Filing Day for NYC Mayoral Candidates Shows Quinn Maxed Out

With the city’s mayoral election a little more than a year away, candidates—declared or not—had until midnight Monday to file their disclosure statement to the Campaign Finance Board.
Filing Day for NYC Mayoral Candidates Shows Quinn Maxed Out
Mayoral candidates Manhattan Media President Tom Allon and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio in Manhattan on June 12. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Kristen Meriwether
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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer at the 2013 Mayoral Candidate Roundtable put on by City and State Newspaper, marking the first time the candidates appeared together, on June 12, 2012 in Manhattan. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

NEW YORK—With the city’s mayoral election a little more than a year away, candidates—declared or not—had until midnight Monday to file their disclosure statement to the Campaign Finance Board, showing how much money they have raised between Jan. 12 and July 11 this year.

Here is a look at how much each mayoral candidate took in during period five:

Bill de Blasio

De Blasio’s campaign raised the most money for the second period in a row, taking in a net $760,746 in period five. The public advocate has not officially announced his candidacy for mayor. His campaign, however, has garnered much support with 1,152 supporters donating an average of $660.

De Blasio spent $226,159 net in period five, second only to John Liu, mostly on campaign consultants.

Christine Quinn

Current City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has not officially announced her candidacy for mayor but is considered a front-runner thus far. Her campaign office reported net contributions of $654,666 in period five, giving her an estimated $5 million in her campaign account.