As before, my look at the July 2019 finance reports for these candidates is here, and all of the finance reports that I have downloaded and reviewed are in this Google folder. Except for the reports that were filed non-electronically, which you can find here. Erik Manning’s invaluable spreadsheet remains my source for who’s in what race.
Candidate Raised Spent Loan On Hand
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Martin 8,150 20,389 0 147,952
Cleveland 5,682 5,330 0 352
Travis 9,800 20,193 21,000 121,297
Pletka 4,167 3,289 0 4
Baker 0 582 0 0
Cisneros 20,281 38,605 0 93,941
Longoria 49,639 20,243 0 23,589
ReyesRevilla 10,356 5,809 0 16,187
Salcedo
Gallegos 16,510 47,728 0 115,718
Gonzales 5,190 4,159 4,310 5,190
Castex-Tatum 15,850 11,568 0 44,409
Vander-Lyn 625 0 0 0
Sauke 100 2,008 0 130
Knox 32,188 35,540 0 24,990
Salhotra 81,218 67,748 0 180,947
Provost 4,850 4,775 0 468
Nav Flores 259 259 0 0
Blackmon
Robinson 52,008 48,267 0 255,938
Davis 20,665 29,110 3,000 8,832
Griffin 1,350 700 0 650
Detoto 24 3,124 500 439
Honey
Kubosh 40,035 39,076 276,000 122,578
Carmouche 3,975 7,156 0 708
McClinton 14,787 18,577 0 4,895
Gonzalez
Not a whole lot of interest here. There are multiple candidates who entered the race too late to have a July report who are showing up this time, but outside of Isabel Longoria in H none of them made much of an impression. That race continues to be the most interesting non-Mayoral challenge to an incumbent on the ballot. Karla Cisneros has plenty of resources available to her, but she’s in a fight.
Beyond that, as I said, not much to say. I wish Janaeya Carmouche had raised more money. Willie Davis and Marcel McClinton did raise a few bucks, but not nearly enough to make a difference in a citywide race. There’s just nothing else to say. I’ll have more reports tomorrow.
UPDATE: Because I’m an idiot, I overlooked the At Large #1 race initially. Raj Salhotra continues his fundraising superiority, while Mike Knox at least raised a few bucks, and no one else did anything of note. I see a lot of Raj signs in my neighborhood, but I think I’d feel better if I saw a TV ad or two from his campaign. Old-fashioned, I know, but it’s still the best way to reach a lot of voters.
I thought it was notable – obviously, because I blogged about it – that so much of Cisneros’ money in the H race came from entities & people outside the district who are affiliated with companies that do business (or have, or will again) with the city. Plus that $1,500 from the PAC of the company that designed the I-45 expansion.
I wish I had an answer for fixing campaign financing.