PORT ANGELES — Campaign finance records made public this week show that eight Port Angeles City Council hopefuls have raised more than $22,000 in their quests for public office — efforts that some have financed, to an extent, out of their own pockets.
Seven of eight candidates in Tuesday’s general election for the council have registered under the state Public Disclosure Commission’s “mini-reporting” requirement that allows them to raise or spend less than $5,000 without having to report expenditures or contributions, except those of more than $500.
Nelson nearing $5,000
Brooke Nelson, running for Position 4, has registered to raise more than $5,000 and had generated $4,977 as of Wednesday.
She has received a $1,000 donation from the North Peninsula Builders Association, the largest single donation to any candidate running for office in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
Crossing the $5,000 threshold requires Nelson to report campaign donations and expenditures to the PDC.
Those who file under mini-reporting requirements are still held accountable: They had to make their campaign finance records available to the public on Monday, eight days before Election Day, which is Tuesday.
Candidates are required to fully report or mini-report, if their voting districts have at least 5,000 registered voters.
If there are under 5,000 registered voters, they don’t have to report to the PDC — unless they raise more than $5,000.
Violation of the restrictions are punishable by a fine of up to $4,200, PDC spokeswoman Lori Anderson said.
All registered voters within the city limit can vote in all four races.
Ballots, which were mailed to voters Oct. 14 in the all-mail-ballot election, must be postmarked by Tuesday or returned to the courthouse by 8 p.m. that day.
Below is a list of campaign contributions. It does not include individual contributions under $25.
City of residence of contributors and place of business or occupation is listed when provided by the candidates. Donations are by the individuals named, and not their place of business.
BLEVINS VS. LITTLE, POSITION 1
Like most other candidates, Cody Blevins, 28, an electronics store technical sales representative and installation specialist, said he has concentrated on ringing doorbells, planting campaign signs on the property of supporters and distributing fliers.
Little, 55, a retired dentist and current executive director of Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics, would not comment for this story.
Little has raised $1,315 for his campaign, including a $1,000 loan from his wife, Michelle Little.
Contributions to Little’s campaign consist of $100 — Dana Shaltry; $75 — Norma Turner; $50 — Kathy Brown; $40 — Todd Haworth; and $25 — Steve Tharinger and Lou Templeton.
Little’s expenditures include $814 for yard signs and $211 for printed materials.
Contributions to Blevins’ campaign, which total $1,455, consist of $290 — Dan and Susan Blevins, Realtor, Carroll Realty, Port Angeles; $200 — Dick Pilling, real estate broker, Carroll Realty, Port Angeles; Jim Rosand, musician, Port Angeles; $150 — Robert and Sherry Phillips, retired, Port Angeles; $100 — Sarah Jensen, teacher, Dry Creek Elementary, Port Angeles; Thomas and Leslie Robertson, firefighter, Los Angeles Fire Department, Santa Clarita, Calif.
Also, $75 — Larry Williams, Realtor, Carroll Realty, Port Angeles; Michael Schaefermeyer, retired, Port Angeles; $70 — Kathy Kidwell, Port Angeles; $50 — George Schoenfeldt, Port Angeles; and $40 — Brian Clark, Port Angeles; and Kay Clark, Port Angeles.
MANIA VS. PETERSEN, POSITION 2
Max Mania, 41, a grocery clerk and writer, pledged not to use yard signs for his campaign, and at his urging, supporters donated $1,200 to United Way, Peninsula Friends of Animals and Friends of the Fields, he said.
His largest expenditure is advertising, he said.
He has spent $300 of his own money.
Edna Petersen, 69, owner of Necessities & Temptations gift shop in downtown Port Angeles, said she has not solicited contributions but receives them anyway.
“I cried every time someone gave me a check,” she said. “I wanted to do it my way. If I received a check in the mail, it was not out of encouragement. I was absolutely flabbergasted.”
Contributions to Petersen’s campaign total $4,574 and include $2,274 in campaign donations.
She has also spent $2,300 of her own money.
Contributions to Petersen’s campaign consist of$500 — Washington Association of Realtors; $200 — Florence Chamberlain, Port Angeles; Grant and Carol Munro, Port Angeles; and Ray Gruver, Port Angeles; $133 — Estate of Geraldine Haubrich, Kirkland; Albert A Haubrich Trust, Kirkland; $100 — Richard and Shari McMenamin, Sequim; Robert Hause, Port Angeles; Roy and Mary Gotham, Port Angeles; and Donna Knissend, Port Angeles.
Also, $75 — Larry Williams, Port Angeles; and Joseph Michalczik, Port Angeles; $50 — Mary Otto, Port Angeles; Darrell and Jean Fairchild, Port Angeles; Edie Beck, Port Angeles; and Lucinda Schlaffman, Port Angeles; and $25 — Kathleen Brown.
Petersen’s expenditures included $2,500 for newspaper and radio advertising, $250 for fliers and other campaign literature and $176 for campaign T-shirts.
