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Friday, August 1, 2008
Campaign donors, spending outlined
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By DAVID A. SEATON
Traveler Staff
daseaton@arkcity.net
Don Read was the biggest fundraiser among candidates for local office in the primary election this summer.
Read, the Cowley County Undersheriff running for sheriff, pulled in nearly $15,925 in contributions between Jan. 1 and July 24, including $2,800 in personal loans, according to reports filed this week.
His opponent, Randy Emerson, reported $6,865 in contributions, most of that -- $5450 -- from himself.
Read spent all the money he raised this period, leaving just $155.38 in his campaign account last week.
Several county-residents donated $500 to Read, including Ron Glantz, a self-employed plumber in Winfield, the Radcliff Ranch in Dexter, (Paula Radcliff of Dexter also gave $500), storage space owner Kevin Koon of Winfield, Greg and Diana Kelley, owners of First Intermark in Ark City, and farm operator Lester Priest.
Steve Abrams, Republican candidate for state senate, gave Read $100. Winfield City Commissioner Phil Jarvis gave $50; Cowley College President Pat McAtee and his wife, Sandy, gave $100.
The Hays Sign Co. gave Read use of two months of highway billboards for a value of $300, the report states.
The sign company was where Read spent most of his funds -- $8,800-- on items from T-shirts to rally fans. Read also spent more than $5,000 on newspaper, Web and radio advertising.
Retiring Sheriff Bob Odell sold Read $719.53 worth of used signs and stakes, the report states
Emerson received $250 from George McNeish, Winfield, $200 from Mike Higdon of Winfield and $200 from Ron Lindly, Winfield. Tom Meeks, Winfield, gave Emerson $200 worth of campaign balloons.
Emerson spent $2,742 for signs, pens and fans at Turn of the Century Advertising. He spent $1,917 on newspaper, Web and radio ads.
Cowley County Commission
In the Republican primary for Cowley County Commission District 3, Mark Eastman collected $855. All his contributors came from Winfield. Wade Turner, physician, gave $250.
Eastman reported spending just $317.02, mostly for the candidate filing fee.
Opponent Alan Groom gave his campaign $509 and reported no outside contributions. He bought $395.95 worth of signs from Rob Carroll's Sandblasting.
On the Democratic side, incumbent Carmelita Clarkson gave her campaign $2,000 and reported no outside contributions. She spent $801 on yard signs from Stardust Sign and Design.
Opponent John Mars of Ark City reported no contributions or expenses.
State primaries
* District 32 Senate
Steve Abrams, the Ark City veterinarian and current state school board member, reported grabbing $12,302 in contributions for his bid to become the Republican nominee to face Greta Goodwin, Winfield.
Abrams received contributions of $1,000 from nine people or organizations, including $1,000 each from Diana and Greg Kelley.
In a late contribution report after the July 24 deadline, Abrams showed $1,000 from Koch Industries of Wichita, and $500 from the National Rifle Association.
Abrams' largest expense was $3,835 with Singularis Group LLC in Topeka for signs and palm cards, his report states.
Opponent George Leach, of Mulvane, reported $5,475 in contributions. Most of that came from people or business in the Wichita area.
His largest contributers included J. Nicholas Dondlinger, construction contractor, $1,000. Leach is the safety director at Dondlinger Construction Inc. Bear Petroleum, Inc., Haysville, gave $500 and Leach received $500 from the Kansas Contractors Association Political Action Committee. Leach provided $1,000 of his own money.
In late contribution report filed Thursday Leach reported getting $1,000 from Builder's Insurance Consultants Inc., of Kansas City.
Leach spent $986 on newspaper ads and $2,093 on mailings with Handy Mailing Service in Wichita.
* District 10 Kansas School Board
Republican candidate David Dennis, Wichita, collected $2,050 in donations. He received several $500 checks, including one from the Kansas teachers union political action committee, and from a Sherman Padgett, a principal in Wichita. That check was listed in a late contribution report.
He reported a $1,350 personal campaign loan and $1,400 on yard signs and magnets at The Print Source in Wichita.
Marty Marshall, of Wichita, filed for office but later said he does not want the seat, according to news reports. No campaign report for Marshall exists on the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission Web site.
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