The campaign accounting statements for this year's City Council race have been filed for the period ending September 29th. That five-weeks-to-election day view is a good gauge of who has marshalled what resources, but by no means is it the final word. The best view of the situation comes by directly viewing the Form 460s on the city website. The tally thus far is:
Jerry Deal: raised $19,275 year to date and has a $10,000 loan and $500 in non-monetary contributions for a total of about $30K. Deal has spent about $17K which includes the major expense for flyers and probably postage ($10K).
Terry Nagel: raised $9,641 year to date and received $1,425 in non-monetary contributions. Expenditures of $6,645 so far went mostly for signs and other printing, but probably not postage yet which is often a major campaign expense.
Ricardo Ortiz: raised $3,115 year to day and has a $2,000 loan. The stated expenses of $2,350 include mostly signage which may not leave much for postage costs in the stretch run.
The cash on hand totals would seem to indicate we won't be inundated with mailers this time around.
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