Hey, maybe you heard that we have an election in San Francisco this November? With all the sturm und drang over ballot measures on taxing sodas, raising the minimum wage and protecting drivers, you might have forgotten that we are also electing officials to office. And running those campaigns isn't always cheap! Let's see how some of our local yokels' bank accounts are doing, based on all the candidates who've raised enough money to have significant contributions to report.
- $1 million: The amount of money Board of Supervisors president Supervisor David Chiu, who is in the running to rep SF's 17th Assembly District, has raised during his campaign
- $500,000: The amount of money his opponent, SF Supervisor David Campos has raised during his campaign
- $500,000: The amount of money Chiu presently has on hand
- $20,000: The amount of money Campos has on hand
- $200,299: The amount of dough Chiu raised in the period between June 3 and June 30
- $36,405: The figure Campos raised during that same period
- $2,600: The amount of non-monetary contributions Chiu received during that period
- $40,000: The worth of non-monetary contributions Campos raked in in June
- $227,000 The amount of money District 10 incumbent Supervisor Malia Cohen has raised during her campaign
- $42,135: The amount her challenger, Tony Kelly, has received in donations
- $84,000: The amount of public financing Kelly's received
- $7000: The amount of money Marlene Tran, yet another D10 candidate, has raised
- $123,671: The amount of money District 6 incumbent Supervisor Jane Kim presently has in the bank
- $3,552: The bank balance for the account of Kim challenger Michael Nulty
- $1,138: The cash D6 candidate Jamie Whitaker still has on hand
- $191,266: The amount of money incumbent District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener still has in the bank
- $25,537: The total amount of money Wiener's spent on his campaign thus far
- $461: The amount of money D8 challenger Michael Petrelis still has in the bank (added at commenter request)
- $550: The total amount of money Petrelis has spent on his campaign to date
- $270,000: The amount of money incumbent District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell has on hand
- $5,239: The amount of money Farrell challenger Juan-Antonio Carballo has raised (he "has most of it still on hand")
- $2,600: The amount of money incumbent District 4 Supervisor Katy Tang, who is running unopposed, raised this year in donations
- $61,299: The amount of money Tang has spent on her unopposed campaign
All facts and figures: Chiu far outpaces Campos in Assembly race fundraising, SF Chronicle, August 1, 2014