Republican Bruce Lisman poured an additional $1 million of his own money into his campaign for governor during the latest finance reporting period, while fellow Republican Phil Scott has not even crossed the $1 million threshold in total contributions raised.
Lisman, a former Wall Street executive, has put a total of $1.55 million of his own money into the campaign, including $1.1 million since the last report in March. He reported that he has used up all but $180,000. Lisman spent a total of $676,000 on advertisements, including television and radio, almost a half a million in the last three months.
Scott, the lieutenant governor, raised $350,000 in the last reporting period, bringing his total to nearly $765,000 for his entire campaign. He has about $370,000 left on hand, which includes more than $90,000 carried over from his previous campaigns.
Scott’s campaign said 96 percent of the donors this period were Vermonters and that 2,188 people have given to the campaign so far.
On the Democratic side, Sue Minter raised almost $400,000 in the last three months, bringing her total campaign haul to almost $900,000, of which she’s spent $600,000.
Matt Dunne raised $250,000 the past quarter, bringing his campaign total to a little over $800,000 and he’s spent about $600,000.
The third Democrat, Peter Galbraith, is self-funding his campaign to a large extent as well, loaning the campaign $185,000 of the $320,000 total he has raised. He has spent all but $35,000 of that total amount, much of it on television advertisements.
The reports, due Friday, were the last financial disclosures required before the Aug. 9 primary.
In the race for lieutenant governor, Democrat Shap Smith pulled in $110,000 in what was his first report filed since entering the race two months ago. He has spent $35,000. Democrat Kesha Ram raised more than $90,000 during this reporting period, bringing her total campaign haul close to $200,000. She has close to $100,000 on hand. Democrat David Zuckerman raised $85,000 since the last reporting deadline, bringing his total contributions to more than $150,000. He has about $70,000 in cash on hand.
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Randy Brock reported raising approximately $30,000, bringing his campaign total to over $60,000. He has spent all but about $10,000.
Independent Louis Meyers put $4,700 of his own money for his lieutenant governor bid this reporting period, bringing his campaign total to $7,700. He has spent $6,000 so far.
The financial gulf in the race for attorney general is significant, with Democrat TJ Donovan having raised more than $300,000, while his Republican opponent Deborah Bucknam netted roughly $18,000.
Editor’s Note: This story was updated Sunday with information on the lieutenant governor’s race.
