GLORIA STILL SETS FUNDRAISING PACE

Bry, Sherman have raised more in recent weeks, but legislator’s bankroll bigger

SAN DIEGO

San Diego mayoral candidates Barbara Bry and Scott Sherman have raised more money than rival Todd Gloria in recent weeks, but Gloria still has significantly more cash to spend during the homestretch leading up to the March 3 primary.

In other city races, candidates leading in recent donations include incumbent City Attorney Mara Elliott, Joe Leventhal in the council race for District 5, Noli Zosa in District 7 and Kelvin Barrios in District 9. Campaign donation disclosures submitted this week show that Sherman raised $122,000 between Jan. 19 and Feb. 15, the period the reports cover. Bry raised $55,000 during the period, while Gloria raised $46,000.

But Gloria, a state assemblyman, has $340,000 left in his campaign war chest, while Bry, a San Diego

Councilwoman, has $50,000, and Sherman, a San Diego Councilman, has $26,000.

Overall in the race, Gloria has raised nearly $1.2 million, followed by Bry with $900,000 and Sherman with $260,000. Gloria and Bry, both Democrats, also are benefiting from independent committees supporting their candidacies. Each has had committees spend more than $100,000 on their behalf, allowing the two candidates to buy TV ads.

Sherman, a Republican, has not benefited from independent expenditures, and he hasn’t run any

TV ads. Four other candidates in the mayor’s race — Tasha Williamson, Rich Riel, Gita Singh and Jarvis Gandy — haven’t raised significant amounts.

In all seven city races, the two candidates who get the most votes in the primary will advance to a November runoff.

In the race for city attorney, Elliott raised $16,000 during the period, compared to $5,000 for rival Cory Briggs. A third candidate, Pete Mesich, didn’t report any fundraising. Briggs has out-raised Elliott, $42,000

•

to $22,000, since Jan. 1. But Elliott still has a commanding overall lead in the campaign, with more than $300,000 compared to Briggs’ at $69,000. Elliott has also benefited from independent expenditures on her behalf.

Elliott has $96,000 cash on hand, while Briggs has $7,000.

All three candidates in the city attorney’s race are Democrats.

In the race for north coastal District 1, the most recent disclosures show the leading candidates are continuing to keep pace with each other. Joe Lacava raised $7,000, Will Moore raised 6,500, Sam Nejabat raised $3,500 and Aaron Brennan raised $2,000. Overall, Moore and Lacava have raised just over $100,000, while Brennan has raised nearly $70,000. Nejabat has raised far less, but he has loaned his campaign more than $150,000.

Moore, Lacava and Brennan also have benefited from independent expenditures on their behalf.

The other candidates in the race, Harid Puentes, James Rudolph, Lily Zhou and Lou Rodolico, have raised far less money.

Moore has $18,000 cash on hand, Brennan and Nejabat have about $8,800 each, and Lacava has $5,000.

All of the leading candidates in the District 1 race are Democrats.

In the race for central urban District 3, Chris Olsen dominated fundraising during the period, and got help from an independent committee supporting his candidacy. Olsen raised $10,000, compared to $3,700 for Stephen Whitburn, $3,100 for Toni Duran, $2,400 for Michelle Nguyen and $1,900 for Adrian Kwiatkowski.

Overall in the race, Whitburn leads the pack with nearly $100,000. Olsen, Duran and Kwiatkowski have each raised about $60,000, while Nguyen has raised about $7,000.

Whitburn has $27,000 in cash on hand. Kwiatkowski has $18,500, Duran has $11,500, Olsen has $6,800 and Nguyen has less than $1,000.

Nguyen is a Republican. The other four candidates are Democrats.

In north inland District 5, Leventhal raised $33,000 during the reporting period. He was followed by Marni von Wilpert with $10,000. Isaac Wang and Simon Moghadam have raised far less. At nearly $250,000, Leventhal has raised the most money of any candidate running for council this year. Von Wilpert has raised $80,000, and she also benefited from an independent committee supporting her.

Leventhal has $133,000 cash on hand, while von Wilpert has $35,000.

Leventhal and Moghadam are Republicans. Von Wilpert and Wang are Democrats.

In central eastern District 7, Zosa dominated fundraising during the reporting period. He raised $10,000, which was followed by Monty Mcintyre and Wendy Wheatcroft, with $3,700 each, and Raul Campillo with $2,800. Overall, Zosa has raised more than $200,000, while Campillo has raised $128,000, Mcintyre has raised $80,000 and Wheatcroft has raised $62,000.

Zosa has $103,000 cash on hand, followed by Campillo with $68,000, Wheatcroft with $17,000 and Mcintyre with $11,000.

Zosa is a Republican,

while the other three candidates are Democrats.

In central southeastern District 9, Kelvin Barrios widened his already significant fundraising lead during the reporting period. He collected $11,500, followed by Sean Elo with $4,600, Andrew Gade with $2,000 and Johnny Lee Dang with $1,700.

Overall, Barrios has raised $54,000, Elo has raised $19,000 and Dang has raised $13,000. The other candidates in the race — Alex Soto, Sam Bedwell and Ross Naismith — have raised far less.

Barrios has also benefited from independent expenditures on his behalf.

Barrios has $30,000 cash

on hand, followed by $6,800 for Elo, $2,000 Gade and less than $1,000 for Dang.

All of the District 9 candidates are Democrats except Gade, who is registered as an independent.

david.garrick@sduniontribune.com