Allan Domb leads at-large Council candidates in fund-raising

With 10 days until the primary, real estate agent Allan Domb and education activist Helen Gym have the most cash on hand in the race for at-large City Council seats, campaign-finance reports filed Friday show.

In the most competitive Council district, the Second, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson has raised more money than his opponent in the Democratic primary, Ori Feibush, and has more going into the final stretch before May 19.

Candidates for Council and mayor on Friday issued campaign finance reports showing how much they raised from Jan. 1 through Monday.

Feibush, a real estate developer, contributed about $250,000 to his campaign in 2014 and has continued to self-fund his campaign, to the tune of $194,500 in this filing period. He also raised an additional $69,000. Feibush said that his finance report was incomplete and would be updated Monday. He said he had about $100,000 on hand.

"We are going to fight hard these last 10 days and we are going to win," Feibush said in a statement.

Johnson's campaign spokesman, Mark Nevins, showed similar confidence. The incumbent, who is finishing his first term on Council, has $289,887 on hand. He started the filing period with about $381,000 in contributions and raised about the same amount from Jan. 1 through Monday.

"We're confident we have the resources we need to close the campaign strongly," Nevins said.

In the Seventh District, Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez and Democratic challenger Manny Morales did not file finance reports.

The other eight district races are not hotly contested.

In the crowded race for seven at-large seats (five to be filled by Democrats and two by Republicans), Domb, a Democrat, has raised nearly $1 million - $560,000 of it his own - since joining the field in March. Domb, who has $256,221 remaining, has aired several ads on television.

One of the seven at-large seats is vacant. It was held by Democrat James F. Kenney until he stepped down to run for mayor.

Gym raised $259,052 this filing period and has $210,859 left going into election day.

Paul Steinke, a former manager of the Reading Terminal Market; Sherrie Cohen, a party-backed lawyer; and Tom Wyatt, a lawyer at Dilworth Paxson, all have between $130,000 and $160,000 left in their accounts.

Charter school official Isaiah Thomas and former City Hall legislative aide Derek Green have between $55,000 and $67,000 on hand.

Democratic incumbents are closing out the race with far less cash available, but they typically benefit from automatic spots on sample ballots. Councilmen William K. Greenlee, W. Wilson Goode Jr., and Ed Neilson all have between $31,000 and $53,000 on hand.

Candidates who raised less than $30,000 include former Councilman Frank Rizzo, Wilson Alexander, Joseph Guerra, and Carla Cain.

For the Republicans, incumbent David Oh has $91,095 left in his campaign account, and incumbent Dennis O'Brien has $27,284.

Terry Tracey, a former Ralph Lauren executive, has the most remaining of any of the five Republican challengers: $26,368.