Here's how much money Southern Arizona candidates have raised

Large amounts of money have already flowed into Pima County, state and federal election campaigns, including millions in the Congressional District 6 race.

The first reporting period for campaign finances covers Jan. 1 through March 31 and reports had to be submitted by April 15.

All five Board of Supervisors seats, county attorney, sheriff, assessor, recorder and three seats on the Pima Community College governing board are on the ballot this year.

Campaign reports from the first quarter show vast fundraising disparities between candidates, including in the races for the District 1 and 3 seats on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democratic primary race for Pima County’s top prosecutor, featuring incumbent Laura Conover and challenger Mike Jette, has seen more dollars flow in than any other county-level race.

Pima County voters will also be casting ballots for state posts, such as the GOP primary rematch between Vince Leach and Sen. Justine Wadsack for the District 17 state Senate seat, and the general election race for the two House seats in the same district, in which Democratic challenger Kevin Volk is vastly outraising the incumbent Republicans.

In races at the federal level, Democratic challenger and former state lawmaker Kirsten Engel outraised Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani by almost double in the first quarter of 2024, though Ciscomani has more banked overall.

The primary election is July 30 and the general election is Nov. 5.

Congress

District 6 — Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani will face Kathleen Winn in the GOP primary. The winner will face Kristen Engel, a Democrat, in the general election, who is outraising all candidates.

Libertarian candidates Mark Siarto and C. Vance Cast are also running for the seat.

Engel: raised $905,951; spent $230,471; entered April with over $1.8 million on hand. The Kristen Engel Victory Fund raised over $15,000 and spent over $18,000; it entered April with $1,539 on hand.

Ciscomani: raised $488,211; spent $285,405; entered April with over $2.4 million saved. The Ciscomani Victory Fund raised $127,445, spent $55,221, and entered April with $89,418 on hand.

Winn: raised $55,312; spent $57,638; $4,075 saved entering April.

Cast: personal loan of $50,000; spent $36,707 through March.

Siarto: raised and spent $5,300 through the first quarter.

District 7 — Democratic incumbent Rául Grijalva walloped Republican Daniel Francis Butierez in Q1 fundraising.

Grijalva’s congressional committee: raised $67,771; spent $46,714; $312,859 on hand entering April.

Butierez: raised $4,221; spent $8,772. His campaign reported being $4,476 in the hole to start April.

Board of Supervisors

District 1: Oro Valley, east Marana and the Catalina Foothills

Democratic incumbent Rex Scott‘s has far surpassed his competitors, raising over $108,000 for his re-election bid, $73,634 of which came this quarter.

Democratic challenger Jake Martin reported raising $710 in the quarter, while Republican challenger Steve Spain reported over $6,200 in contributions through March.

District 2: Midtown Tucson to Sahuarita

Democratic incumbent Matt Heinz came into 2024 with over $4,600 saved. He raised an additional $4,065 and did not spend any through March.

GOP candidate Beatrice Cory Stephens has raised $3,786 and spent $1,137 through March. In total, her campaign has raised $5,700 — $1,800 from the Freedom Works PAC — and spent $1,136.

Republican John D. Backer has raised $2,020 through the quarter, spending about $65.

District 3

The board appointed Sylvia Lee to the post in November after Democrat Sharon Bronson resigned, citing injuries from a fall. Lee has said she will not run for the post.

Six candidates are vying for the seat in the county’s largest district, which covers about 7,400 square miles of western Pima County and shares about 130 miles of international border with Mexico.

Democrat Jennifer “Jen” Allen has jumped out to a big lead, raising $34,000 through March, spending $25,471 and entering April with over $53,000 on hand.

Janet “JL” Wittenbraker, the sole Republican, reported raising $9,411, spending over $7,500, and closing the quarter with $1,819 saved.

Democrat Edgar Soto reported $5,575 raised through the first quarter, spending $4,616.

Democrat Miguel Cuevas raised and spent $4,789 through the first quarter, he reported.

