According to an analysis by the Democrats, about $400,000 in county contracts were awarded to Carroll Engineering on the same four days firm employees gave $6,000 to the county Republican Party.

The findings come the week after Lower Makefield Supervisor Steve Santarsiero and Middletown Supervisor Diane Marseglia accused Commissioners Jim Cawley and Charley Martin of accepting same-day contributions from a law firm and an insurance broker.

While Democrats call the practice “highly questionable,” Republican campaign manager Mike Walsh said donations made in May and February over four years correspond to annual dinners that attract hundreds of GOP supporters each.