They are only required in districts 3, 12, 13 and 15. Here’s what they show!
City of Madison Alder Pre-primary Campaign Finance Reports cover the dates of Jan 1 – Feb 4. Previous reports covered the period of July 1 – December 31 and are reported here and here.
Seems interesting to me that some of the alders raised more than the school board candidates did.
Top fundraisers this period
Tag Evers – $8,345
Diane Farsetta – $4,539
Angela Jenkins – $4,158
Lindsay Lemmer – $3,320
Grant Foster – $3,170
Sayed Abbas – $2,720
Justin Williams – $2,615
David Hoffert – $2,110
Mike Cerro – $406
Justin Kirchen – $100
Lee Lazar – filed exempt (no money raised or spent)
No report
Jared Schumacker (3)
Lydia Maurer (12)
James Stansfield (12)
Mark-Anthony Whitaker (12)
Top fundraisers for both reporting periods
David Hoffert – $9,684
Tag Evers – $8,345
Diane Farsetta – $5,839
Grant Foster – $5,610
Lindsay Lemmer – $5,605
Justin Williams – $5,144
Angela Jenkins – $4,333
Sayed Abbas – $2,720
We’ll see how the rest of the candidates are doing at the end of March.
Fundraising by race
District 3
Lindsay Lemmer
Raised – $3,320
Total Raised – $5,605
Spent – $3,376
Balance – $2,202
Includes $1,000 from herself.
Mike Cerro
Raised = $406
Spent = $406
Balance = $0
Jared Schumacker
No report- January Continuing or Spring Pre-Primary
District 12
Diane Farsetta
Raised = $4,539
Total Raised = $5,839
Spent = $2,180
Balance = $2,836
Syed Abbas
Raised = $2,720
Spent = $1,345
Balance = $1,672
He didn’t file a January Continuing report according to the clerk’s website, but he started with a balance of $298.02 – I’m not sure how that’s possible, but that’s what the report says.
Lydia Maurer
– No report – January Continuing or Spring Pre-Primary
James Stansfield
– No report (dropped out)
Mark-Anthony Whitaker
– No report – January Continuing or Spring Pre-Primary
District 13
Tag Evers
Raised = $8,345
Spent = $4,984
Balance = $3,560
(His report is also cut off so I can’t see how much money people donated)
David Hoffert
Raised = $2,110
Total Raised = $9,684
Spent = $4,751
Balance = $2,821,91
Justin Kirchen
Raised = $100
Spent = $49.37
Balance = $50.63
Lee Lazar
Filed Exempt
District 15
Grant Foster
Raised = $3,170
Total Raised = $5,610
Spent = $2,428
Balance = $1,707
Angela Jenkins
Raised = $4,158
Total Raised = $4,333
Spent = $1,228
Balance = $3,099
Justin Williams
Raised = $2,615
Total Raised = $5,144
Spent = $3,100
Balance = $1,588