Democrat April Hiosik Ignacio and Independent Iman-Utopia Layjou Bah did not file finance reports for the first quarter of the year, county records show.

District 4: Eastern Pima County, portions of Tucson and Vail

Republican incumbent Steve Christy started the year with over $31,000 on hand. He reported raising $1,725 and spending $950 through the first quarter of 2024, entering April with $32,592 saved.

Democrat Vanessa Bechtol, sole challenger for the seat, raised $7,030 and spent just about $230 through the first quarter, she reported.

District 5: Downtown, much of Tucson’s west and southwest sides

Democratic incumbent Adelita Grijalva, the board chair, reported raising $3,950 and spending $1,799 through the first three months of 2024. She entered April with $9,260 saved.

Independent Val Romero, Grijalva’s sole challenger, did not report any campaign finances to the county.

County attorney

Incumbent Laura Conover has raised over $30,000 in the first three months of 2024, bringing her total fundraising amount to more than $107,000. Conover began the year with over $26,631 on hand and spent over $23,000 in the first quarter.

She faces a challenge in the Democratic primary from Mike Jette. Jette reports raising over $85,000, $5,700 of which came from personal loans, in the first three months of the year. He reports a little over $30,000 spent in the quarter.

No candidates have filed to run in the November general election against the winner of the primary.

Sheriff

Incumbent Chris Nanos faces a challenge in the Democratic primary from Sanford “Sandy” Rosenthal. Republican candidates Bill Phillips, Heather Lappin and Terry Frederick are running in the GOP primary.

Lappin was the fundraising leader for the first three months of 2024. She reported raising $24,341, spending over $11,000, and ending the quarter with over $20,000 saved.

Nanos: raised $9,205, $9,200 of which came from his family. He reported spending $4,977 and entering April with $6,756 saved.

Rosenthal: raised $8,851; spent $1,407; entered April with $12,258 on hand.

Phillips: raised $5,219; spent $2,499; entered April with over $2,700 saved.

Frederick: raised $571; spent $2,644; came into the year with over $6,000 on hand and entered April with $4,000 saved.

Assessor

Democratic incumbent Suzanne Droubie is the only candidate. She reports raising $1,000 and spending $507. Droubie entered April with $1,222 on hand.

Recorder

Democratic incumbent Gabriella Cázares-Kelly faces a challenge from Dominic Campbell-Gonzalez, a Republican.

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Cázares-Kelly: raised $5,929 and spent $5,267; $5,479 on hand as of April.

Campbell-Gonzalez did not file a report with the county.

Superintendent of schools

Incumbent Dustin Williams, a Democrat, is unopposed. He had $4,685 in surplus from his previous campaign, raising an additional $200 and spending $237. Williams’ campaign entered April with $5,427 saved, his report says.

Treasurer

Brian Johnson and Sami Yrigolla Hamed will face off in the Democratic primary.

Johnson loaned himself $2,000 and spent $1,660, according to his report. Hamed did not file a report.

The winner will face Republican Chris Ackerley, who was appointed to the post earlier this month. Ackerly led all candidates according to his report, raising $3,700, spending $463, and entering April with $4,274 saved.

Arizona races

Legislative District 16: Northwest Tucson, Tucson Estates, Avra Valley, Arizona City

House: Republican incumbent and House Majority Whip Teresa Martinez was the fundraising leader through March. She will face off against Rob Hudelson, Gabriela “Gabby” Mercer and Chris Lopez in the Republican primary.

Martinez: raised $31,830; spent $1,363; entered April with $83,147 on hand.

Lopez: raised $14,150; spent $4,134; entered April with $69,992 on hand.

Mercer: raised $8,824; spent $5,673; entered April with $3,424 on hand.

Hudelson: raised $5,960; spent $820; entered April with $32,437 on hand.

Incumbent Keith Seaman, the only Democrat running for the office, reported raising $21,446 and spending $3,725. He entered April with over $24,000 on hand.

Senate: Republican incumbent and President Pro Tempore Thomas “T.J.” Shope entered the year with over $104,000 saved. He reported raising $22,157 while spending $12,719.

