| Bill Mahoney of NYPIRG just sent out his updated spreadsheet of campaign finance filings. Topping the list today is Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. Skelos raised $391,922.37 in the first half of this year and now has $1,373,811.32.
Skelos will be challenged by Roy Simon. I will have an interview with Roy posted later today.
Then there is a candidate like Mark Grisanti. Grisanti is challenging Sen. Antoine Thompson in the SD-60 Democratic primary. Grisanti's filing shows he had $36,206.33 in receipts and $33,835.29 in expenses. That leaves a very low $2,371.04 cash on hand for Grisanti.
So far, not too many Senate candidates have filed. Most of the filings consist of county committees and other political committees. Tuesday is the deadline for candidates and committees to submit their filings. |
