Mayor Bill Mattiace has raised significantly more than his challenger, District 6 Councilor Ken Miyagishima, for the Nov. 6 municipal election, but he hasn’t spent as much, leaving him with a lot of cash to spend in the final days of the campaign.
According to the reports due Thursday, Mattiace had raised $45,000 to Miyagishima’s $31,000, but Miyagishima had spent more – $28,000 – than Mattiace’s $24,000. That leaves him with about $21,000 on hand to Miyagishima’s $3,000.
Most of Mattiace’s large contributions came from family members, including one $10,000 gift from a brother-in-law in
Miyagishima has financed almost half of his campaign through personal contributions and loans and in-kind contributions from his insurance business. He also had a $500 contribution from Conservation Voters of New Mexico and a $250 contribution from former state Land Commissioner Ray Powell.
Read the mayoral finance reports by clicking here.
City Council District 1
In the City Council District 1 race, incumbent José Frietze raised just under $14,000 and spent just under $8,000. He had a $1,000 contribution from the Cupits and a $500 contribution from
Frietze has been under scrutiny for his relationship to developer Philip Philippou. Remember the State Land Office controversy that surrounded The Vistas at Presidio in May? It’s worth noting that Frietze had a $500 contribution from lobbyist Domonic Silva and a $200 contribution from lobbyist David Kimble. Both work for Philippou.
In addition, he had a $100 contribution from Assistant State Land Commissioner Jerry King.
Conrad Guerra has raised and spent almost $1,800, and all but $150 he contributed himself. Ron Gurley has raised and spent $2,100, and has financed his entire campaign.
Miguel Silva has raised about $5,700 and spent almost $4,200. That included a $200 contribution from Miyagishima.
Read the District 1 finance reports by clicking here.
City Council District 2
In the City Council District 2 race, incumbent Dolores Connor has raised almost $16,000 and spent $7,700. All her contributions but one – a $500 contribution from Bea and Carl Connor – were for $250 or less, and for those who care about partisan politics in a non-partisan race, Connor has an bipartisan list of big-name financial supporters from around Las Cruces.
Her challenger, Vince Boudreau, raised almost $7,400 and spent almost $2,400. He loaned himself $1,000 and had $1,500 in contributions from Lopez and his company.
Read the District 2 finance reports by clicking here.
City Council District 4
In the City Council District 4 race, Nathan Small raised the most – just over $9,100 – and spent just over $7,000. Since he grew up in Los Lunas, it’s not surprising that many of his contributions are from people living in the
Isaac Chavez raised just under $7,000 and spent just over $5,000. He did not accept a cash contribution of more than $250, but he had in-kind contributions, each less than $500, from Citizen’s Bank, Borman Autoplex and La Posta. Each helped pay for a Chavez billboard.
Steve Montaño raised just under $5,300 and spent just over $4,200. He had a $500 contribution from Lopez’s company and an in-kind contribution of $107.13 from Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s campaign for an ad on this site.
Read the District 4 finance reports by clicking here.
Presiding municipal judge
In the presiding municipal judge race, incumbent Melissa Miller-Byrnes has financed her campaign almost entirely herself, at least to this point, receiving $1,750 in contributions and having in-kind donations from herself of more than $18,700. Her expenses have totaled just over $19,100. She had a $250 contribution from Lopez’s company.
Her challenger, Conrad Perea, has raised just over $6,000 and spent just over $5,500.
Read the municipal judge finance reports by clicking here.
In case you’re wondering, final finance reports aren’t due until Dec. 6, so this is all we’ll know before the Nov. 6 election.
Update, 5:25 p.m.
I noticed that Small had a great deal of financial support from the
“It’s mostly friends and a couple of relatives,” he said.