Show Me the Money – 2024 Campaign Funding – UPDATED

This chart shows you the contributions made to the candidates for this election cycle through September 24, 2024.

The chart shows you how much money each candidate has received in campaign donations. We have categorized those totals into three groupings.

Development – those directly or indirectly involved in the development industry such as developers, builders, land use attorneys, real estate agents etc.

Hospitality – those directly or indirectly involved in the hospitality industry such as restaurants, bars, hotels etc.

Other – all others

When reviewing this data it is important to look at BOTH the dollar amounts and the percentages. Candidates may have a similar percentage of their funding from developers. But, you need to factor in the total dollar amount in your considerations. You can see that with the similar percentages for Cowell, Harrison and Patton although, at the same time, they have wide disparities in the dollar amounts.

Our highlights note that these candidates have the largest amounts coming from the development community:

A large majority of what the City Councilors are responsible for are decisions related to development. These are the candidates that the development industry is supporting. It’s up to you to decide how you want to factor this information into your voting decision.

See the data for ALL candidates in the table below.

The source of this data is the Candidates’ Campaign Finance Reports filed with the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

See all of our City Council Election data here: 2024 City Council Election

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