April’s City Campaign $$ Update

The April city and county campaign numbers are coming in, and with them, a few surprises. A few observations, followed by the raw numbers (incumbents noted by a •).

First, it’s hard to say what’s going on in the mayor’s race yet, since neither Mayor Greg Nickels nor his main opponent, Michael McGinn, have filed any information. However, I’ll make a wild prediction and say that Nickels will outraise McGinn handily. For whatever that may be worth.

The coundil candidate with the most cash in the bank, so far anyway, is incumbent City Council member Richard Conlin—hardly surprising since Conlin has known for the last four years that he planned to run for something, whether mayor or his council seat. Among challengers and candidates for open seats, populist Position 4 candidate David Bloom has the most cash on hand, followed by Mike O’Brien, who has not decided what seat he’s running for. Leaving aside Position 8 candidate Rusty Williams, who donated $30,000 to his own campaign, the candidate who raised the most this month was Position 4 candidate Sally Bagshaw, followed closely by Position 8 candidate Robert Rosencrantz.

A complete rundown of the numbers below the jump.

Mayoral Race
•Greg Nickels
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

Michael McGinn
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

James Donaldson
Cash and In-Kind Received: $3,020
Total Contributions: $3,020
Cash on Hand: -($2,072.45)
Notable Contributors:
Notable Expenditures: $1,700 to McKenna Hartman, a former employee of Mayor Nickels’s fund raiser, Colby Underwood, for fundraising services

Norman Sigler
Cash and In-Kind Received: $926.53
Total Contributions: $926.53
Cash on Hand: $434.54

City Attorney
• Tom Carr
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

Pete Holmes
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

City Council Races
Position 2
• Richard Conlin
Cash and In-Kind Received: $9,979
Total Contributions: $62,916.98
Cash on Hand: $48,146.89

David Ginsberg
Cash and In-Kind Received: $8,009.11
Total Contributions: $10,234.11
Cash on Hand: $5,994.75

Position 4
David Bloom
Cash and In-Kind Received: $9,083
Total Contributions: $25,919
Cash on Hand: $24,625.71

Sally Bagshaw
Cash and In-Kind Received: $22,405
Total Contributions: $52,752
Cash on Hand: $21,288.49
Notable Contributors: Former City Light advisory board chair Carol Arnold ($700); Chamber of Commerce head Tayloe Washburn ($300)

Position 6
Martin Kaplan
Cash and In-Kind Received: $13,450
Total Contributions: $13,450
Cash on Hand: $13,450

Jessie Israel
Cash and In-Kind Received: $2,892.42
Total Contributions: $14,910.22
Cash on Hand: $6,504.66

•Nick Licata
Cash and In-Kind Received: $10,670
Total Contributions: $40,004.76
Cash on Hand: $14,732.26
Notable Contributors: Nightlife attorney David Osgood donated ($500), as did Laurelhurst Community Council president Jeannie Hale and former City Council member Peter Steinbrueck ($100 each)

Position 8
Rusty Williams
Cash and In-Kind Received: $32,261
Total Contributions: $33,011
Cash on Hand: $12,790.23
Notable Contributors: So far, WIlliams is self-financing his campaign, to the tune of $30,000 in contributions and loans.
Notable Expenditures: $2,500 for one month of consulting by Cathy Allen of the Connections Group

David Miller
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

Robert Rosencrantz
Cash and In-Kind Received: $21,362.00
Total Contributions: $42,180.92
Cash on Hand: – ($3,157.21)
Notable Expenditures: Another $1,000 to consultant Michael Shadow for public-speaking lessons.

Jordan Royer
Cash and In-Kind Received: $15,390.00
Total Contributions: $35,485.98
Cash on Hand: $15,696.77
Notable Contributors: Collins Pub in Pioneer Square: $384 for a fundraiser

Position Not Declared
Mike O’Brien
Cash and In-Kind Received: 9,719.49
Total Contributions: $33,167.70
Cash on Hand: $24,403.53
Notable Contributors: Several hundred dollars from employees at Stokes Lawrence, mayoral candidate Mike McGinn’s old law firm.
Notable Expenditures: $80 on bus passes, presumably for campaign staff; $250 on polling .

Darryl Dwayne Carter
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

Dorsol Plants
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

Robert Sondheim
Has not yet filed campaign disclosure documents

Ballot Measures
Disposable Bag Fee Repeal
Seattle Green Bag Campaign
Cash and in-kind Received: $13,471
Total Contributions: $16,504.63
Cash on Hand: -(%3,200)
Notable Contributors: $1,900 in in-kind contributions from ChicoBags (reusable shopping bags), $2,500 in opinion research by the Sierra Club, $2,000 in cash from the Sierra Club