The cost to run for office-financial reports for area races w/links inlcuded to the reports

How expensive is it to run for office. The latest campaign finance reports had to be filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board by October 19th.  Find out more about local races


Clinton County Supervisor Candidate Dan Srp showed that between money had had on hand at the July statement and fundraising he had about 43-hundred dollars and had spent about 37-hundred dollars between July and the October 19th report.
Candidate Shawn Hamerlink had raised about 28-hundred dollars and spent about 27-hundred dollars.
Another County Board Candidate Gayle Dolan had raised just over 21-hundred dollars and spent about 11-hundred dollars from July thru the October 19th report.
Jim West had raised about 24-hundred dollars overall and from July through the reporting period he showed expenses of 969 dollars with some outstanding bills.

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Dan Srp

Shawn Hamerlink

Garyle Dolan

Jim West

In the Clinton County Recorders race candidate Scott Judd had raised about 13-thousand dollars overall and since July he had spent about 12-thousand dollars.
The other candidate for the office, Maggie Stafford showed about 16-hundred dollars raised overall and since July she had spent just under 800 dollars.

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Scott Judd

Maggie Stafford

In the area State Senate Race the incumbent, Rita Hart has raised about 64-thousand dollars overall and spent about 51-thousand dollar since July. The report showed another 81-thousand dollars of in-kind contributions were nearly all of that from the Democratic Party.
Challenger Brian Schmidt showed over 24-thousand dollars raised and 22-thousand dollars spent since July. There was another 44-thousand dollars of in-kind contributions, mostly all of that from the state Republican Party.

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Brian Schmidt

Rita Hart

If you would like to see more the details on the finances or information on the candidates for the area House seat you can check out the links in this story on our web page.

Norlin Mommsen

Jay Saxon

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