Challengers outpace incumbents
Published 8:46 pm Saturday, September 20, 2014
Challengers for three City Council seats are collecting and spending money at a faster clip than the incumbents, campaign finance reports filed this week reveal.
Leading the pack is Donald Goldberg, who’s challenging Councilman Charles Parr in a three-way race in the Suffolk borough. Goldberg has taken in $11,200 in contributions this period compared to Parr’s $1,400.
Parr still has managed to spend more, though, having spent more than $4,500 compared to Goldberg’s $3,890.
The third person in the race, Kerry Holmes, has reported no contributions or expenditures.
The reports were filed Sept. 15 and include activity between July 1 and Aug. 31.
In the Holy Neck borough, challenger Timothy Johnson out-fundraised incumbent Jeffrey Gardy by more than 9 to 1. Johnson collected $3,394 compared to Gardy’s $360.
Johnson spent $3,400 compared to $100 for Gardy.
Collections and spending are a little closer in the Cypress borough race, though one challenger still is ahead of the incumbent.
Leroy Bennett has collected nearly $3,700 so far compared to $3,200 for Vice Mayor Charles Brown. Bennett is a former council member who was drawn out of his district and into Brown’s during the 2011-12 redistricting process.
Bennett has spent more, also, nearly $5,000 compared to about $3,500 for Brown.
A third candidate, Clinton Jenkins, collected $615 and spent $455 this period.
In the Chuckatuck borough, Councilman Mike Duman is the only incumbent not facing opposition. He reported no contributions or expenditures this period.
The below reports list the contributor and amount for itemized contributions, the amount of unitemized contributions (less than $100 from a single donor), expenses, and loans candidates gave themselves.
All amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
Chuckatuck
Mike Duman
No reported contributions
No reported expenditures
Cash on hand — $3,108
Cypress
Leroy Bennett
Itemized contributions
James Blair — $150
William and Carolyn Freeman — $250
Milton and Shirley Liverman — $500
Unitemized contributions — $2,525
Total contributions this period — $3,675
Expenditures
Department of Elections — voter data — $33
Pro Look Media — ad logo design and media — $1,200
Jobs4Us Inc. — copies, contribution letter — $243
Suffolk News-Herald — advertising — $3,000
Suffolk Parks and Recreation — Taste of Suffolk — $50
Major Signs — signs — $432
Total expenditures this period — $4,958
Loan from self — $1,000
Cash on hand — $1,290
Charles Brown
Itemized contributions
R and J Petro Inc. — $1,500
SBJ Hospitality Group Inc. — $1,500
Unitemized contributions — $200
Total contributions this period — $3,200
Expenditures
Delta Sigma Theta Inc. — scholarship donations — $300
Reaction Point Marketing — campaign supplies — $3,174
Total expenditures this period — $3,474
Loan from self — $800
Cash on hand — $1,821
Clinton Jenkins
Itemized contributions
Lionell Spruill Sr. — $350
Pamela Watford — $150
Unitemized cash contributions — $115
Total contributions this period — $615
Expenditures
Harland Clarke — checks — $15
Suffolk News-Herald — advertising — $100
Tabernacle Baptist Church — program ad — $20
Lue Ward — campaign literature — $20
Norfolk State University — advertising — $300
Total expenditures this period — $455
Cash on hand — $165
Holy Neck
Jeffrey Gardy
No itemized contributions
Unitemized contributions — $360
Total contributions this period — $360
Expenditures
Suffolk Publications LLC — advertising — $100
Total expenditures this period — $100
Cash on hand — $2,817
Timothy Johnson
Itemized contributions
James Blair — $150
Bosselman Farms Inc. — $250
Chris and Millicent Dove — $200
Linda and William Drummond — $200
James Hollleran — $200
Rex and Laverne Saunders — $300
Unitemized cash contributions — $2,094
Total contributions this period — $3,394
Expenditures
Department of Elections — voter list — $66
City of Suffolk — Taste of Suffolk space — $50
BB&T — service charge — $6
Copico — signs — $715
Copico — rack cards — $286
Signsonthecheap.com — signs — $1,302
Vistaprint.com — banner — $67
Denis Confer — labor to build signs — $335
Total expenditures this period — $2,828
Cash on hand — $1,225
Suffolk
Donald Goldberg
Itemized contributions
G. Robert Aston — $500
Robert N. Baker — $500
Judy Begland — $250
James M. Blair — $500
Robert A. Blair — $1,250
Douglas D. Ellis — $1,000
John L. Gibson — $1,000
Kay B. Goldberg — $500
John C. Harrell — $200
Marjorie R. McLemore — $250
John T. Rector — $350
Riddle Associates Inc. — $250
Ronald C. Ripley — $500
Dixon M. Rollins — $500
Jeffrey A. Saunders — $250
Sidney C. Thomas — $500
Tidewater Global LLC — $1,000
Unitemized cash contributions — $1,900
Total contributions this period — $11,200
Expenditures
Farmers Bank — bank charges — $18
Farmers Bank — checks — $18
DIA — newspaper advertising — $3,059
Department of Elections — voter list — $177
DIA — printing — $314
Multi Print — letters/envelopes — $275
Multi Print — quick stamp — $23
Expenditures this period — $3,884
Cash on hand — $7,416
Kerry Holmes
No reported contributions
No reported expenditures
No cash on hand
Charles Parr
Itemized contributions
Back Bay Outdoors LLC — $150
Unitemized contributions — $1,250
Total contributions this period — $1,400
Expenditures
Reaction Point Marketing — consulting/creative services/research — $500
Suffolk News-Herald — advertising — $250
Reaction Point Marketing — graphic design/material design/consulting — $2,002
Embroidery Etc. — promotional items — $212
Suffolk Parks and Recreation — event tent rental — $50
Reaction Point Marketing — consulting — $1,500
Total expenditures this period — $4,514
Cash on hand — $3,385