Kent City Council candidate Hira Singh Bhullar has raised nearly twice as much campaign money so far than the combined total of his opponents Bailey Stober and Tina Budell.
Bhullar has raised $26,053, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) website report on Monday. Stober has raised $9,355 and Budell $4,755. The three are on the Aug. 4 primary ballot. The top two vote getters advance to the Nov. 3 general election.
This marks the first political campaign for Bhullar and Budell. Stober is making his third attempt to earn a council seat.
The top contributors to Bhullar include $950 each (the state allowed maximum) from nine individuals, including a Tumwater chief technology officer, a Seattle executive director, a Kent convenience store owner, a Gig Harbor dentist and a Sammamish architect. The two $950 contributors to Stober are the Seattle Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 and a Seattle dentist. Budell’s top contributor is $950 from a California sales manager.
As far as expenditures, Bhullar has spent $10,312, with the biggest costs of $1,861 to a Tumwater printing company and $1,451 to a Seattle sign business. Budell has expenditures of $4,034, including $850 to a Bellingham website designer and $450 to a T-shirt company. Stober has spent $3,322, including $450 to Redwoods Enterprises of Kent for a kickoff party deposit and another $450 to Redwoods for the kickoff event final payment as well as $430 to a California printer.
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