Sorrell still leads in fundraising in Columbia Ward 4 race, but Jones closes gap

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

With about a week to go before Election Day, former Columbia Utilities Director David Sorrell is still leading in donations given to campaigns.

Committees needed to submit finance reports to the Missouri Ethics Commission on Monday, eight days before the election.

Sorrell leads funding this cycle with $25,819 in contributions. Some notable donations made to this campaign since the July quarterly report include $2,500 from James Yankee and $1,047.91 from Fred Overton. Russell Duker has given $2,020 in total to the campaign, with the most-recent being a $20 contribution on July 2.

Attorney and lobbyist Sharon Jones has raised $22,115 this election. In the July quarterly report, she had raised just $6,555 compared to Sorrell’s $15,041.70.

That gap was closed thanks in part by a $10,000 donation by the Homefront PAC on July 10, $1,500 from James Yankee and $1,000 from Aaron Smith from the AW Smith Law Firm. Another notable contribution is a $250 donation from Scott Faughn, of Faughn Media, which owns The Missouri Times and the Jefferson City News Tribune.

Attorney Ryan King has raised $1,550, most of which came from his own $1,000 donation.

Sorrell’s campaign has $7,436.66 on hand, while Jones has $12,630.49 and King has $469.38.