Incumbent Jefferson County Sheriff Gerald Robinson has raised more than three times as much money as his challenger, according to campaign contribution and expenditure reports filed in the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office Tuesday.
The two will face each other in Tuesday’s general election.
The report showed that Robinson, a Democrat, has received $50,612.91 in contributions, including $21,261.66 that he received prior to the Democratic primary where he was unopposed. He has spent $38,479.24 and had a balance of $12,133.67.
Independent candidate Roger McLemore began his campaign with $1,399.47 in the bank, and has received contributions totaling $14,082.92. He has spent $14,497.09 and has a balance of $1,623.53. McLemore also loaned his campaign a total of $1,737.43.
Contributors to Robinson’s campaign and the amounts they contributed were as follows:
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
$1,500
Jefferson County Democratic Committee
$1,000
Anderson Electric of Pine Bluff
ARPAC
Robinson, Zarkzewski PA
Sissy’s Log Cabin
$500
Bob Abbott
Charles Anderson
Brown Funeral Home
O.C. Cannon Jr.
Jimmie McKissack Investments
Mark G. Robinson
$300
Mrs. J.L. Wilson
$250
Jesse Briggs
$200
Arkansas Farm Equipment
Cassandra McFadden
$100
W.C. Bridgforth
Stephen Broughton
J. McBeth
Robert Rayford
Walter Simpson
Peter Smykla Jr.
Contributors to McLemore and the amount they contributed:
$6,360
Raised during a barbeque fundraiser at Harbor Oaks. No individual names were listed as contributors.
$880
Raised through raffle ticket sales at Gunslinger Gun store. No individual names were listed as contributors.
$500
Sue Deneke
$350
Raised through a barbeque lunch at Snack n Shop at White Hall. No individual names were listed as contributors.
$300
Animal Hospital on Olive
$250
Tom Lively
Tracy Phillips, M.D.
$200
Joe Scott
$150
Milton Hughes
Jan Dewoody Scussel
Dixie Aero Service
Kenneth Robinson
$100
Thomas McLemore
Robert Dill
Barbara Fels
Joe Richmond
Stone Timber Co.
Quam Inc.
$75
W. Rayburn Holloway