Winston Salem Times

Melissa Babcock from Kernersville contributed a total of $5,400 to the campaign of Republican Party candidate Dan Forest, according to North Carolina State Board of Elections.

There were 97 total contributions made to political candidates and committees by individuals and organizations in Kernersville, 58.8 percent of which have gone to Democratic Party causes and candidates.

The candidate that received the most money in contributions from the individuals and organizations was the Republican Party candidate Dan Forest.

Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, eleven states have no limits on how much can be contributed to a candidate by individual donors, while the other 39 states often limit the amount someone can contribute based on the office the candidate is running for.

Donor	Candidate	Party	Amount
Melissa Babcock	Dan Forest	Republican party	$5,400
Constance Hash	Brandon Lofton	Democratic party	$1,416
Jacob Baum	Unknown	Unknown	$1,100
James Babcock	Unknown	Unknown	$1,000
Timothy M. Mitchell	Unknown	Unknown	$1,000
Michael Enscore	Unknown	Unknown	$836
Jillian Davis	Unknown	Unknown	$750
Sam Baum	Unknown	Unknown	$600
Susanna Nunn	Unknown	Unknown	$600
Forsyth Co. RW	Unknown	Unknown	$515
A. L. Collins	Catherine Truitt	Republican party	$500
Candace P. Hammonds	Unknown	Unknown	$500
David Branscome	Unknown	Unknown	$500
John Joseph Korzen	Unknown	Unknown	$500
Kenneth Rhinehart	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$500
Leroy Everhart	Dan Forest	Republican party	$500
Leroy Everhart	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$500
Martha Musten	Unknown	Unknown	$500
NC Fire PAC	Unknown	Unknown	$500
Ronald D. Ingle, Jr.	Unknown	Unknown	$500
Michael Blakely	Joyce Krawiec	Republican party	$350
Kevin Bugg	Unknown	Unknown	$300
Sandra Robles	Dan Forest	Republican party	$300
Connell Maynor	Tim Heath	Democratic party	$250
David Neugent	Dan Forest	Republican party	$250
James Joel Brown	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$250
John J. Korzen	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$250
John J. Korzen	Lucy Inman	Democratic party	$250
John J. Korzen	Tricia Shields	Democratic party	$250
John Joseph Korzen	Mark Davis	Democratic party	$250
John W. Stone Jr.	Cheri Beasley	Democratic party	$250
Joseph Phagan	Dan Forest	Republican party	$250
L. Duane 'Duane' Long	Dale R. Folwell	Republican party	$250
Leroy Everhart	Unknown	Unknown	$250
Robert Wilson	Unknown	Unknown	$250
Susan M. Fradenburg	Unknown	Unknown	$250
Joanne 'Joanne' Ruhland	Unknown	Unknown	$228
Crystal Rouse	Unknown	Unknown	$210
Aimee Lischke	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$200
David Plyler	Unknown	Unknown	$200
Dennis McNeil	Unknown	Unknown	$200
Elizabeth Dampier	Amber M. Baker	Democratic party	$200
Phillip E. Boydston	Joyce Krawiec	Republican party	$200
William D. Cissna	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$200
Tina Schofield	Unknown	Unknown	$182
David Jones	Dan Forest	Republican party	$160
Suzanne Carlson	Unknown	Unknown	$150
Ronald L. Sigrist	Unknown	Unknown	$125
Bobby R. Shelton	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$120
Stephen Ferguson	Dan Forest	Republican party	$120
Catherine Korzen	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$110
Andrew Combs	Unknown	Unknown	$100
Billy Stanley	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$100
Bruce D. Burns	Unknown	Unknown	$100
Chris Thompson	Unknown	Unknown	$100
David Nicoletta	Dan Forest	Republican party	$100
Deborah Washington-McNeill	Yvonne Lewis Holley	Democratic party	$100
Edward Peters	Dan Forest	Republican party	$100
Eva Ogden	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$100
George M. Winfrey	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$100
James Mayes	Ray Russell	Democratic party	$100
Jerry Jordan	Unknown	Unknown	$100
John Korzen	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$100
Kathleen Baden	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$100
Keith Mason	Jim O'Neill	Republican party	$100
Kenneth Lloyd	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$100
Laura Gilbert	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$100
Lori N. Porter	Dan Forest	Republican party	$100
Lynn Christensen	Joyce Krawiec	Republican party	$100
Marie Lewis	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$100
Martha Canipe	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$100
Mary Jutte	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$100
Michael W. Davis	Unknown	Unknown	$100
Nathan Ellis	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$100
P. K. Smith	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$100
Richard Woodward	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$100
Robert Wilkinson	Joyce Krawiec	Republican party	$100
Ruth Smith	Roy Cooper	Democratic party	$100
Ruth Smith	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$100
Shawn McFarlin	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$100
Terri Stockton Foulks	Cheri Beasley	Democratic party	$100
Tina Kottlowski	Dan Forest	Republican party	$100
Todd Adams	Unknown	Unknown	$100
William Cissna	Yvonne Lewis Holley	Democratic party	$100
USA Post Office Kernersville	Unknown	Unknown	$90
Vanessa Jordan	Unknown	Unknown	$80
Donna Braun	Dan Forest	Republican party	$75
John J. 'John' Korzen	Unknown	Unknown	$75
Judy Coggins	Josh Stein	Democratic party	$75
Marilyn Baker	Unknown	Unknown	$75
David Pollard	Unknown	Unknown	$65
Zane Anthony	Dan Forest	Republican party	$58
Ronald Sigrist	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$55
Shari R. Burrell	Unknown	Unknown	$54
A. L. 'Buddy' Collins	Unknown	Unknown	$50
Amanda Williams	Unknown	Unknown	$50
Cheryl Herr	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$50
Dwayne & AMP; Lori Roberts	Mark Robinson	Republican party	$50
Heather Mackey	Terri Elizabeth LeGrand	Democratic party	$50
Mark Porter	Dan Forest	Republican party	$50