Financial Times

The Gazette has published a campaign finance update for the delegate race in District 18 as of the August 15th pre-primary report. I'll sum up the numbers here and fill in a few additional bits of information from the campaign finance database.

Dan Farrington leads in the money race. He has raised $115,756 of which $30,000 is a loan from himself to his campaign. The Gazette reports that Dan spent a lot of his money on consultants. He had $58,363 left in his account when the report was filed.

At $113,309, Jeff Waldstreicher is not far behind Dan in terms of money raised, though $79,025 was donated by the candidate to his own campaign. Jeff is clearly committed to this race as he made these contributions as donations rather than as a loan. Jeff had $90,441 left in his account when his treasurer filed his last report so he had significant more cash-on-hand than Dan even if Dan outraised him by around $2400.

Dana Beyer has raised $98,071 of which $75,000 is a loan from herself to her campaign. Dana had $51,401 left in her account when her campaign filed the report.

James Browning, who has made public financing of campaigns one of his major issues, has raised a total of $42,720 of which $4000 is a loan to his campaign. James had $20,167 left in the kitty at the time the report was filed.

Al Carr reported a total of $23,620 in contributions of which $15,000 is a loan to his campaign. Al has been husbanding his bank account and had $17,880 left to spend on his campaign when his treasurer filed the report.

Calculating the money raised and spent by the incumbents, Ana Sol Gutierrez and Jane Lawton, is a bit tricky because they have their own campaign funds as well as a combined slate treasury. Nevertheless, even including the state's funding, they together lag behind the top four candidates in terms of recent fundraising. On the other hand, they both have reserves which leave them in better shape that the Gazette's focus on recent contributions would make matters appear. The District 18 Slate (which also includes Senate candidate Rich Madaleno) has raised a total of $21,235 of which $8460 remained in the bank at the time that the slate's treasurer filed the report. None of the contributions to the slate was in the form of a loan. Jane Lawton has raised a total $11,640 of which $5000 is a loan. However, Jane had $18,467 remaining in her account when the report was filed due to earlier fundraising efforts. Ana Sol Gutierrez has raised a total of $5920 of which none is a loan. Ana had $16,720 left in the bank thanks to previous fundraising.

Noah Grosfeld-Katz has raised a total of $7204 of which $200 is a loan. Noah had $6433 remaining in the bank when the report was filed.

The final pre-primary campaign finance reports are going to be issued tomorrow. Indeed, a few have already popped up on the net.

Disclaimer: I have been volunteering for the District 18 Slate. If any candidates think I inaccurately reported their numbers here, please let me know. I'm not sure late night posts are conducive to accurate typing.