There’s only two days left until party primaries in Virginia and candidates have submitted their campaign finance reports through June 8, 2023. We all owe a great deal of gratitude to the Virginia Public Access Project for making them easy to read.
In the open seat for the new House District 54, Albemarle School Board Chair Katrina Callsen leads the three-way pack with $172,976 raised to date in the whole campaign. That includes $61,987 in donations from April 1 to June 8. That includes a new $20,000 contribution from Sonjia Smith of Albemarle County, $14,250 from Leadership for Educational Equity, and $5,000 from the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
Smith has a total of $60,000 on the Callsen campaign to date, more than a third of her total contributions.
Callsen has spent $142,879 so far in the race including $65,447 on radio and television advertisements. Another $35,150 was spent on mailers.
Former City Councilor Dave Norris has raised $35,636 in the campaign to date, including $6,025 in the current period. So far, the former manager of the Charlottesville Parking Center has spent $20,800 including $4,296 in online advertisements and $1,409 on ads on the Charlottesville Radio Group.
Bellamy Brown, a 2021 candidate for City Council and former member of the formerly-named Police Civilian Review Board, has raised a total of $18,326 in the race so far including a $5,000 loan. His campaign has spent $12,859 to date including $7,500 in mailers.
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