Hagan has the largest war chest

One other candidate raised over $100,000 toward his campaign.
By DAVID SKOLNICK
VINDICATOR POLITICS WRITER
YOUNGSTOWN -- State Sen. Robert F. Hagan, the Democratic nominee for Youngstown mayor, has raised more money than the five other candidates in the race combined, campaign finance reports show
Between June 4 and Oct. 19, Hagan raised $139,076 for his mayoral campaign. The money came primarily from political action committees and fellow Democrats, including some officeholders.
A longtime favorite of organized labor, Hagan received $20,000 from the Ohio State United Auto Workers Political Action Committee, and $10,000 from the Teamsters union's PAC.
Hagan, who works as a locomotive engineer, received $10,400 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Pre-general election reports, which disclose candidates' campaign fund amounts from June 4 to Oct. 19, had to be filed Thursday with the candidates' county board of elections.
Williams' funds
Jay Williams, who resigned in April as the city's Community Development Agency director to run as an independent candidate for mayor, raised $105,606 during the pre-general election reporting period.
Williams received no PAC money.
Among his major contributors are Wayland Russell of Canfield with $5,000; Connie Knecht of Youngstown with $3,000; former Columbiana County Republican Chairman David Johnson of Salem with $1,500; Jason Whitehead of Youngstown, the executive director of the city's downtown development agency, with $1,500; and Thomas Fok of Austintown with $3,400. Fok gave $1,600 to Hagan.
He also received money from city officials including Rufus Hudson, the 2nd Ward councilman; Municipal Court Judge Robert Douglas and William D'Avignon, deputy director of the planning department. Also, Mahoning County Commissioner John McNally III, the city's former law director, contributed $200 to Williams' campaign.
Former county Commissioner Edward J. Reese gave $1,000 to Hagan and $250 to Williams
Other candidates
Three other mayoral candidates -- Republican Robert Korchnak, and Maggy Lorenzi and Brendan J. Gilmartin, both running as independents -- raised $3,849 combined between June 4 and Oct. 19.
Those who raised or spent less than $1,000 didn't have to file a report by Thursday.
Joe Louis Teague, another independent candidate, didn't file a report.
Capable fund raiser
Hagan is proving to be a very capable fund raiser during the mayoral campaign. He raised about $150,000 during the Democratic primary. That was the most money raised among the seven Democratic candidates seeking the party's nomination in the May primary. Hagan carried $17,987 over from that race.
Hagan spent $116,243 between June 4 and Oct. 19, and as of the latter date, he still had $40,820 in his campaign war chest.
Hagan paid $55,000 to Two Ticks and The Dog of Warren for television and radio advertising and media consulting.
During the same time frame, Williams spent $102,189, leaving him as of Oct. 19 with $3,417, considerably less money than Hagan.
More than half of the money Williams raised -- $52,500 -- went to Keynote Media Group of Youngstown for media services and consulting.
skolnick@vindy.com