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Wieder War Chest Swells, Tops Neugebauer’s 20 to 1 : Campaigns: The supervisor has raised $319,000 for her runoff with the Westminster councilwoman, who reports donations of $14,542.

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Orange County Supervisor Harriett M. Wieder, the only board incumbent facing a runoff election this fall, has raised a whopping $319,000--more than 20 times the amount raised by her opponent, Westminster Councilwoman Joy L. Neugebauer, according to the most recent campaign-finance reports.

Supervisors Thomas F. Riley and Don R. Roth, who won reelection by wide margins in the June 5 election, each raised about $235,000 in their respective campaigns, their reports show.

The reports, which had to be postmarked no later than Tuesday under state law, detail campaign spending and fund-raising from May 20 through June 30, and include cumulative totals from earlier periods.

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Neugebauer, who has raised only $14,542 in her bid to unseat Wieder in the 2nd Supervisorial District, said she that was not discouraged by her relatively small war chest.

“I intend to plan my campaign to win and I don’t intend to have it be a battle of who can raise the most dollars,” Neugebauer said. “I will be relying on my qualifications and not someone else’s dollars.”

Wieder, who is seeking her fourth term, could not be reached for comment.

Neugebauer, a veteran councilwoman who served three terms as mayor of Westminster, noted that she spent only $8,802 during the most recent filing period--which includes the final days of the June primary race--but that she still won enough votes to force a runoff with Wieder. During the same time period, Wieder spent $145,840, according to her disclosure statement.

Wieder garnered 47.1% of the votes cast in June to Neugebauer’s 19.9%, while three other challengers split the remaining votes. Because no one in the race received a clear majority, the two top vote-getters face the runoff in November.

Wieder’s disclosure statement shows that her campaign has $35,303 in cash on hand and no debts. During the latest filing period, her campaign received $86,085 in contributions from a variety of sources, including developers, architects, engineers and attorneys.

Her largest single campaign contribution for the period was $2,500, from Newport Beach-based William Lyon Co., one of the county’s largest developers.

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Among others who contributed $1,000 to Wieder’s campaign are the Building Industry Assn. of Southern California, the Los Alamitos Racing Assn., the United Auto Workers and Disneyland.

Also listed among Wieder’s contributors is Lettuce Amuse U Comedy School Inc., which won an exclusive contract earlier this year from the Board of Supervisors to run all of the county’s traffic-violator schools. The company donated $750 to Wieder.

Neugebauer reported receiving only $2,410 during the last reporting period. The largest cash donation reported was $400 from a dentist; she also reported receiving $715 in free printing services. Her campaign has $3,014 in cash on hand and no debts, according to the statement.

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