Contributions to Mania’s campaign, which total $1,500, consist of $350 — Anna and Paul Chasman, counselor/musician, Port Angeles; $100 — Jake Seniuk, director, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles; Darlene Schanfald, director, Olympic Environmental Council, Sequim; Dagmar and Bob Cronn, retired, Seattle; $60 — Ed Chadd, director, Streamkeepers, Port Angeles.
Also, $50 — Jim and Robbie Mantooth, retired, Port Angeles; Kathy Balducci, retired, Port Angeles; Daniel Anderson, retired, Port Angeles; Marilyn and Larry Welch, retired, Port Angeles; Karen Sue Smith, Ashland, Ore.; James and Ann Butler, retired, Port Angeles; $30 — Betsy and Don Robins, retired, Port Angeles; and $25 — Norma Turner, Port Angeles.
Cash contributions less than $20 totalled $135.
Mania’s expenditures included $618 for newspaper advertising and $355 for a kickoff event.
BELL VS. DOWNIE, POSITION 3
Harry Bell, 64, chief forester for Green Crow, a Port Angeles timber and wood products company, said he did not solicit campaign contributions.
His expenditures included campaign T-shirts, buttons, a $666 newspaper insert and an advertisement in the county Republican Party newsletter.
Downie, 67, program coordinator for Catholic Community Services/Volunteer Services, received one contribution of $25 and has spent $4,953 of his own money on the campaign.
His expenditures included a mailer to every registered voter Port Angeles, which cost $1,000 to mail.
Other expenses included more than $400 for his campaign Web site and spending on campaign T-shirts, buttons and a newspaper insert.
Contributions to Bell’s campaign, which total $1,750, are $500 — Washington Association of Realtors; $400 — John David Crow, retired, Port Angeles; and Gretchen Crow, retired, Port Angeles; $100 — Ralph and Chris Anderson, Port Angeles; and Grant and Carol Munro, retired, Port Angeles; $50 — Don Hansen, Port Angeles; and $25 — Glenn Wiggins, forestry consulting.
NELSON VS. WHARTON, POSITION 4
Challenger Brooke Nelson, 37, a Realtor, has raised $4,977 in her campaign to unseat incumbent Betsy Wharton, who has raised $1,615.
“It’s typical for a campaign to go out and raise as much money as you can,” said Dylan Honnold, Nelson’s campaign manager.
As a challenger, Nelson must “throw a disproportionate amount of resources” into the effort, he said.
Her expenditures include more than $800 for campaign literature.
Wharton, 49, a registered nurse, said she did not aggressively seek campaign donations.
“We have not reached out and shaken the tree for cash this election,” she said.
“I don’t like to see City Council races become big spending wars.”
She did receive one large contribution: $500 from Puget Sound Pilots, a Seattle-based organization of Marine Pilots that Wharton said reached out to her.
The group, an organization of Marine Pilots, is “dedicated to the protection of Puget Sound’s marine environment, economy and security,” according to its Web site, www.pspilots.org.
“They are an employer here, and they are very interested in our harbor,” she said.
Wharton is using campaign signs from her last campaign.
She also gave her campaign $200.
Her expenditures include transit bus advertising, which cost $818.
Contributions to Wharton’s campaign, which total $1,615, consist of $500 — Puget Sound Pilots, Seattle; $250 — Paul Chasman, Port Angeles; $200 — M & M Epstein, Mercer Island; $100 — Robert M. Allman, Port Angeles; Deb Moriarty, Port Angeles; and Tom Sanford, Port Angeles; $50 — J & R Mantooth, Port Angeles; $35 — Cheryl Baumann, Port Angeles; and $25 — Shirley Nixon, Port Angeles.
Contributions to Nelson’s campaign are $1,000 — North Peninsula Builders Association; $500 — Washington Association of Realtors, Olympia; and Angeles Composite Technologies Inc., Port Angeles; $250 — L.P. Hanna Construction, Port Angeles; and Dan Gase, Coldwell Banker, Port Angeles; $200 — Carroll Realty, Port Angeles; Celeste Maier, Port Angeles; and Jim Wahlsten, Coldwell Banker, Port Angeles; $150 — Clear Horizon, construction, Port Angeles; and Tom Thompson, Clear Horizon, construction, Port Angeles.
Also, $100 — Mike McAleer, ReMax Realty, Sequim; Michelle Mallari; Tim Riley, Airwest Aviation, Port Angeles; Mark Smith, Property Management, Sequim; Bill Roberds, Excel Utilities, Port Angeles; Robert Wheeler, RJ Services, Port Angeles; James T. Rogers, Port Angeles; Tracy D. Gudgel, homemaker, Port Angeles; Donna Knifsend, attorney, Port Angeles; Jean Irvine, self-employed, Coldwell Banker, Port Angeles.
Also, $50 — Diane Thompson, Port Angeles; Amy Heckman, Port Angeles; Larry Hannah, Port Angeles; Aloma Blaylock, Port Angeles; and Patricia Tenhulzen, Sequim; and $30 — Kevin Russell, Port Angeles.
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Staff writer Paul Gottlieb can be reached at 360-417-3536 or at paul.gottlieb@peninsuladailynews.com.