton$350
  9. Sopheap Oum Lowell$350
  10. Jonathan Wallach Arlington$313
  11. Johathan Grossman Lowell$300
  12. Samuel Navetta Lowell$300
  13. Stephan Bader Concord$250
  14. Szifra Birke Lowell$250
  15. Daniel Darris-O'Connor Billerica$250
  16. Paul Lee Cambridge$250
  17. Adam Scanlon North Attelboro$250
  18. Becky Silverstein Boston$250
  19. Youvathana Sok Wrentham$250
  20. Amy Baranoski Lowell$206
  21. Patricia Coffey Lowell$200
  22. Sarah Lapp Lowell$200
  23. Sok Pen Lowell$200
  24. Philip Sisson Lowell$200
  25. Mary Ann Walsh Quincy$200
  26. Carlo Basile Boston$200
  27. Patrick Bench Boston$200
  28. Joe Boncore Winthrop$200
  29. Bopha Som Boutselis Lowell$200
  30. Bethany Card Newbury$200
  31. William Cass Hanover$200
  32. Kate Costello Boston$200
  33. Michael Costello Boston$200
  34. Theodore Crass Lowell$200
  35. Raymond Cronin Boston$200
  36. Paul Donovan Dennis$200
  37. James Eisenberg Lexington$200
  38. Kaiping Fu Acton$200
  39. Jason Godin Boston$200
  40. Kenneth Halloran Newburyport$200
  41. Brian Jenunas Marshfield$200
  42. Thomas Joyce Boston$200
  43. Thomas Mangan Framingham$200
  44. Bill Martin Lowell$200
  45. Michelle McGee Boston$200
  46. Elizabeth Molloy Winchester$200
  47. Mike Morris Norwell$200
  48. Peter Nhim Lowell$200
  49. Shelly O'Neill Boston$200
  50. Thomas O'Neill Boston$200
  51. Anthony Petruccelli Lynnfield$200
  52. John Pregmon Boston$200
  53. Charlene Rideout Boston$200
  54. Charles Stefanini Framingham$200
  55. Molyvann Thay Westford$200
  56. Thel Touch Lowell$200
  57. Mony Var Lowell$200
  58. Jay Youmans Boston$200
  59. Abbe Young Smith Swampscott$200
  60. Joseph Young Boston$200

Where they spend it, 2025–26

  • Printing, mail, signs and ads60% $29,511
  • Events, food and meetings15% $7,179
  • Other or not described10% $4,911
  • Bank and payment processing fees9% $4,310
  • Donations, sponsorships and tickets to others’ events7% $3,292
  • Office, phone, software and supplies<1% $163

Out of $49,366 in spending listed line by line. Groups are MassVoter’s rough sorting of what each payment was for.

Top payees

  1. Connolly Printing Printing, mail, signs and ads$21,912
  2. Community Labor Admin Bank and payment processing fees$2,884
  3. Connolly Printin Printing, mail, signs and ads$2,598
  4. Connolly Printing Woburn Printing, mail, signs and ads$2,388
  5. TST Events, food and meetings$1,755
  6. Insidelowell Sale CTE Tara Hong Donations, sponsorships and tickets to others’ events$1,525
  7. Mestiza Latin Kitchen Events, food and meetings$1,393
  8. Fluency Communit Fluencycom Rep Hong Other or not described$1,089
  9. Actblue Bank and payment processing fees$823
  10. Wcap Printing, mail, signs and ads$792
  11. Kim'S Donuts Other or not described$682
  12. Greater Lowell Community Foundation Other or not described$673
How to read this
  • Every state legislator has a campaign account that reports to OCPF, the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Most file through a bank that reports to OCPF, so totals are updated often.
  • “Cash on hand” is what was left on the latest report. “Raised” and “spent” are OCPF’s totals for 2025 and 2026; “raised” includes any loans from the legislator.
  • The breakdowns come from the line-by-line reports for 2025–2026. Shares count money, not in-kind gifts of goods or services. “PACs”, “party committees” and “other candidates’ committees” use the account type OCPF lists for each giving committee. Many unions give through their own PACs, which are counted as PACs.
  • “Small gifts not listed one by one” are gifts of $50 or less that the law lets campaigns report as one total.
  • Where gifts come from is based on the town each person listed. Some towns are split between districts; gifts from a split town count as “in district towns” even if the donor lives in another district’s part of town.
  • Individual donors are shown by name and town only, and only when their gifts to this campaign in 2025–2026 add up to $200 or more. Employers are added up across donors, without names. Names are spelled as the campaign reported them.
  • Spending groups are MassVoter’s rough sorting of the payee and purpose each campaign reported; OCPF does not use fixed categories. Credit card bills and reimbursements are counted by the charges listed under them, not twice. Payments to individual people are shown as one total, without names.
  • MassVoter updates these numbers every night from OCPF. Last update: October 23, 2026.

These are public campaign finance figures from OCPF. They are not a grade and are not tied to how anyone votes.

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