RAPID CITY - Mayor
Jim Shaw has spent $82,000 on his re-election campaign so far,
close to twice the amount spent by the other mayoral candidates
combined, according to pre-election finance reports filed with the
city finance office on Tuesday.
Six of the eight
mayoral candidates, and 10 of 13 city council candidates, met
Tuesday's 5 p.m. deadline to file campaign finance reports with a
week to go before the June 5 municipal election.
Shaw raised $87,242
but the overwhelming majority, more than 80 percent, came from
contributions through a political action committee. Individuals
contributed $6,492 and Shaw reported using $10,000 in personal
funds.
Shaw reported
$70,499 in two payments from the Elect Better Government PAC, which
is linked to businessman Doug Hamilton. Another $250 was received
from the South Dakota Realtors PAC.
So far, Shaw has
spent $82,000 on advertising for the campaign, far exceeding the
rest of the field and more than the next three mayoral candidates'
expenditures combined.
Alan Hanks has
raised about $22,000 including about $10,000 of his own money,
$8,754 in individual contributions and $3,250 in PAC contributions,
primarily $3,000 from the All South Dakota PAC funded by Stan
Adelstein.
Hanks spent about
$17,000 on campaign-related costs such as advertising, printing,
postage and consulting and owes about $3,500 to Severson and
Associates for polling.
Sam Kooiker raised
about $20,800, including $14,128 from individuals, and $6,700 from
PACs including $5,650 from the Committee for Open Government, $800
from the homebuilders PAC and $250 from the Realtors PAC. Kooiker
reported $18,265 in campaign-related expenses, and he has about
$2,800 remaining.
(Editor's Note:
A change has been made to clarify a statement made in the initial
posting of this story. Mayoral candidate Sam Kooiker listed $800
from the Black Hills Homebuilders PAC. Chad Lewis, president of the
Homebuilders, said the contribution was made last year during
Kooiker's city council re-election campaign, not this year's
mayoral campaign. Lewis said the Homebuilders have not endorsed,
and are not supporting, any candidate for mayor in this year's
election. He said the group will wait until the runoff if it gives
an endorsement.)
Tom Johnson raised
$21,982, which includes a $9,941 loan to himself. Johnson received
$6,019 in individual donations, $2,472 from a fund-raiser and
$3,550 from PACs. Contributions from PACs included $2,000 from
United Food and Commercial Workers International union in
Washington, D.C.; $500 each from Carpenters Local 1644 PAC of
Minneapolis, Minn., and Lakes and Plains Regional Council of
Carpenters and Joiners of St. Paul, Minn.; $300 from Carpenters
Local 87 of St. Paul; and $250 from the Realtors PAC.
Johnson has spent
about $11,866 and has about $10,115 on hand.
Gary Hargens has
raised no money but has spent about $700 of his own funds for
campaign expenses.
Bonnie Redden
raised no money and reported no expenses on her
campaign.
Neither Patrick
Dowling nor Jerry Knispel filed reports.
Among city council
candidates, Ward 2 incumbent Deb Hadcock reported raising about
$8,400. Except for $250 from the Realtors PAC, and about $176 from
her last campaign, all Hadcock's contributions were from
individuals. She has spent about $7,850 on her
campaign.
Hadcock's opponent,
Steve Laurenti, reported $724 in individual donations and has spent
about $778, including about $54 of his own funds. Laurenti also
reported debts and obligations of $500 to Epic
Advertising.
In Ward 1, Brian
O'Connor raised $1,450 in individual donations and is using about
$2,000 on personal funds. He took no money from PACs and has spent
about $2,827 on his campaign.
Ron Weifenbach has
used $2,154 in personal funds on his campaign and raised $274 in
individual donations and $100 from the Realtors PAC. So far
Weifenbach has spent about $2,528.
John Witcraft has
spent $616 of his own money and has taken no
donations.
Norma F. Thomsen
has spent $2,688 of her own money and accepted no
donations.
Russ Scheetz has
raised $1,045 from individuals and used $169 in personal funds. He
has spent $669 on advertising.
In Ward 4, Ron
Kroeger raised $2,946 in individual donations and raised a little
more than $1,000 from PACs, including $500 from the Black Hills
Homebuilders, $132.99 from Streamline PAC and $375 from South
Dakota Realtors PAC. Kroeger has spent $1,142 and reported debts
and obligations of $3,500 to Lamar Outdoor Advertising for
billboards.
Joseph Budd
reported spending $6 of his own money for printing
costs.
Lori Hadley and Ida
Fast Wolf did not file finance reports.
In Ward 5, Dan
Michael spent $577 of his own money and reported no
donations.
Bob Hurlbut did not
file a report on Tuesday.
Two PACs filed
reports with the city finance office.
All South Dakota
PAC, whose only contribution was Stan Adelstein's $7,000, gave
$1,000 to city council candidate Bob Hurlbut, $3,000 to mayoral
candidate Alan Hanks, $1,000 to school board candidate Margie
Rosario, $500 to city council candidate Deb Hadcock, and $1,000 to
city council candidate Ron Kroeger.
The Committee for
Open Government received $5,000 from George Dunham, $400 from Sean
Casey, $250 from Richard Hinseth and $100 from Roland Grosshans.
The PAC made two separate donations to mayoral candidate Sam
Kooiker that totaled $5,650.
Elect Better
Government PAC did not file a report with City Hall.
The municipal
election is Tuesday, June 5.
Contact Scott Aust
at 394-8415, or scott.aust@rapidcityjournal.com
