Gwen Tidwell
Second-quarter campaign disclosure reports would have shown voters who has been raising and spending the most money ahead of the Aug. 7 county election — but only 15 county candidates filed by the Thursday deadline.
To boot, three of those who filed — Trustee Bill Hullander and Sessions Judges Lila Statom and Gary Starnes — don’t have contests in August. And another three — County Commission primary candidates Brent Lambert, Pam Ladd and Don Brown — will not even be on the ticket.
That leaves only nine contested candidates who shared their campaign funds with the public.
Of those nine, incumbent Criminal Court Clerk Gwen Tidwell has raised the most money since the start of April.
Reports show Tidwell, a Democrat, has picked up $17,390 from supporters and spent $8,996, leaving $34,065 on hand.