The Matt Hullander campaign reported that he has now raised over half a million dollars for his effort to become the next county mayor.
Mr. Hullander, who formerly operated the Hullco remodeling firm, earlier had $255,979, including a $50,000 loan he provided. During the most recent quarter from Jan. 16 to March 31, he took in another $250,975. He spent $229,046 during the last reporting period and still has $231,451 on hand.
County Commission Chairman Sabrena Smedley took in $185,510 this reporting period. She earlier reported a campaign fund of $202,260 for a total of $387,770. She spent $222,527 this period and has $164,790 on hand.
Weston Wamp reported new collections of $110,435 to go with $232,321 in the first period for a total raised of $342,756. He spent $137,695 this period and has $187,130 for a final push.
Matt Adams, the sole Democratic candidate in the race to replace Jim Coppinger, received $8,433 for the period. He spent $5,514.
Mr. Wamp said, “In December, our campaign wrote a detailed, $330,000 budget that would allow us to do everything we needed to do to win. We are grateful to report that we fully funded our campaign in late March and have now raised more than $350,000 in donations for the primary. We have the resources needed to win.
"Matt and Sabrena spent a great deal of money on out-of-town consultants, fundraising consultants and national media buyers. Our campaign is projecting and unprecedented 10 percent overhead, leaving 90 percent of our money for direct voter contact. I am very proud of that fact. Instead of paying outsiders to run our campaign, we are blessed with several key, local volunteers that helped us with strategy and messaging."