In the
7th Senate District, Representative Dian Slavens (D-Canton Township)
reported $100,619 cash on hand well above the incumbent in the District Senator
Patrick Colbeck (R-Canton Twp) who only reported $28,223 cash on hand. Ms.
Slavens raised $113,902 in the period and spent $13,097. Mr. Colbeck raised
$42,371 and spent $37,485 during the period.
Representative
Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) reported $208,580 cash on hand after raising $142,937
while only spending $50,847 this cycle. His projected general election opponent
Representative Margret O’Brien (R-Portage) raised $85,432, spent $49,059, and
has $120,298 cash on hand.
In the
32nd Senate District Representative Stacy Erwin Oakes (D-Saginaw)
raised $206,826 for this reporting period, with about half coming from her
House Campaign Fund, and spent $87,789 leaving her with $119,027 cash on hand
heading into the primary race. Her general election opponent former Representative
Ken Horn (R-Frankenmuth) has spent $93,784 this period after raising $189,895.
He has $96,111 cash on hand and no primary opponent.
In the
13th Senate District Democratic primary Ryan Fishman has spent
$124,631 this cycle leaving him with $74,277 cash on hand and $65,847 in debts
and obligations. His primary opponent, Cyndi Peltonen, has spent $6,893 leaving
her with $351 cash on hand. In the Republican primary former Representative
Chuck Moss is leading the field in cash on hand with $88,879 after raising
$178,966 for the cycle and spending $90,086 during the cycle as well as having
$65,000 in debts and obligations. Former Representative Andrew “Rocky”
Raczkowski has raised $69,960 and spent $58,000 leaving him with $11,923 on
hand and $30,000 in debts and obligations. Marty Knollenberg, another former
representative, has raised $50,035 and spent $46,576. Mr. Knollenberg has $3,428
in cash on hand and $10,000 in debts. Ethan Baker who is also running in the
Republican primary has spent $17,277 of his $20,275 with $5,500 in debt.
Former
Representative Doug Spade has raised $45,850 during this period and spent
$18,578 leaving him with $55,801 on hand. Mr. Spade is set for a general
election showdown with Representative Dale Zorn (R-Ida) who has spent $41,877
and raised $71,124 resulting in $74,215 cash on hand and has no debts.
In the
25th Senate District Senator Phil Pavlov spent $62,120 between
January and July bringing his total for the cycle to $166,058 with $174,617
raised, $58,900 of that coming this period, and $144,089 cash on hand. His
challenger, Representative Terry Brown (D-Pigeon), has $25,692 on hand after
spending $16,578 and raising $42,461.