Jefferson County Judge Mike Holcomb easily raised the most monetary contributions from April 1 to May 12 among the three Democratic candidates seeking the Arkansas House of Representatives District 10 seat.
According to campaign contribution and expenditure reports filed with the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office, Holcomb secured $8,800 in contributions during the period. That sum nearly matched the combined collections of retired University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Associate Director Dorothy Hall of Sheridan and Star City Mayor Gene Yarbrough, who reported $5,980 and $3,050, respectively.
The respective full campaign collection totals of the three are $33,425, $29,631.15 and $10,850, while their campaign expenditures were listed as $29,629.84, $27,726.16 and $12,031.85. Hall indicated a campaign fund balance of $6,404.99 while Holcomb and Yarbrough counted $2,072 and $1,753.33, respectively.
Holcomb’s report showed that his wife and campaign manager, Jessica Holcomb, had been compensated $5oo. The judge’s primary non-political action committee financial supporters as listed in the report include, Deborah Attwood, Capital Investments, Efrem Elliott, Phillip Haynes, Hixson Auto Sales, Amy Johnson, Lunsford and Associates Realty Company, Beverly Maddison, Nelson Architectural Firm, Scott Ray, Dane Reed, Adam Robinson, Walt Simpson, Dr. Garrett Taylor, Dr. Torrence and Christy Walker, Ivan Whitfield and Terry Wynne.
Whitfield is one of three Democratic candidates seeking to succeed Holcomb as county judge.
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
District 25 race
Elliott is challenging incumbent and fellow Democrat Stephanie Flowers for the District 25 state Senate post. Their campaign financial reports for the same period show that Flowers dwarfed Elliott in campaign contributions by $15,255 to $3,170. During the full campaign, Flowers reported she’s collected $39,334, compared to Elliott’s $23,894.
Flowers said she had a campaign balance of $8,073.06 while Elliott reported $802.73. According to Flowers’ statement, she has paid $1,200 to two campaign workers, including Melisa Wells, who received $1,000.
Among Flowers’ biggest non-PAC financial contributors were Dr. Omar Atiq, B. M. Bradshaw, Dr. Abraham Carpenter, George Hammons, Steve Hilterbran, Dr. David Jacks, Calvin Johnson, Diann Jones, Gary Kelly, James Lewis, Wilhelmina Lewellen, MK Distributors, J. Thomas May and Robinson and Zakrzweski PA. Johnson is the interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Elliott’s primary contributors included Charles Anderson Construction, Emergency Ambulance Service, O.T. Gordon, Holcomb, John Kuykendall Jr., MK Distributors, Pine Bluff Mayor Carl Redus Jr. and state Rep. Henry “Hank” Wilkins IV.
District 27 race
In the District 27 state Senate race, Bobby Pierce more than doubled Democratic opponent Garry Smith in contributions during the reporting period, $15,252 to $7,625.
Among Pierce’s primary contributors were Robert S. Moore Jr. of Arkansas City, speaker of the state House of Representatives; and Robert M. Murphy, director of Murphy Oil Company of El Dorado.