Kenney's campaign war chest grows

With just a week and a half until Election Day, mayoral race front-runner James F. Kenney has nearly half-million dollars in campaign money.

Republican opponent Melissa Murray Bailey is trailing way behind with less than $9,000 in the bank, according to the latest campaign finance reports released Friday.

Independent candidates Boris Kindij and Osborne Hart reported not raising any money. A campaign finance report for Jim Foster, another independent candidate, was not available Friday.

Between Sep. 15 and Oct. 19, the most recent campaign finance filing period, Kenney raised just over $300,000 from various donors, small and large. The larger donations came from the usual suspects: law firms, developers and business owners.  The biggest donation this filing period, however, came from PAFWD, a political action group based in Harrisburg. That group gave Kenney $10,000.

Bailey raised limited funds, mostly small amounts, ranging from $20 to $250, from a few dozen supporters. She only raised $4,501 this past month, of which $1,250 she gave herself as a loan.

Copies of the reports can be found HERE.

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