Money is flowing in the elections chests of candidates for Albemarle County’s Board of Supervisors. According to the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), incumbent Republican Supervisort Ken Boyd holds the biggest balance, with $18,579. His Democratic challenger, Cynthia Neff, is close behind with $15,184.
Additionally, Neff raised $16,359 during the most recent fundraising quarter, which ended June 30. Her fundraising total trumps that of Boyd, who raised $7,842.
Neff’s biggest supporter, both in her current campaign and her unsuccessful 2009 bid for Republican Rob Bell’s long-held state delegate seat, is Sonjia Smith. A longtime lawyer, UVA grad and board member for local groups including the Shelter for Help in Emergency, the UVA College of Arts and Sciences, and the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Smith gave Neff a $10,000 donation in June, and has previously supported Neff to the tune of $79,046.
Boyd received a $2,000 contribution from James A. Morris, who has funded Delegate Bell’s campaigns to the tune of nearly $30,000. Boyd also received a $150 contribution from Dr. Charles Battig, a member of the Jefferson Area Tea Party and supporter of the county’s withdrawal from the ICLEI greenhouse gas monitoring program.
In the Scottsville race, Democratic candidate Christopher Dumler raised $10,192, compared to Republican challenger Jim Norwood’s $1,000. Former supervisor David Slutzky donated $250 to Dumler’s campaign, as did current City Council Democratic candidate Brevy Cannon.
Dumler and Norwood are campaigning for the seat currently held by Democratic supervisor (and Western Bypass swing vote) Lindsay Dorrier. Ann Mallek, the board’s chair, is running for re-election unopposed. So far, she has raised $6,745 in the last quarter, and ended with a cash balance of $8,804.
