With all the recounts, threecounts, court decisions and runoffs, we never got around to the campaign finance reports for July for Smith and Baker. Since the August reports are due already, we thought we’d play catch up. For those of you who are new, we’ve analyzed their campaign finance reports since they first started coming out in April. You can see them in our archives.
Over the next four days, we’ll go through the July reports and see where the candidates got their money and what they spent it on. We’ll post the reports for you to see, since the July ones never popped up on the Cherokee Phoenix like the other ones did.
And just so you know where we’re going, we’re going to do Baker contributions first, then Smith’s, then Smith’s expenditures and then Bakers. That’ll be four days worth. Depending on what ever else happens, we may post these over the next four days or spread them out a little, but don’t worry, they are coming soon.
So, let's start with Baker’s contributions. He started the reporting period with $13,507.08 in the bank. He raised $17,553.72 from others and loaned his campaign $40,000. That brings his total loans so far to $155,000… as we’ve said before, that’s a huge commitment from the Mr. and Mrs. Baker, who report a combined income of $41,000 to the IRS.
Notable contributions include $500 from Susan Chapman Plumb (nominated by the council for the election commission) and her husband. Susan’s dad, Gary Chapman, gave Baker $1,000. UKB lawyer Dianne Barker Harrold coughed up $150. One of our readers and occasional commenters chipped in $2,427 (we won’t name names, but claim it if you want). Chuck Hoskin gave $97. We’re pretty sure that’s Chuck H. Jr., because he’s listed as a lawyer and Chuck H. Sr. was an educator and is now a state rep, but that’s just our speculation. It’s clear that both Sr. and Jr. support Baker, so it probably doesn’t matter which one handed over the $97.
Baker’s total contributions from others so far, $191,628.17 (including $20,000 from his family).
That’s on top of the $155,000 loan, which puts the total money in his campaign so far at $346,646.96.
Coming soon… Who’s giving to Smith?
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