With just under a month left until the Nov. 4 general election, local candidates have continued to receive donations to further their campaigns. For September the candidates raised a total of $95,103.04. The candidates spent a total of $57,638.11.

State Rep. Alan Boothe, running for state representative for District 89 on the Republican ticket, raised a total of $85,900 in September with $100 coming from various non-itemized donations. Boothe spent a total of $51,131.76 with $248.37 being non-itemized expenditures. Of that $51,131.76 a total of $50,508.39 went to advertising. Boothe ended September with a balance of $77,742.01.

Boothe received a $250 donation from Alabama Engineers PAC, a $2,000 donation from ALA PAC, a $5,000 donation from Farm PAC, a $10,000 donation from Progress PAC, a $1,000 donation from Road PAC, a $1,500 donation from State Farm Agents and Associates of Alabama PAC, a $3,000 donation from AGC PAC, a $2,500 donation from Alabama Realtors PAC, a $2,000 donation from CRA Political Action Committee, a $200 donation from Bill Stone, a $3,000 donation from Truk PAC, a $1,000 donation from Whaley & Whaley Farms, a $2,000 donation from ABC Merit PAC, a $250 donation from John Q. Adams, a $1,000 donation from Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology PAC, a $1,500 donation from Alabama Beverage Association PAC, a $5,000 donation from Alabama Builders PAC, a $2,500 donation from Alabama Hospital Association PAC, a $750 donation from Alabama Poultry Trust, a $1,000 donation from Alabama Power Company Employees PAC, a $5,000 donation from Automobile Dealers Association of AL Inc. Auto PAC, a $3,000 donation from Bank PAC, a $5,000 donation from BiPAC, a $2,500 donation from Can PAC, a $1,500 donation from Fair Political Action Committee, a $500 donation from Fairness PAC Inc., a $7,100 donation from Farm PAC, a $250 donation from W D Sanford Jr., a $1,000 donation from T PAC, a $5,000 donation from The Cosby Company, a $7,500 donation from Truk PAC and a $1,000 donation from John H Watson. Boothe received a $35 in-kind donation from Alabama 2014.

Boothe spent $125 with Troy University for a charitable contribution, $1,664 with The Southern Star on advertising, $3,130 with The Messenger on advertising, $27,619.50 with Alpine Advertising on advertising, $2,319.14 with the U.S. Postal Service on advertising, $250 with Roxie Kitchens for administrative fees, $582.50 with 23 Design on advertising, $550.15 with Windham Lumber Co. on advertising, $276.86 with The Printing Press on advertising, $500 with Greystone Public Affairs on advertising, $1,417 with Ideal Graphics on advertising, $7,052 with SSC Strategies LLC on advertising, $599.50 with Master Image on advertising, $867 with The Messenger on advertising and $3,930.74 with Alpine Advertising on advertising.

Joel Lee Williams, running on the Democratic ticket for state representative in District 89, raised a total of $3,525 and spent a total of $393.42, with $272.15 going toward advertising.

Williams received a $150 donation from Jean T. Shepherd, a $100 donation from Ed Stevens, a $100 donation from Eleanor F. McKeller, a $300 donation from John M. McKeller, a $50 donation from Glenn Cohen, a $100 donation from David Dye, a $250 donation from Charles R Whitson, a $200 donation from Donald Crapps, a $100 donation from Joyce Landers, a $500 donation from Jerry F. Shirley III, a $1,000 donation from House Democratic PAC, a $100 donation from Frederick Cain, a $250 donation from David Moree, a $100 donation from Sears of Troy, a $25 donation from Samuel Shelton and a $200 donation from Paul M. Stewart.

Williams spent $125 with Dusty Williamson on advertising, $121.27 with the UPS Store on administrative fees and $147.15 with Sticky Frog Signs on advertising.

Jerome “Bo” Weed, running for Pike County Revenue Commissioner on the Republican ticket, raised a total of $150 in non-itemized cash contributions and spent a total of $1,161.66, with $1,027.77 going toward advertising.

Weed had a loan repayment with First National Bank of Brundidge for $133.89, sent $100 with Charles Henderson Band Foundation on advertising, $332.45 with Ideal Graphics on advertising, $451.94 with Boosters, Inc. on advertising and $143.38 with Lowe’s on advertising.

Curtis Blair, the current Revenue Commissioner incumbent running on the Democratic ticket, raised a total of $450 and did not spend any money in September.

Blair received a $200 donation from Bill and Lynne Stone and a $250 donation from Dwight Holley.

Jason Youngblood, running for Pike County Sheriff on the Republican ticket, raised a total of $300 in non-itemized cash contributions, $3,328.04 in itemized in-kind contributions and spent $1,000, with all of it going toward advertising.

Youngblood received a $3,28.04 in-kind donation from the Alabama Republican Party for advertising.

Youngblood spent $1,000 with Idea Graphics on advertising.

Russell Thomas, the incumbent for the sheriff running on the Democratic ticket, raised a total of $1,900 and spent a total of $3,951.27, with $3,793.95 going toward advertising.

Thomas received a $200 donation from Bill Stone, a $1,000 donation from Max Hughes Trucking, a $200 donation from Jarrod Mack, a $250 donation from Jack Waller and a $250 donation from Dwight Holley.

Thomas spent $137.83 with Lowe’s on advertising, $1,500 with The Messenger on advertising, $186 with the US Postal Service on advertising, $255 with Dixie Living Magazine on advertising, $418.02 with Southern Business Systems, $1,297.10 with The Printing Press on advertising and $157.32 with Sunny South for transportation. State representative and elected official campaign finance reports are public records. Local campaign finance reports may be accessed in the records department of the County Courthouse. State Representative campaign finance reports may be found by going to the Secretary of the State’s website and searching for the respected candidate’s forms through the finance report search engine on the website.