A.G. Gancarski
With each campaign finance report, the race to succeed termed-out Republican Jim Love in Jacksonville City Council District 14 gets more interesting.
Republican Randy DeFoor‘s fundraising started off strong but seems to have tapered off. And Democrat Sunny Gettinger continues to build momentum, chipping away month by month at DeFoor’s early advantage.
April was Gettinger’s third month in the race and the third month with over $10,000 raised.
Gettinger brought in $10,355 off 66 contributions, including two from Tracye Polson, a Democratic candidate to succeed Jay Fant in House District 15.
All told, the first-time candidate has nearly $55,000 on hand.
DeFoor still leads in cash on hand, despite another unexceptional fundraising month in April, in which she brought in just $5,200 (and $2,000 of that was a check she wrote her own campaign).
Despite the sluggish receipts in April and throughout 2018, she has $95,000 cash on hand, giving her a strong lead in the race.
Two other candidates, Democrat James Peluso (who just filed this month) and Republican Earl Testy, are farther back in the cash race.
Peluso won’t report until next month. Testy has not reported April numbers yet, and had $150 cash on hand as of the end of March, six months into the race.
