The Supervisors and their major donors

written by Newspack Team | December 14, 2007

Using the data recently compiled by the

Virginia Public Access Project

for

Albemarle County’s recent election

, it is possible to evaluate the major donors and the total funds raised by each candidate this election cycle.

The major donors* to Albemarle County’s 2007 Board of Supervisors candidates were as follows:

$38,000 –

Monticello Business Alliance

(See also:

MBA’s donors

)

$10,000 – Zobrist Law Group (Duane Zobrist)

$7,800 – Ben Brewster

$7,500 – Blue Ridge Homebuilders Association

$7,500 – Virginia Association of Realtors

$7,000 – Democratic Road Back PAC

$5,250 – Barbara Fried

$5,000 – Virginia Association of Realtors – Charlottesville Area

$4,500 – Va Dem – Albemarle Charlottesville

$3,000 – Leo Mallek

$3,000 – Marie Woodward

$2,500 – Phil Wendel

$2,500 – Boyd Tinsley

$2,500 – Bill Edgerton



* Major donors were those who gave a total of $2,500 or more to one or more candidates

This table shows where each of the major donors made their contributions (

Click to view complete table

).


The fundraising totals for all the candidates as of their December 6th financial report are as follows

:

$61,239 – David Wyant (R-White Hall)


$60,541 – Ken Boyd* (R-Rivanna)

$47,183 – Marcia Joseph (D-Rivanna)


$41,555 – Ann Mallek* (D-White Hall)


$39,425 – Lindsay Dorrier* (D-Scottsville)

$6,350  – Dennis King (I-Scottsville)

$575 – Kevin Fletcher (I-Scottsville)



* Candidate won seat

Brian Wheeler