Mayor candidates raise thousands

Published 12:46 am Saturday, May 7, 2016

NATCHEZ — Two Natchez mayoral candidates have raised more than $78,000.

Darryl Grennell leads the fundraising with $45,413 in contributions.

Eleven donors contributed more than $1,000 to Grennell’s campaign, including $1,000 donations from Glenn Green, Vidal Davis, Marion Smith, Robert Johnson and Robert Johnson III.

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Grennell has spent $38,220, including $10,550 to Chism Strategies, a Jackson political consulting firm that offers various services including telephone surveys and automated phone messaging.

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Tony Fields has raised $33,450, including two $10,000 donations from David Paradise and Magnolia Bluffs Casino. The donations are the largest single donations given to a candidate in the last two city elections.

Fields has spent $26,899, including $5,500 to Willie Carter for unspecified reasons, and $5,643 to Ray Brown for unspecified reasons.

The 13 candidates for aldermen who turned in campaign finance reports have raised a combined $24,343 and spent $22,891.

Municipal judge candidate Lisa Jordan Dale raised $12,683 and spent $11,944.

Aldermen candidate Felicia Irving and municipal judge candidate Carmen Brooks did not submit campaign finance reports.