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In April, Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez raised more money than the other four candidates for governor—if you don’t include the money the other candidates lent themselves. There’s the $250,000 former state Republican Party chairman Allen Weh lent himself, the $50,0000 Pete Domenici Jr. loaned his campaign and the $50,000 Doug Turner’s PR firm lent his campaign.
After crunching those numbers, along with the money the candidates had in the bank, it appears that Allen Weh will lead the pack going into the last month of the primary campaign, with about $350,000. Turner has significant campaign debt—over $400,000—but counts $230,000 in the bank now. Martinez has just a bit less than $130,000. Janice Arnold-Jones, who also got loans, though not from herself, has less than $25,000 to spend.
Campaigns for state office filed campaign finance reports yesterday. The primary is June 1.
Here are the details:
Pete Domenici, Jr. announced raising more than $118,000 in the month, including a $50,000 loan from the candidate to his campaign. Domenici spent $223,166 in the month and was left with $24,857 cash on hand for the final month of the primary campaign.
PR firm owner Doug Turner raised more than $85,000 in April. This included loans of nearly $50,000 from his company. Turner had $229,921.33 cash on hand at the end of April. His campaign now has just more than $420,000 in unpaid campaign debt. Turner spent $110,923 in April.
Weh raised more than $340,000 in the month, including a $250,000 loan from himself to the campaign. This brought Weh’s total loans to his campaign to $1 million. Weh had more than $350,000 cash-on-hand to start the final month of the primary campaign.
Doña Ana District Attorney and Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez raised a little more than $115,000 in April. Martinez had $129,339.15 in the bank at the end of April after raising $116,215 in the month. This includes $25,000 from companies owned by Roswell oilman Mark Murphy according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones raised $45,000 in April. Arnold-Jones received $24,714 in campaign loans in April and the first day of May. Arnold-Jones had $22,123 in the bank as of the end of April. Arnold-Jones’ largest contribution was a $5,000 donation from Diane Claire, who lists her occupation as Horse/Private Investments. Arnold-Jones spent $41,326 in the month, according to the campaign finance reports.
The Republican primary for governor will be held on June 1. The winner of that election will face Democrat Diane Denish in the general election.
