The table below shows the biggest donors to the three City Council candidates. As you can see, the local Democratic party keeps their candidates flush, while Republican candidate Rob Schilling had to beat the bushes slightly farther afield. Developers, as usual, constitute the largest local donors. Voters hit the polls before press time.—John Borgmeyer
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