Campaign Finance Reports - Corporation Commission

Again, all info courtesy the Arizona Secretary of State's website...

Kara Kelty, Democrat (Clean Elections financing) - Raised $9000, spent $2600, cash on hand $6300.

Sandra Kennedy, Democrat (Clean Elections) - Raised $7700, spent $1400, cash on hand $6200.

Paul Newman, Democrat (Clean Elections) - Raised $7300, spent $900, cash on hand $6400.

Sam George, Democrat (Traditional financing) - Raised $30000, spent $18000, cash on hand of just under $12000. All $30K raised was from the candidate himself and all but $4.00 (four!) of the reported expenditures went to AZ Petition Partners of Scottsdale.

Barry Wong, Republican (Clean Elections) - Raised $13500, spent $13000, cash on hand $500. Most interesting name: David Iglesias, the ousted U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, gave $130 in seed money.

Bob Robson, Republican (Traditional) - Raised $54000, spent $9000, cash on hand $133000. *Lots* of contributions from lawyers, lobbyists, and PACs. Used paid petition circulators/consultants, Lincoln Strategy Group - all but approximately $400 of this report's expenditures went to them.

Rick Fowlkes, Republican (Clean Elections) - Raised $1000, spent $1800, cash on hand of just under $500.

Marian McClure, Republican (Traditional) - Raised $8800, spent $4000, cash on hand $5300. More than $3700 of her expenditures went to Lincoln Strategy.

Bob Stump, Republican (Clean Elections) - Raised $14000, spent $9700, cash on hand $7600. He paid Lincoln Strategy $5300.

Joseph Hobbs, Republican (Clean Elections) - Raised $3500. spent $3600, cash on hand $260. Interesting names: Colette Rosati and Don Goldwater gave him seed money, $130 each. Not exactly voices of moderation, even by the skewed standards of the Arizona Republican Party. He also had paid petition circulators.

John Allen, Republican (Clean Elections) - Raised $8500, spent almost $8700, cash on hand $200. He received seed money from Colette Rosati, too.

Keith Swapp, Republican (Clean Elections) - Raised $5800, spent $1900, cash on hand $4200. Interesting names: Received seed money from Colette Rosati, State Rep. Jerry Weiers and Don Goldwater.

One thing that I've learned from doing these posts - Clean Elections candidates tend to have very boring lists of contributors and expenses.

*Very* boring.

Later!