CAMPAIGN FINANCES

The candidates who sought office in the November general election to represent Orange County in the state Senate and Assembly shared a common bond--the pursuit of contributions to finance their campaigns. The chart below shows the distinct advantage incumbents have over their challengers in raising money. The figures represent money raised and spent in 1988 by the candidates for their campaigns. The candidate who won is listed first.

Candidate Money Raised Money Spent SENATE District 31 William Campbell, R (i) $ 503,080 $ 573,883 Janice Graham, D 14,680 13,253 District 33 Cecil N. Green, D (i) 1,578,840 1,162,125 Don Knabe, R 1,028,771 630,675 District 35 John Seymour, R (i) 334,620 426,405 Mike Balmages, D 17,849 15,787 Maxine Quirk, P&F; * District 37 Marian Bergeson, R (i) 359,971 344,981 Pat McCabe, D 16,358 14,047 J. Mark Sugars, L * ASSEMBLY District 58 Dennis Brown, R (i) 430,171 662,198 Andrew Kincaid, D 3,668 3,610 Scott Stier, L * Richard Green, P&F; ** District 64 Ross Johnson, R (i) 313,987 363,541 Donald Heuer, D 3,035 2,977 District 67 John R. Lewis, R (i) 183,497 251,609 Bruce R. Fink, D 1,690 1,693 District 69 Nolan Frizzelle, R (i) 104,741 106,383 Marie H. Fennell, D 4,574 4,028 District 70 Gil Ferguson, R (i) 339,834 403,204 Michael Gallups, D ** District 71 Doris Allen, R (i) 131,806 160,570 Art Brown, D 16,512 12,179 District 72 Curt Pringle, R 911,333 496,708 Christian Thierbach, D 980,599 487,008 District 74 Robert C. Frazee, R (i) 98,119 98,862 John P. Flanagan, L * James S. Melville, D 835 835

*Filed a 470 campaign disclosure form, which states the candidate had not received more than $1,000 in contributions.

** Had not filed a campaign disclosure form as of Feb. 9.

Note: Initials after the name stand for party affiliation: R--Republican, D--Democrat, L--Libertarian and P&F--Peace; and Freedom. The (i) indicates incumbent running for reelection.

Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters; California Secretary of State