{"id":274258,"date":"2025-06-05T05:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/campaign-finance-reports-shed-light-on-the-race-for-lieutenant-governor\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T05:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:30:21","slug":"campaign-finance-reports-shed-light-on-the-race-for-lieutenant-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=274258","title":{"rendered":"Campaign finance reports shed light on the race for lieutenant governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alabama\u2019s recent campaign finance reports for lieutenant governor filed with the Secretary of State\u2019s office provide a clear picture of how candidates fund their efforts before the upcoming election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each report follows the same disclosure requirements under the Fair Campaign Practices Act, and the numbers reflect differing sources of funding thus far, though it\u2019s extremely early in the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four candidates have filed campaign finance reports. Wes Allen, who has served as Secretary of State since 2023, Rick Pate, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries since 2018, Nicole Wadsworth, an economic and real estate developer and Patrick Bishop, a \u200b\u200bretired U.S. Army Major and Cullman County Deputy Sheriff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candidates began receiving contributions on May 19, one year before the primary. Since contributions opened, Allen has received $94,300 in total cash contributions from 17 individuals, five businesses and three political action committees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allen\u2019s largest contribution thus far was $20,000 from CARE PAC, the Alabama Nursing Home Association\u2019s political action committee. Between a starting balance of over $52,000 and cash contributions thus far, Allen\u2019s campaign account sits at $140,253.47, after filing $6124.70 in expenditures for polling by Virtus Solutions, a strategic consulting firm, and fundraising pursuits by Anedot, a software company that creates donation pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pate, who announced his run for the position more recently than Allen, has received one contribution from \u201cFriends of Rick Pate,\u201d totaling $133,730.96. He has yet to file any expenditures from the campaign fund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wadsworth\u2019s initial campaign finance report reflects modest cash contributions complemented by significant in-kind support.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign began with a $20,000.00 balance and reported $125.00 in cash contributions from two individual donors. The campaign received $11,271.19 in in-kind contributions, including a $10,000.00 campaign kickoff video and yard signs valued at $1,160.85. Wadsworth also contributed to her campaign by providing website and email services totaling $110.34 and a personal loan of $2,000.00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expenditures for the period amounted to $767.80, primarily for printing services from Wells Printing Company, Inc. The campaign concluded the reporting period with an ending balance of $21,357.20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bishop\u2019s campaign finance report shows a series of in-kind contributions largely tied to his own business, Bishop Mediation Group, LLC. The spending centers around typical campaign needs like committee meetings, promotional materials and event supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign reported three committee meetings in May, each costing $261.69. Two separate purchases of campaign t-shirts in May totaled $449.05. Additional promotional materials were logged, including a tablecloth for $368.67 and a banner from Vista Print for $276.88. A voiceover service by Daniel Hill rounded out the month\u2019s activity with a $100 payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of these expenses appear under both Bishop\u2019s name and his company\u2019s. In several instances, the campaign also documented reimbursements. Altogether, the report totals $1,717.98 in in-kind contributions, with nearly all of it sourced from Bishop himself or his business. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama\u2019s recent campaign finance reports for lieutenant governor filed with the Secretary of State\u2019s office provide a clear picture of how candidates fund their efforts before the upcoming election.\u00a0 Each report follows the same disclosure requirements under the Fair Campaign Practices Act, and the numbers reflect differing sources of funding thus far, though it\u2019s extremely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11763],"tags":[77234,45529,13503,100432,35160,10924,21507,38827,556,101078,101079,8785,14974,25952],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-274258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alabama","tag-2026-lieutenant-governor-race","tag-alabama-secretary-of-state-wes-allen","tag-campaign","tag-campaign-finance-reports","tag-commissioner-rick-pate","tag-finance","tag-governor","tag-lieutenant","tag-light","tag-nicole-wadsworth","tag-patrick-bishop","tag-race","tag-reports","tag-shed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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