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Funds Pour Into Races for D.C. Council
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He has one potential challenger in the Democratic primary, Clarence Cherry, an active PTA president.
Brown said he is looking beyond the primary at a field of potential candidates in the general election that might include independents such as activist Dee Hunter, newcomer Adam Clampitt and Michael A. Brown, son of former commerce secretary Ronald H. Brown, who died in 1996.
"To be honest, I didn't have three years to campaign like last time. I have a job to do," Kwame Brown said, referring to his council position.
In comparison, Evans has spent nearly $40,000 in consulting fees, half going to campaign manager Keith Carbone.
Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), a political legend and former mayor, has raised $108,545 in his reelection bid, significantly outpacing several grass-roots organizers in money raised and spent.
But Barry said he is taking his time. His first fundraiser was March 21. "I think it's extraordinary that we got money this quickly," he said.
He announced his decision to run just last week, although he had already paid consultants, even enlisting son Christopher for $5,000.
"He's out campaigning with me," Barry said. "He's earned his money."
Council member Carol Schwartz (R-At Large), a longtime incumbent, said she is sticking with what has worked for her through the years: a word-of-mouth campaign based on her record, which she will kick off this summer. "I haven't raised one penny," she said. "Right now, I'm trying to get office space and fax machines and computers and a bank account.
"I just announced on Monday."
But Patrick Mara, an alternate delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the presumptive presidential nominee, said he plans to give Schwartz a run for whatever money she raises with $50,125 from the contributions of parking magnates and developers.
He said he knows he can raise more. "I definitely haven't taken advantage of the fundraising buckets," Mara said.
