Campaign finance reports are rolling in, and Peter Carlisle was the first leading mayoral candidate to file his report for the July 1 – Sept. 3 period.
Carlisle pulled in $210,931 in the past two months, compared to the $290,266 he raised in the first six-month reporting period. This brings his total to $501,198 in funds raised over the course of the campaign. The vast majority — more than 88 percent — of the monies raised since July come from donations exceeding $100.
He’s also spent $429,535 since January, with $375,101 of those expenditures made in the past two months.
Carlisle had $84,304 on hand two weeks ahead of the primary, which is a winner-take-all election.
Read the overview of Carlisle’s fundraising and spending from July 1 – Sept. 3.
Panos Prevedouros began the second reporting period with $18,766, and raised $95,536 in campaign contributions in the past two months. That dwarfs the $36,591 he had raised leading up to July 1. In the most recent reporting period, 67 percent of contributions to his campaign were made in donations exceeding $100.
Prevedouros spent $82,362, bringing his total expenditures to $107,028 over the course of his campaign. He had $22,300 cash on hand.
Read the overview of Prevedouros’ fundraising and spending from July 1 – Sept. 3.
At 5:50 p.m., a spokeswoman for Kirk Caldwell wrote in an e-mail that his campaign would file its reports “later tonight.” The reports are due by tonight at 11:59 p.m.
According to spokeswoman Kim Devlin, Caldwell raised $256,433 in the past two months. That brings his fundraising total to $837,057, and leaves him with $12,458 on hand.
“The contribution amount may increase once they finish adding on all of the in-kinds,” Devlin wrote. “But I do not believe it will increase by more than $1K.”
In a later phone conversation with Caldwell, he said he couldn’t yet say exactly how much money his campaign spent in the last reporting period.
“A lot,” Caldwell said. “We’re running a very aggressive campaign and we’re spending a lot to get my message out there.”
Another well-known candidate, City Councilman Rod Tam had not filed his campaign spending report as of 6:35 p.m.
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