In the
107th House District Representative Frank Foster (R-Petoskey) raised
$154,796 in this period and spent $137,138 leaving him with $68,890 heading
into the primary. Mr. Foster’s primary opponent, Lee Chatfield, has raised
$73,575 while spending $58,078, leaving him with $15,497 cash on hand coming
into the primary.
Representative
Klint Kesto (R-Commerce Township) has raised $94,091 this period well ahead of
his primary opponent Deb O’Hagan who brought in $22,610. Mr. Kesto has also
spent more money, $75,600 compared to $14,913, and has more cash on hand
currently by a $68,207 to $7,697 margin. Ms. O’Hagan also has $4,591 in debts.
Representative
Bradford Jacobsen (R-Oxford) is in a good financial situation in his primary
race against John Reilly. Representative Jacobsen has brought his total raised
up to $128,474 with $47,257 raised for this period. He has spent $30,984
bringing his total spent to $98,838 leaving him with $71,920 on hand. Mr.
Reilly has raised $19,525 and spent $13,130 leaving him with $6,396 on hand.
In the
Republican primary for the 79th District Representative Al Pscholka
(R-Stevensville) has raised $72,785 this period bringing his cycle total up to
$135,072. Mr. Pscholka has $100,119 on hand heading into the primary election.
His opponent Cindy Duran has raised $7,360 for the period with $15,630 total
for the cycle and is left with $4,967 on hand.
In the
crowded 73rd House District Republican primary to replace
Representative Greg MacGregor (R-Cannon Twp) who is running for the Senate, Chris Afendoulis
holds a large monetary advantage over his six opponents. Mr. Afendoulis spent
$73,376 and still has $21,158 on hand. John Decker reported $4,518 after
spending $26,158 for the period. Frank Pfaff Jr. spent $20,896 and reported
$5,379 on hand. Robert “RJ” Regan reported $6,226 on hand after spending
$15,967. Tom Norton reported spending $10,480 with $11,485 cash on hand.
In the
98th House District, which includes all of Midland County and is
currently represented by Representative Jim Stamas, Gary Glenn has outspent
Karl Ieuter by a $101,223 to $92,256 margin; however, Mr. Ieuter has only a
slight cash on hand advantage of $45,659 to $45,087. Mr. Glenn has put $60,299
of his own money into the race.
The
Republican primary in Grand Traverse County (the 104th House
District) has two distinct spending levels between the multiple candidates so
far. The top level consists of Larry Inman at $33,143, Karen Renny at $22,682,
Jamie Callahan with $22,141 and Isaiah Wunsch at $19,329. In the second level
Beau Vore has spent $11,681, Ken Hinton $10,085, and Robert Hentschel with
$4,142. Matt Lundy has spent the least in the race at only $949 this year.