Who’s raised the most in the Juneau Assembly race, so far?

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Graph showing the amount of income each Assembly candidate’s campaign has received during the City and Borough of Juneau municipal election. (Illustration by Lakeidra Chavis/ KTOO)

Juneau Assembly candidates have raised a combined $57,000 so far this election season, according to campaign finance records.

Much of that money — $28,000 — belongs to District 2 candidate Beth Weldon’s campaign, who’s running unopposed.

Weldon says most of that money came from two big fundraisers earlier this year. She says when her campaign first started, she didn’t know who she’d be running against.

“I threw my name in the hat when Karen Crane vacated her seat to run for mayor, and as soon as people heard that, I had lots of people say ‘you should run for the assembly,’ Crane says, “so I filed my APOC reports and started collecting money after that. It was in spring sometime.”

She says her campaign will continue to hold events to get her name out and encourage people to vote.

“We’re looking at conducting a door to door survey just to see what people care about,” she said, “and we are able to keep some money in case I decide to run again.”

District 1 incumbent Mary Becker has raised $13,000. She’s out-raised her two opponents by more than 6 times.

Opponent Arnold Liebelt raised a little more than $2,000. William Quayle Jr. hasn’t reported raising any money.

Area-wide Assembly incumbent Kate Troll has raised more than $8,000. Opponent Norton Gregory has raised more than $6,000.

Candidates can use the money they raise to cover the campaign expenses, such advertisements.

The municipal election is Oct. 4.’

Editor’s note: This article was updated on Sept. 15, at 12:47 p.m. to include an interview with Beth Weldon. 

 

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