WARNER ROBINS — Campaigns cost money, and in the race to garner the most contributions for the mayoral election, Chuck Chalk is out front so far.
The latest campaign contributions forms filed earlier this month show each candidate has his or her own strategy in raising funds — some going for big bucks, others going for small bucks and one going for no bucks — and spending those dollars. Some candidates said gaining those contributions hasn’t been easy for several reasons.
Chalk, 47, flubbed his campaign contribution disclosure forms, making it seem on the surface that candidate Randy Toms was leading in fundraising. Chalk failed to add together the contributions and expenditures from previous reports, because, he said, he thought the electronic system would automatically do the math.
Once added together, Chalk had raised more than $23,300 as of the Sept. 30 report. Toms, 53, raised $22,769. Joe Musselwhite, 60, raised $17,799. Mike Brashear, 65, raised $13,231. Eva Folse, 66, had $7,000 — all from herself. And Daron Lee, 43, raised $6,473.
Though just barely missing the most raised, Toms managed to keep the most cash on hand. He still had $7,023 at the time his report was filed.
“I tried my best to spend money wisely,” Toms said. “I haven’t just been throwing money away.”
Musselwhite had $6,352 on hand, Chalk had $3,815, Folse had $3,279, Lee had $6,352 and Brashear had $462.
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