The Money Trail: Incumbents raise up to $50,000

October 10, 2008

I decided to take a cue from my colleague’s blog about campaign finances and take a look at the finance reports the candidates have filed with the N.C. State Board of Elections.

As one might expect, the Republican challengers are working with much less money than the incumbents. Jon “Greg” Bass is not required to file finance reports because he plans to keep his contributions and expenditures under $3,000. Roger Gerber is reporting his finances, but so far he’s posted only one contribution- a donation of $707 from himself.
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