Incumbent Mike Gutierrez from East Anchorage is the third-highest fundraiser. He reported raising $31,242 as of Monday.
The city election on April 5 features six Assembly races, two School Board seats, bonds and some issues. The Assembly members are elected by district, and the School Board races are citywide.
Monday was the candidates' deadline to file reports on contributions and spending with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, 30 days ahead of the election.
Other than the top three, other Assembly candidates in competitive races raised $20,000 to $30,000.
Mayor Dan Sullivan, hoping to get a more supportive Assembly, endorsed a slate of conservative candidates. In turn, city unions helped bulk up the funding for more liberal candidates, including Gray-Jackson, Drummond and Gutierrez.
The 11-member Assembly's make-up now includes four firmly on the right, two or three who consider themselves moderate, and five clearly considered liberals.
The mayor supports Adam Trombley over Gutierrez, Dave Bronson over Gray-Jackson and Elizabeth Vazquez over Drummond.
Trombley raised about $21,000 to Gutierrez' $31,242. The third candidate in that race is former Assemblyman Paul Bauer, who has raised less than $1,000.
In other races:
• Downtown Assembly incumbent Patrick Flynn raised about $10,655, against challengers Ron Alleva and Albert Swank. Both are exempt from reporting to the state because they intend to raise less than $5,000.
• Eagle River incumbent Bill Starr raised $14,350. His two opponents, Bob Lupo and Douglas Urquidi, are exempt from reporting.
• South Anchorage incumbent Chris Birch raised $26,651. His opponent, Mike Kenny, has $20,943.
• In Midtown, Dave Bronson has $20,528 to go up against Gray-Jackson. A third candidate for that seat, Billy Ray Powers, is exempt.
• In West Anchorage, Vazquez says she has about $29,000 to compete with Drummond. Vazquez's report hadn't yet reached the state office Tuesday. Candidates Peter Olsen and Kendra Taber are exempt.
Because most of the campaigns don't have enough money for a lot of advertising, it'll be a pretty low-key election, said political consultant Marc Hellenthal, who said he's working for all of the conservatives.
"We won't be seeing anywhere near the big blitz last fall," when Lisa Murkowski's write-in campaign against Republican nominee Joe Miller and a Democrat to keep her U.S. Senate seat stuffed mailboxes and lit up the airways, Hellenthal said. "I would think Midtown (Gray-Jackson's district) would know there's an election more than anyone else."
Hellenthal said Republican contributors are giving less this spring, as they did last fall in legislative races, due to a perception that economic times are hard.
A consultant for one or more of the more liberal candidates did not return a phone call Tuesday.
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