Kalki Yalamanchili, who is challenging incumbent Democrat District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez as an Independent on the Nov. 5 ballot, raised more than six times the amount of money Gonzalez raised in the three months leading up to the fall campaign.
Since the beginning of the year, Yalamanchili has raised $471,028, or nearly five times the $95,332 raised by Gonzalez.
Yalamanchili also has spent much more heavily--at nearly eight times the level of the incumbent–with about a third of that spending on a firm helping with his petition drive to get on the ballot as an Independent.
On Sept. 30, the last filing date for campaign finances, Yalamanchili had 2.5 times the amount of cash Gonzalez had.
The reports candidates filed with the Georgia Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission after the Sept. 30 deadline showed that the three Republicans who represent Oconee County in the legislature in Atlanta took in $226,420 in July, August, and September, compared with the $28,532 the three Democratic challengers raised.
Oconee County School Board Post 4 Republican Candidate Adam Hammond has reported raising $9,865 for his campaign, incumbent Republican Oconee County Sheriff James Hale has raised $133,957, and Republican incumbent Clerk Of Courts Angela Elder Johnson has raised $31,100.
Reginald Wade, who is challenging Hale in the Sheriff race as a Democrat, reported raising $5,975 for his campaign.
Early voting continued at a heavy rate on Wednesday, with 3,115 ballots now cast in the first two days of voting, compared 2,334 in the first two days of early voting in the November of 2020.
The county has 34,268 registered voters.
District Attorney Race
Yalamanchili had 51 donors who have given $3,300, the maximum amount allowed by law, to his campaign.
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The overwhelming majority of the donors have a Georgia address, but Yalamanchili also received contributions from donors in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
He received $500 from the Oconee County Republican Party.
Gonzalez did not receive any funding at the maximum allowed amount.
Her two largest contributions were $2,500 and $3,000 from Robert Scott, her husband.
It is legal for someone to make two contributions of $3,300 for a party candidate, one for the primary campaign and one for the general election.
The majority of the contributions to Gonzalez’s campaign came from Georgia, but she did receive donations from Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
As of Sept. 30, Gonzalez had $51,673 balance on hand, while Yalamanchili had $127,935.
The District Attorney serves the Western Judicial Circuit, which includes Oconee and Clarke counties.
Legislative Races
Republican Houston Gaines, who represents the Marswood Hall and Bogart precincts in Oconee County as well as parts of Barrow, Jackson, and Clarke counties in the General Assembly, reported raising $177,645 in the three-month period ending on Sept. 30.
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That was more than $100,000 more than the sums raised by the other five candidates, Democratic and Republican, combined.
Gaines reports contributions of more than $1 million in the year, including funds rolled over from his earlier campaigns, and reported having $793,867 net balance on hand on Sept. 30.
Republican Rep. Marcus Wiedower, who represents the remaining six Oconee County precincts plus parts of Clarke County in the General Assembly, raised $26,975 in the three months leading up to the Sept. 30 filing deadline. He reported having $400,080 net balance on hand on that date.
Bill Cowsert, also a Republican, who represents all of the county in the State Senate, reported raising $21,800 in the three months leading up to Sept. 30 and having $281,445 balance on hand.
Andrew Ferguson, the Democratic Party nominee for House District 120 held by Gaines, raised $11,862 in the three months leading up to the Sept. 30 filing deadline and having $10,879 on hand.
Eric Gisler, the Democratic Party nominee for House District 121 held by Wiedower, raised $11,815 in July, August, and September and reported a balance on hand of $6,288.
Democrat Gareth Fenley, opposing Cowsert in Senate District 46, reported raising $4,854 in the three months of the reporting period and having $3,185 on hand.
The reporting deadline was Sept. 30, but candidates are given a seven-day grace period to file their report.
Fenley filed her report only on Oct. 16.
Local Races
Only five candidates seeking exclusively Oconee County offices filed campaign finance reports for the Sept. 30 deadline.
All of the other candidates have signed an affidavit saying they will not raise more than $2,500 in campaign funds. As a result, they do not need to file campaign finance forms.
John Daniell, who is running unopposed on the Nov. 5 ballot for Chair of the Board of Commissioners, reported he did not raise any money during the Sept. 30 filing period and stated that he has $13,661 net balance on hand. Daniell is a Republican.
Hammond reported raising $1,500 in the July, August, and September reporting period.
Hammond has opposition on the Nov. 5 ballot from Sheri Ward Long, who is running as a Democrat but without party support.
Hale reported raising $6,250 in the latest reporting three months.
Democrat Wade reported raising $1,925 in July, August, and September.
Elder Johnson reported raising $500 in the three months covered by the most recent finance report.
Elder Johnson is opposed on the November ballot by Laura King, who is running as a Democrat but is not being supported by the party.
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