Mary Beth Murphy, the SRCC-backed Republican town supervisor of Somers who unsuccessfully challenged Greg Ball in 2010, received $8,000, according to the most recent campaign filing.

Republican spokesman Scott Reif said the money was used to help retire Murphy’s campaign debt.

“This payment was to assist Mary Beth Murphy in retiring the remaining debt from her campaign,” he wrote in an email.

The $8,000 transfer had to in part with the different contribution limits between a primary and general election campaign. Since Murphy didn’t make it the general election, she had to refund cash in excess of the primary contribution limit to some of her donors.

Ball, of course, went on to win the seat vacated by the now-incarcerated Vinnie Leibell, who made a quixotic run for county executive even though he was under investigation by the federal government at the time.

The always colorful and unpredictable Ball was clearly not the choice of the Senate Republicans, but after winning the campaign he’s more or less been a good soldier for the conference.

Other transfers of note: $25,000 to Sen. Jim Alesi, a Monroe County Republican who voted for same-sex marriage, but is considered a top target of Senate Democrats.

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