Democrat Stacey Seaman, the sole challenger, reported entering the year with $0, raising $0 and spending $0.

Legislative District 17: East Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley

House: Republican incumbents Rachel Jones and Cory McGarr will face off against Anna Orth in the Republican primary.

However, it was Kevin Volk, the sole Democrat running for the office, who is the fundraising leader so far.

Volk: raised $68,209; spent $16,450; entered April with $82,931 on hand. In total, the campaign has raised over $102,000.

McGarr: raised $14,847; spent $9,004; entered April with $40,783 on hand. In total, McGarr’s campaign has raised nearly $53,000.

Jones: raised $8,756; spent $2,349; entered April with $16,985 on hand. Jones has raised over $45,000 in total for her campaign.

Orth: raised $3,500; spent $3,000; entered April with $500 on-hand.

Senate: Republican incumbent Justine Wadsack will face a rematch with Vince Leach, who is outraising her, in the Republican primary.

Leach: raised $20,495; spent $7,754; entered April with $55,622. In total, his campaign has raised about $71,000, of which $45,000 he loaned to his campaign.

Wadsack: raised $10,302; spent $8,887; entered April with $44,495 on hand. To date, Wadsack’s campaign has raised about $54,000.

John McLean, the sole Democrat, who joined the race in February, reports raising $32,418 — $15,000 of which came from a personal loan — and spending $4,380 through the first quarter of 2024.

Legislative District 18: Catalina Foothills

House: Democratic incumbents Nancy Gutierrez and Chris Mathis will face off against Leonard “Len” Rosenblum, the sole Republican running.

Mathis: raised $21,462; spent $17,440; entered April with $30,850 on hand.

Gutierrez: raised $7,283; spent about $661; $19,773 on hand entering April.

Rosenblum: raised $202; spent $57; $145 on hand entering April.

Senate: Democratic incumbent Priya Sundareshan will face off against Matt Welch in the Democratic primary.

Sundareshan: raised $13,112; spent $12,506; $10,854 on hand entering April.

Welch did not file a campaign finance report.

Legislative District 19: Green Valley, Sierra Vista, Benson, Tombstone

House: Republican incumbents Lupe Diaz and Gail Griffin will face Gregg Frostrom, Jr., a Democrat, in the general election.

Griffin: raised $10,800; spent $921; $42,911 on hand entering April.

Diaz: raised $2,750; spent $480; $25,564 saved entering April.

Frostrom: raised $875; spent $406; $573 on hand entering April.

Senate: Republican incumbent David Gowan is vastly outraising Democratic challenger Bob Karp.

Gowan: raised $25,534; spent $3,242; entered April with $235,569.

Karp: raised $1,215; spent $154; $3,039 on hand entering April.

District 20: Midtown, west Tucson

House: Democratic incumbents Alma Hernandez and Betty Villegas are unopposed.

Hernandez: raised $35,453; spent $36,773; $21,657 on hand entering April.

Villegas: raised $4,440; spent $1,926; $12,764 saved entering April.

Senate: Unopposed Democratic incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales reports raising no dollars in the first three months of 2024, but she spent $1,535 of the over-$9,500 her campaign had entering the year.

District 21: Southeast Tucson, Sahuarita

House: Democratic incumbents Consuelo Hernandez and Stephanie Stahl Hamilton will face Briana “Breezy” Ortega in the Democratic primary. Republican challenger Christopher Kibbey is also running.

Hernandez: raised $25,678; spent $16,397; entered April with $30,553.

Hamilton: raised $6,164; spent $7,748; entered April with $25,341.

Kibbey: raised $100 and loaned himself $100; spent $0; entered April with $200.

Ortega: raised $0; spent $0; entered April with $0 on hand.

Senate: Democrat icincumbent Rosanna Gabaldón is unopposed. She raised $4,374 and spent $14,562 through the first quarter, according to her finance report, and entered April with $17,476 on hand.