Frontrunner in Reno Mayoral Race Kate Marshall Has More Money On Hand as November Campaign Looms Ahead

The latest fundraising numbers are in in the Reno mayoral race, and these show favorite Kate Marshall has more money in her coffers at this point, even though she had less money coming in than her challenger Kathleen Taylor.

Marshall has more individual donations, union backing and money from different PACs to Taylor’s contributions from developers, builders and contractors, while both spent heavily on political strategy groups based in the Washington D.C. area and elsewhere.

Marshall got 44.85% of the vote in the June primary to Taylor’s 18.98%, meaning the former lieutenant governor needs marginal support from the Eddie Lorton and Devon Reese camps, as well as from those who didn’t vote in the primary, which is highly likely to push her to victory come November.

Council member Taylor, who has the backing of some in the pro development, all growth, business as usual camp, has an uphill climb especially with her pro data center voting, which has become unpopular for many on both the right and left of the ideological spectrum.

According to the latest Contributions and Expenses Report for the period from April to June 30th, Taylor has $18K on hand, accounting for previous cycles, having had $190K in contributions in the latest period with $300K in expenses.

Frontrunner Kate Marshall has 41K on hand, having spent $299K in this latest period, with $129K in contributions.

Contributors for Taylor include 5K from Locus Development, 5K from Addison Law Group, $250 from Donald Carano, 2.5K from Ryder Homes, $500 from the Eddy, 5K from Builders Association of Northern Nevada, 2.5K from Aspen Earthworks, 2.5K from Bryan Drakulich, 2.5K from Nevada Trip Partners, 2K from Rachelle Shaw, 2.5K from Associated Builders and Contractors, 9.9K from James Belosic, 3K from Campbell Construction, 3K from BAT Equipment Rental, 3K from White Fir, 2.5K from JEF Enterprises, 1.5K from McDonald Carano, 3K from Brianna Bullentini, 3K from Chuck Jeannes, 5K from Deborah Day, 10K from Chhina Foods (written with two hs), 1K from Ryan Dolan, 5K from Circus and Eldorado, 10K from 42 Properties, 2.5K from Raymond Tolles and 5K from Robert Fitzgerald.

Taylor's expenses have gone to East Public Relations, the Deitz Media Group, Nominal Analytics and Strategic Media Services based out of Virginia, Majority Strategies based out of Dallas, Danielle Cherry, the Ferraro Group, Farrah Downey and GB Political based out of Las Vegas.

Marshall has many individual donors with small sums, at or below $1,000, and a few bigger ones such as 4K from Robert Goldberg, 3K from Building and Construction Trades NNV, $5K from Let’s Get to Work Nevada, 2.5K from United Auto Workers, 1.5K from GigaWatt Operations out of Las Vegas, 2.5K from IBEW PAC, 5K from Waste Management, 2.5K from Circus and Eldorado, 5K from OPCMIA PAC, 5K from Local 39, 1.5K from Local 16, 2.5K from Peppermill Casinos, 2K from Lauren Sander, 2.5K from Southern Nevada Stronger PAC, 2.5K from All for Our Country Leadership PAC, 2K from Kreg Rowe and 5K from Smart Solutions.

Expenses have gone to Will Ross in Reno, Bravo Schrager in Las Vegas, The Pivot Group and Sage Media Planning in Washington D.C. and TKO Political in Chevy Chase.

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