Alcombright Outspends Challengers in Run Up to Preliminary
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Alcombright outpaced his two challengers in fundraising and spending going into the preliminary election on Sept. 22.
Campaign spending reports were due on Sept. 14 for the period of Jan. 1 to Sept. 4; the next reporting deadline is Oct. 26. None of the candidates had in-kind contributions or outstanding liabilities.
Alcombright, running for a fourth two-year term, raised $8,535 during that period, beginning in mid-June; John Barrett III, who did not begin his campaign until late in August, raised $1,500 and Eric Rudd, who took no donations, $0.
All three ran in the preliminary election with Barrett, former mayor for 13 terms, and Alcombright, in that order, taking the top number of votes to move on to the general election.
Barrett's total contributions came from five donors, with the largest donations from Martin and Jennifer Kurtz of Darien, Conn., who gave $500 each. His total expenditures were $380.36 for postage.
Alcombright's itemized donations of $6,425 came from more than 40 donors from inside and outside the region, including classmate and former Attorney General Martha Coakley, and the campaigns of Sheriff Thomas Bowler and Benjamin B. Downing. The largest donation was a $1,000 from John "Jack" Wadsworth, a principal in the Porches Inn who earlier this year donated and fixed up the former Homestead Bar as the UNO Community Center.
Total unitemized receipts, those $50 or below, were $2,110. Total expenditures to Sept. 4 were $3,711.34, with $250 of that unitemized. The largest expenditure was $1,000 to Scarafoni Associates for headquarters rental in the vacant restaurant space at the corner of Main and Holden streets. Barrett did not have that expenditure since he opened his headquarters, at the corner of Ashland and Main streets, after the first reporting period.
Other expenditures by the Alcombright campaign included charitable donations or advertising, and include $910 for Alcombright's campaign kickoff at the Holiday Inn in June. He also had a past balance in his account of $4,504.45, bringing his total ending balance on Sept. 4 to $9,328.11.
Rudd raised and spent the least. Working with $70 from a past balance, he spent $30, leaving $40 in his campaign account. The local artist has used an online presence and homemade signs to advertise his candidacy.
Alcombright Campaign Report 1 2015
Barrett Campaign Report 1 2015
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