Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 18, 1995 TAG: 9504210033
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: BRIAN KELLEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
Linkous, chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, spent $3,265 in his first two months of campaigning and had a balance of $5,869 as of March 31.
First-term Democrat Shuler has yet to begin a serious effort to raise money, the reports indicate.
For the period that coincided with this year's busy General Assembly session, Shuler raised just $625 in cash and donated services. But he already had $4,174 in the bank as of Jan. 1. By the end of last month he had spent $1,399 and had a balance of $3,450.
Declared candidates for state and local offices had to file campaign finance reports by Monday. Most of the paperwork is for campaigns just getting under way.
But the reports show Linkous, an auctioneer and co-owner of a catering business, hit the ground running after declaring his candidacy Feb. 2. The reports also showed the Democrat-turned-Republican raised 54 percent of his money through 92 small contributions of less than $100. The other 46 percent came from 15 individuals who donated $200 to $500 each.
The 12th District race is expected to be one of the most hotly contested, high-profile races in Southwest Virginia. The cost per candidate is expected to exceed the $50,000 threshold that Shuler, a veterinarian, reached in 1993.
In the 39th District state Senate contest, Radford's Gary Weddle has raised more money than Blacksburg's Pat Cupp in the Republican nomination fight. But Cupp has more money on hand, reports show.
The incumbent, Sen. Madison Marye, D-Shawsville, showed no fund raising so far this year, but had $1,182 in the bank from last year.
Weddle, who declared in January, raised $5,785, spent $2,985 and had a balance of $2,800. Cupp, who declared three weeks ago, raised $4,769 and spent only $60. Thirty-six percent of Cupp's money came from his wife, Sandra Cupp.
In the crowded Montgomery sheriff's race, Democrat Joe Miles, a plumber and former deputy, led the pack. He raised $1,050 and had a balance of $720. The four other Democrats and their finances included: Tommy Whitt, a patrol lieutenant, raised $620 and had $421 left. Joe Morgan, also a sheriff's lieutenant, had $120. Frank Akers, a retired deputy, reported no money raised but $165 spent. Jerry Olinger, a Virginia Tech police investigator, raised $200 and spent $340.
On the Republican side, Dan Haga, the current chief deputy, raised $860 - mostly through a $660 loan to himself - and had $200 on hand. Doug Marrs, a lieutenant with the Christiansburg police, raised $248 and spent $502. Roy Bolen had not filed a report by midday Monday.
Independent candidate Garnett Adkins, a Radford deputy, reported raising $720, with $170 unspent.
by CNB