Are candidates saving for a big splash?
POSTED 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 — Reports filed this week show that several candidates have saved much of their money to spend during the last few weeks of the campaign. The filings show each candidate’s bottom line as of Oct. 8. In District 1, incumbent Sally Soriano had saved 85 percent of the money she’s raised, leaving her with almost $10,000 to spend before Election Day. Her opponent, Peter Maier, is the biggest fundraiser in any of the School Board races, with enthusiastic backing from the business community. He reported he still had about 75 percent of the $92,237 he had raised by Oct. 8. Since then, he’s reported additional donations. In District 2, incumbent Darlene Flynn had $6,235. That’s a little more than half of the total amount she had raised. Her opponent, Sherry Carr, is one of the only candidates who reported spending more than half of the total she’d fundraised. Carr reported she had $41,218 left of the $83,710 she had raised. (The other candidate to spend most of h
