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| Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard |
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| Melina Kennedy |
Under Indiana law, candidates receiving large contributions ($1,000 or more) after the deadline for pre-general election reports (25 days before the election), have to report those contributions in a supplemental-large contribution report within 48 hours. These last minute, large contributions are usually the power brokers in the City trying to "bet" on the winner.
A review of supplemental reports reveal that the big bets are starting to go to Melina Kennedy. Since October 18th, Kennedy has outraised Ballard in large contributions, $204,000 to $76,263. That is about a 2 1/2 to one advantage. In the reports filed in the last four days it is even more significant. In the reports filed 10/26 to 10/29, Kennedy reported raising $156,500 in large contributions while Ballard reported $46,263.
Here is an itemization of those reports, including in parenthesis the largest contribution for that period when it is significantly large:
Kennedy
10/28: $81,500 total (including $30,000 from John Gregg for Governor Committee and $25,000 from the Victory 2011 PAC)
10/26 $75,000 (including $19,000 from Commit to Indianapolis PAC)
10/24: $6,000
10/21: $18,000
10/19: $16,000 (including $15,000 from UAW Victory Fund)
10/18: $1,000
Ballard
10/29: $6,000
10/28: $12,000
10/27: $8,263
10/26: $20,000
10/25: $4,000
10/22: $16,000
10/20: $8,000
10/18: 2,000