Round two of candidate finance reports
Wide gaps in dollars raised by school board candidates in Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties appear little changed in a second round of campaign finance reports filed with the Secretary of State’s Office on Friday.
In Denver, at-large candidate Happy Haynes is edging closer to a new fundraising record, reporting a total of $230,037 raised as of Oct. 23 in her quest to fill the citywide seat being vacated by Theresa Pena, who is term-limited.
Haynes, a former Denver City Council president and school district administrator, still has one more reporting period for the current election, covering Oct. 24 through Nov. 26. That third and final report, due Dec. 1, could
$300,000 for district tax elections
Contributions in district tax proposal campaigns have reached nearly $300,000, according to campaign finance reports filed by a Friday deadline.
About a third of that total is accounted for by the Douglas County Citizens for Education Reform, which is backing Issue 3A, a $20 million tax increase for operating expenses, and 3B, a $200 million bond issue. The committee has raised $83,470 and carried over $20,921 from a prior campaign.
The largest recent individual contribution is $5,000 from ICS, a Wyoming-based technology company. (See this