Some observations about the money in this year’s local elections
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We went on a little real-time dig last night into the $$$ in some of the local races, here is what jumped out.
Let's play VPAP and see what pops up. Going to put this out as I get into so let's go.
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Starting at Richmond Local Elections on VPAP https://t.co/UM4lfK6Cbn
There is a lot of money in the mayors race. Or it seems like a lot anyway. Surprised to see Avula up there with Roday & impressed at what Addison has done with so much less. pic.twitter.com/3q3xJBcNYr
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Avula has some big donors and 1 *BIG* donor – Kenneth R. Newsome, Executive Chairman at Markel Food Group. This is the first time Newsome has donated either this much, to a Richmond election, or to a Democrathttps://t.co/3hl8tMt2Sv pic.twitter.com/StTdTKH69n
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
ok Roday has way more big donors that Avula, his largest donor is Thomas McInerney – President and Chief Executive Officer of Genworth. McInerney has donated to almost everyone – from Ghazala Hashmi to Winsome Sears https://t.co/3fnliLJyqq pic.twitter.com/PjAjyI2Smb
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
Only 45% of Roday's $$$$ is coming from Virginia. Of that, only just over $46,000 is from Richmond – he's got $129,000 from Henrico https://t.co/86KvvUjE5K pic.twitter.com/RIMExVN6j2
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Avula's $$$ is 90% from VA, and most of that from Richmond https://t.co/w2gDdr42U2 pic.twitter.com/QSmTNElVRU
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
Michelle Mosby has raised almost half of Roday & Avula, without having *any* giant donors. 97% of Mosby's $$$ is from VA, most of that from Richmond. There are $24,500 worth of "In-Kind" donations from JJ Minor https://t.co/jX1IfwGc0Z pic.twitter.com/Dmuuvq237J
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
Andreas Addison is betting on himself, he's his own top donor. He doesn't have any huge donors. His money is from Virginia, and mostly Richmond. pic.twitter.com/KeryHywUAJ
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
And Maurice Neblett pic.twitter.com/cSZ7Egb17M
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Compare that to the money in the 5th District School Board contest pic.twitter.com/tFvCzJOHvX
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
8th District City Council is WAY lopsided. Reva's not pulling in HUGE amounts like the Mayoral candidates, but it adds up. pic.twitter.com/10p0OKMlQb
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
8th District School Board is 2 way between Johnson and Cruz. One of these guys is going to win having spent less than $5,000 easy. https://t.co/mhiXrl2klP pic.twitter.com/3fjnfSJ7fw
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) August 31, 2024
9th District is interesting – Jones was School Board, got appointed Council in December. So incumbent but not incumbent. Of Starling's $3,625 only $125 is other people's money. $3,000 is In-Kind from Baylor Design Studio, other $500 is from Starling https://t.co/qst2PHgo3O pic.twitter.com/dYzHOjptsQ
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
4th District School Board race has no incumbent and some decent $$$$https://t.co/EB4y5XQMFb pic.twitter.com/wz980H7ADe
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
Almost $52,000 of Sawyer's $$$ come from himself. There's a loan to the campaign and then $6,888 that come from "Transfers in from other Committees Controlled by this Candidate" – he spent a minute thinking about the mayoral and council races. pic.twitter.com/e0NrbQMfPQ
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
Hedgepeth's largest donor is also a loan to himself. Money is a mix of small and smaller donations. pic.twitter.com/w8667Dh7VQ
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
ok – 6th District City Council has a ton of money, the most of any race in the city beside the mayoral contest pic.twitter.com/abixYhaG1z
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
Robertson as a LONG LONG LONG term incumbent is plugged in, $$$ from politicians and real estate/development folks pic.twitter.com/ca1pSIzaLo
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
Tavares Floyd has a preternatural ability to gather campaign contributions. His $116,035 is easily the most of money raised by a non-mayoral candidate, even with $15k of that being a self-loan. pic.twitter.com/Cz6ri2uauZ
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
Floyd has a 1 big donor, Willie Wilson from Chicago https://t.co/c50YZpfLpY. Most of Floyd's money is from out-of-state, with strong support from his home state of Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/DAHXyucqXw
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
That's all folks. Any surprises for y'all?
— South Richmond News (@srnrva) September 1, 2024
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