Katz, Yassky Appear To Lead In Comptroller Fund-Raising
January 14, 2008
The race for comptroller is heating up, with two City Council members pulling in about $600,000 each over the last six months.
Melinda Katz, who represents parts of Queens, may have eked out a lead in the fund-raising race, taking in “more than $600,000″ in the most recent fund-raising stretch, a campaign aide said, for a total haul of $2 million.
David Yassky, who represents parts of Brooklyn, said he raised about $600,000 in the last six months, but has pulled in a total of $930,000 by rolling over funds from a previous council fund-raising account. He began raising money for the comptroller’s seat in October, he said.
The president of the Bronx, Adolfo Carrion, raised $500,000 over the last six months, for a total fund-raising catch of about $1.85 million. He has about $1.3 million in his campaign account, an aide said. Mr. Carrion had been considered a likely mayoral candidate, but announced in December that he was going to seek the comptroller’s seat instead.
A council member who represents parts of Queens, David Weprin, collected between $325,000 and $350,000 for the seat over the last six months, he said. He has raised about $1.6 million overall, and has between $1.3 million and $1.4 million on hand for his campaign.
A council member who represents parts of Queens, John Liu, did not return phone calls yesterday about his fund-raising figures. Mr. Liu is considered a likely candidate for comptroller.
A council member who represents parts of Brooklyn and is considered a likely candidate for comptroller, Simcha Felder, declined to share his fund-raising figures with The New York Sun, an aide said.
Another candidate for comptroller, Assemblyman James Brennan of Brooklyn, could not be reached yesterday.
Rep. Anthony Weiner is leading the mayoral hopefuls in the latest stretch of fund-raising, collecting more than $1.6 million. The speaker of the City Council, Christine Quinn, raised $1.1 million during the same period, and the comptroller, William Thompson Jr., raised just more than $1 million.
Source: NY Sun
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What a joke Adolfo’s campaign turned out to be! He waited too long to drop down to run for Comptroller and then reports very little fund raising. This is what happens when you are indecisive and not ready for primetime! Now we know why he dropped out of the Mayor’s race. Maybe in five months he’ll announce he’s running for Public Advocate???
I was shocked that Melinda was able to maintain her fund raising steam - I thought for sure she would slow down. I think she has now established herself as the front-runner in this race.
David Yassky had a good showing, but we will have to look to see if he can raise money in consecutive filing periods like Melinda Katz just did.
And anyone who knows David Weprin knows he is in the race for the long haul - he is a very determined individual (just not a great candidate).