Campaign finance reports filed 30 days before the Nov. 3 election show large gaps in money raised between candidates for College Station mayor and City Council, with several challengers reporting little or no money coming in.
The reports, which candidates filed with the city around Oct. 5, are posted for each candidate on the city's elections page. The figures below come from those filings where the cover sheets could be read, and from a KBTX review of the same reports where they could not. KBTX first reported the gaps on Monday.
Mayor
Bob Yancy reported raising $26,574, according to KBTX. Elizabeth Cunha reported no contributions, the station said.
Place 1
Howard Mayne's report lists $26,249 in contributions and $10,007.25 in expenditures. Roy May reported $1,685.06 in contributions and $745.66 spent. Incumbent Mark Smith reported $950 in contributions, according to KBTX.
Place 2
Chandler Arden reported $17,399 in contributions and $7,040.36 in expenditures. Michael Kidd reported no contributions, according to KBTX. The seat is open because council member William Wright is not running again, the station reported.
Place 5 special election
Three candidates are seeking the rest of the unexpired Place 5 term. Padon Holt reported $18,598 raised and $4,013.63 spent. Tre Watson reported $3,200 raised and $2,066.27 spent. Valen Cepak reported $2,210.60 raised and $1,598.26 spent.
Bryan races
In Bryan, KBTX reported that Mayor Bobby Gutierrez raised $33,960.08 and challenger Rafael Peña raised $5,032.31. In Single Member District 1, the station listed Chris Scotti at $15,507 and Paul Torres at $8,188.44. In District 2, it listed Jeannette Moseley at $1,220.67, Chrissy Ransome at $935 and Ray Arrington at $0.
House District 14
In the Texas House District 14 race, which covers Brazos County, Paul Dyson, the Republican incumbent, listed $425,000 in contributions on his report to the Texas Ethics Commission, KBTX said.
The station said more than $237,000 of that was in-kind support from political action committees that paid directly for advertising, polling and canvassing, including almost $170,000 from Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC and nearly $70,000 combined from the Associated Republicans of Texas and Texas Conservative Majority.
KBTX said Democratic challenger Janet Dudding's money came mostly as small direct donations, many from Texas A&M faculty members and retirees, with $1,100 in support from outside groups: the Brazos County Democratic Party gave $1,000 and Blue Horizon Texas gave $100. The station did not report her total.
