FAYETTEVILLE -- Any candidate in a municipal race who has received or spent more than $500 must file a 10-day pre-election report. All of Fayetteville's mayoral and City Council candidates filed reports by the 4:30 p.m. Tuesday deadline.
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Candidates must list all donations of $50 or more and expenditures of $100 or more.
Final reports are due Dec. 30.
Mayor Lioneld Jordan raised $38,932 since September, according to his report. Jordan had 140 donors who made a contribution of $50 or more.
One of his opponents, developer Tom Terminella, raised $35,015. He received one $1,000 donation in June, but Terminella's campaign contributions began in earnest in August, according to his report. Terminella held a fundraiser at Mermaids on Aug. 19 in which he raised $5,500 in donations of more than $50.
Former Wal-Mart employee Ron Baucom gave himself $88 to spend on a newspaper advertisement and business cards. He listed no other campaign contributions on his report.
Baucom said money collected for campaigns would be better spent on charity.
"I try to do the right thing by God for our community," he said. "That's where my priorities are."
Jordan's largest contributions came from Steuart and Tom Walton of the Walton Family Foundation. Each brother contributed $2,700 to Jordan's campaign.
Aside from that, Jordan had five contributions of $1,000 or more. Those donations included $2,000 from developer Hunter Haynes of Rogers and $2,000 from John Meeks of Chambers Bank. Washington County justice of the peace Sue Madison, D-District 12, Jeff and Sara Koenig and Timothy and Carla Spainhour each made $1,000 contributions.
The rest of Jordan's donations came in instances of $500 or less. Carl Collier of Collier Drug Store and Washington County Justice of the Peace Eva Madison each donated $500. Jordan reported $4,253 in nonitemized contributions, or contributions of less than $50.
Terminella's $35,015 came from 38 donors of $50 or more. He listed $25 in nonitemized contributions.
Bryan Hunt, son of J.B. Hunt, and his wife Amanda made two $2,700 donations to Terminella's campaign for a total of $5,400. He also received $2,700 from the Arkansas Realtors Political Action Committee and Fayetteville attorney Brenda Vassaur-Taylor. Fayetteville landowner Neal Pendergraft contributed $2,500, as did Blake Hanby, owner of City Title & Closing in Springdale.
Terminella said many of his contributors donated to his campaign without solicitation. He called out Jordan for spending the days of early voting in the parking lot of the Washington County courthouse.
"I didn't go around pandering for money," Terminella said.
Terminella so far has spent $40,332 compared to Jordan's $26,014. Terminella also loaned himself $12,956.
Both candidates spent most of their money on advertising. Terminella spent $13,981 on radio commercials and $10,613 in newspaper advertising. Jordan spent $4,060 in newspaper advertising and $17,894 in other forms of advertisement, including mailouts. Terminella spent $10,092 in additional advertising, including $1,109 on Facebook ads and $5,354 on yard signs.
In total, the nine candidates running for four City Council spots have raised more than $41,500 and spent more than $39,600.
Alderman Alan Long of Ward 4 has raised the most of any City Council candidate with $9,815. His opponent, minister Nathan Allen, raised $3,450.
Steuart and Tom Walton made the largest contributions to Long's campaign with $2,700 each. The brothers also contributed the same amount to Ward 3 candidate Sarah Bunch, a realtor. The Northwest Arkansas Board of Realtors gave $1,500 to Long and $2,700 to Ward 2 candidate Gary McHenry, a Washington County justice of the peace, who has challenged Alderman Matthew Petty for that seat.
Ward 3 candidate Benjamin Garner Harrison IV, a youth minister, raised the fewest dollars with $900. He's spent $894 of it on newspaper advertisement and yard signs.
Developer and business owner Tracy Hoskins raised $4,051 and has spent $9,138. He listed a $10,820 campaign debt, $7,975 of which was to himself and $2,820 was on a credit card.
Terminella made $250 contributions to McHenry, Allen and Ward 1 candidate Paul Phaneuf.
Phaneuf, an author and minister, seeks to unseat Alderwoman Sarah Marsh. Phaneuf raised $5,200, including $2,000 from the Arkansas Realtors Political Action Committee and $1,000 from Alderman John La Tour of Ward 4. Phaneuf's money came from nine donors. He has spent $6,990 mostly on mailouts and other advertising.
Marsh raised $2,834 and has spent $2,445. She listed 19 contributions of $50 or more and $474 in smaller contributions.
McHenry's $3,200 raised came from Terminella, the Northwest Arkansas Board of Realtors and two residents, one of whom lives in Little Rock and one who lives in Ward 2.
Petty spent $3,180 with $3,749 in donations. His biggest contribution was $750, coming from Fayetteville engineer Brian Teague. He listed 20 donors who made contributions of more than $50.
The election is Tuesday. Runoffs are Nov. 29.
NW News on 11/03/2016