Here are the reports, for all but one of the runoff candidates:
Mayor
Controller
At Large #1
At Large #2
At Large #4
At Large #5
District F
Richard Nguyen
Steve Le – No report as yet
District H
District J
And here’s a summary of what’s in them:
Candidate Office Raised Spent Loans On Hand
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Turner Mayor 2,119,881 1,888,604 0 557,933
King Mayor 1,381,193 1,272,967 650,000 331,134
Brown Controller 198,596 197,552 30,000 16,489
Frazer Controller 138,040 164,769 32,500 49,606
Provost AL #1 25,350 23,511 0 1,789
Knox AL #1 28,750 56,589 0 0
Robinson AL #2 91,121 81,423 0 85,702
Davis AL #2 26,610 16,343 3,000 2,979
Edwards AL #4 189,569 151,624 500 75,707
Morales AL #4 23,900 25,934 5,838 465
Christie AL #5 73,502 79,098 0 29,456
Moses AL #5 5,300 4,788 0 512
Nguyen Dist F 52,630 56,759 0 43,752
Le Dist F
K Cisneros Dist H 23,725 24,606 0 5,770
J Cisneroz Dist H 72,140 67,275 0 13,686
Laster Dist J 62,421 18,558 0 184,415
Bigham Dist J 1,700 5,421 0 4,936
Here’s the Chron story on the Mayoral fundraising, the short version of which is “lots raised, lots spent”. For all that spending, I haven’t seen many TV ads – one for Bill King, a couple that attacked Bill King, and that’s about it. I have gotten some mail from Turner, and I’ve seen a bunch of Turner web ads. I’m sure they’re both on the radio, too. I’ve also seen a few ads for Chris Brown, and for Amanda Edwards.
Edwards has truly been an impressive fundraiser – not many Council candidates have the wherewithal to run TV ads, and in a race where making sure people have some idea who you are is job #1, that’s a big deal. David Robinson is next in line, though I do wonder why hasn’t spent a bit more than he has. (I could say the same about Mike Laster, but he has far fewer voters to connect with, and arguably more justification for being on cruise control.) Jack Christie has a lower number than I would have expected – I’m not sure if he’s not sweating it, or if this is a sign of trouble for him that hadn’t been apparent before now.
None of the other candidates have raised much, though Knox didn’t do too badly before the November election. Provost, Davis, Morales, and Moses – none of them has had much, yet at least three of them (sorry, Roy) have a decent shot at being elected. Those of you who think there’s too much money in politics, this is what an alternate universe looks like. Or if you prefer, those of you who think that fundraising totals are the primary indicator of electoral viability, these are your counterexamples. Make of it what you will.
Oh my god-if you look at Richard Nguyen’s campaign finance reports it appears as though the campaign is either ‘paying Alvin Byrd 2,500$ as Nguyen’s campaign manager or he’s in kinding it,but if you check the city of Houston records -Alvin Byrd is on payroll by the city on f houston as Richard Nguyen’s chief of staff at over 100,000$ a year,taypayer money.how can Alvin Byrd legally be both???? Looking further at the records there is an Alvin Byrd that was listed as Richard Nguyen’s desk may at the city of Houston waste dept in 2013-right before Nguyen was elected,could this be the same Alvin Byrd?this couldn’t be the same Alvin Byrd that was on council member Jarvis Johnsons staff when Jarvis was investigated numerous times??my eyes must be decieving me???either or Richard Nguyen’s campaign reports are extremely questionable.Joshua Ben bullard
As usual more fundraising bubble gum. None of the runoff candidates have expanded or created an economiv platform leaving voters to guess where they stand on issues.
Joseph werent you running for somthing and lost