The three candidates are running for the county judge position that will be vacated at the end of this year when County Judge Dan Gattis steps down after serving 11 years.
Gravell, who is the county Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3, raised about $26,000 between July 1 and Sept. 27, documents show. Conklin, a senior analyst in employee benefits at the University of Texas at Austin, raised about $20,000 during the same time period. A report from Kelberlau, a local businessman, showed no political contributions and only personal expenditures related to his campaign.
Tuesday is the deadline for candidates and political committees that accept political contributions, make political expenditures or are involved in other election-related activity to file 30-day campaign finance reports.
Early voting begins Oct. 22. Election Day is Nov. 6.
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Bill Gravell (Republican)
Total Political Contributions: $26,410
Total Political Expenditures: $20,760.61
Non-monetary Political Contributions: $1,600
Contributions from corporations or labor organizations:
$2,000: Huitt-Zollars, Inc. Texas PAC, Dallas, Aug. 20
$1,000: Huitt-Zollars, Inc. Texas PAC, Dallas, Sept. 24
$1,000: Texas Association of Realtors PAC, Austin, Aug. 23
$1,000: Cobb Fendley PAC, Houston, Aug. 22
$500: Aguirre and Fields LP PAC, Austin, Sept. 24
$500: Jones and Carter, Inc. PAC, Bellaire, Aug. 30
Top expenditures from political contributions:
$6,425: Advertising, Sept. 7
$3,000: Consulting, Aug. 6
$3,000: Consulting, Sept. 6
Blane Conklin (Democrat)
Total Political Contributions: $20,445.01
Total Political Expenditures: $6,291. 57
Non-monetary Political Contributions: $10,315
Contributions from corporations or labor organizations:
$166.67: Sun City Democrats Club, Georgetown, Sept. 15
Top expenditures from political contributions:
$1,287.73: Advertising, Aug. 6
$1,125: Advertising, Sept. 7
$652.04: Event expense, Sept. 25
Bill Kelberlau, (Independent)
Total Political Contributions: None
Total Political Expenditures: $4,510.55
Contributions from corporations or labor organizations:
None
Top expenditures from political contributions:
None
Top expenditures from personal funds:
$3,451.99: printing, no date listed
$1,000: videography, Sept. 30
