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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
UPDATED: Ex-Demo Boss Tops Lieutenant Governor Fundraising
By Barry Massey
Associated Press
SANTA FE — Former Democratic state chairman Brian Colon was the leading fundraiser since May among a crowded field of candidates running for lieutenant governor.
Colon had receipts of $277,035 and a cash balance in his campaign of $251,049 as of last week, according to the latest financial reports filed with the secretary of state.
Democratic Rep. Jose Campos of Santa Rosa and Lawrence Rael, executive director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments Lawrence Rael, each raised about $148,000, including money loaned to their campaigns.
Colon, an Albuquerque lawyer, stepped down as party chairman in August to run for lieutenant governor. He received $264,203 in monetary contributions and in-kind contributions of $12,832 for donated goods and services. His campaign spent $13,154.
Among his contributors were Richard and Jocelyn Herig of Albuquerque, who gave $25,000; Adrian Perez, a Santa Fe entrepreneur, $25,000; and James Long, an Albuquerque businessman, $15,000; and Bryon Paez, an Albuquerque consultant and lobbyist, $6,000.
Campos had contributions of $148,369, including $100,000 in bank and family loans. His campaign spent $18,616 and had a cash balance of $129,753 as of Oct. 5.
Rael had receipts of $147,393: monetary contributions of $127,885, including a personal loan of $15,000; and in-kind donations of $19,508. His campaign spent $22,602 and had a cash balance of $105,283.
Rael received $13,425 from five American Indian tribes and their companies, including $5,000 from Santo Domingo Pueblo. His campaign collected $5,000 from Forest City Covington, developer of Mesa del Sol, a large real estate project in Albuquerque; and $3,000 from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The state purchased a BNSF rail line for the Rail Runner commuter train service, which the Mid-Region Council of Governments runs for the state.
Summaries for other candidates:
— State Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, an Albuquerque Democrat, had receipts of $25,617, including a $3,700 personal loan and $3,585 worth of in-kind contributions. His campaign had a cash balance of $11,410 and spent $10,622. His Senate campaign committee contributed $2,500.
— State Sen. Linda Lopez, an Albuquerque Democrat, raised $16,830, spent $3,168 and had a cash balance of $13,662. Westland DevCo, part of a California-based company developing Albuquerque's west side, contributed $7,000.
— Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano collected $11,865 in contributions, spent $7,192 and had a cash balance of $4,672. Robert Bruni, a Santa Fe retiree, contributed $5,000.
— Republican Brian Moore, a former state legislator from Clayton, raised $4,450, spent $523 and had a cash balance of $3,927. State Rep. Don Tripp of Socorro contributed $1,000.
— Republican J.R. Damron, a Santa Fe physician, collected $3,500 — all from himself — and had a cash balance of $2,422 after spending $1,078.
No campaign finance report was available Wednesday from the Secretary of State's Office for Republican Bea Sheridan, an Albuquerque nurse.
There is no incumbent in the lieutenant governor's race because Lt. Gov. Diane Denish is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. The Democratic and GOP lieutenant governor primary election winners become the general election running mates of the gubernatorial nominees.
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