/Reeves easily tops campaign fundraising

Reeves easily tops campaign fundraising

For full reports, click here. These are summary for state officials: * Republican Governor. Phil Bryant, who has a term limit, transferred his campaign money last year to a political committee called Imagine Mississippi PAC. Bryant’s PAC spent $220,000 last year, including donations to several Republican politicians. The PAC had $543,211.66 cash. * Republican Lt. Governor. * Republican Lt. Gov. Most of this spending was for temporary staffing and printing campaign materials. He also donated $2,000 for the campaign of the newly elected Kansas Governor. Jeff Colyer. Reeves has $5.4 million in cash, which is the highest total of any Mississippi politician. * Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood (a Democrat) is also considering a run for governor in 2019. He raised $662,500 and spent $305,000 on 2017 to bring his cash total to $656,000. Many believe that Delbert Hosemann, the Republican Secretary of State, could run for governor in 2019. He raised $674,000 in 2017 and spent $305,000 in 2017. Lynn Fitch, Republican Treasurer, raised $70,000 in 2017. However she spent $87,000 which brought her total cash to $49,000. Mike Chaney, Republican Insurance Commissioner, raised $150,000 in 2017. This brought his total cash to $261,000. Cindy Hyde Smith, Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, raised $51,000 in 2017. This brought her total cash to $213,000 Stacey Pickering, Republican Auditor, raised $3288 in 2017. This brought his total cash to $30,000. The total cash in his bank account has now reached $151,000. * Republican Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert raised $13,000. Dick Hall, Republican Transportation Commissioner, raised $90,000. This brought his total cash to $165,000. Tom King, Republican Transportation Commissioner, raised $22,000 in 2017. This brings his total cash to $124,000. Brandon Presley, Democratic Public Service Commissioner, raised $13,500 but spent the same amount. His total cash on hand was $448. * Cecil Brown, Democratic Public Service Commissioner, raised $0 in 2017, but spent $37,000. This dropped his cash to $16,000. * Republican Public Service Commissioner Sam Britton raised $6,000 last year, bringing his total cash to $7,000.