Richmond attorney Earl Ray Neal has gained more than $2,000 than his opponent, David Perdue of Clark County, in a bid to become 25th District Court judge.

As of Monday, nearly a week before the Nov. 7 election, Neal had raised $17,860 and spent $11,624.84, while Perdue had received $15,571 in donations and spent $13,928.24, according to data from the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.

The maximum allowable contribution to a candidate from individuals is $1,000 per election.

Neal received his donations through a total of 64 contributions — 47 for $250 or less, nine between $251 and $500 and eight for $1,000.

Local elected officials who donated to Neal’s campaign include: Madison County Coroner Jimmy Cornelison, $250; Richmond City Commissioner Robert Blythe, $100; Madison County Jailer Ron Devere, $1,000; state Rep. Harry Moberly, $250; state Sen. Ed Worley, $1,000; and Madison County Property Valuation Administrator Steve Smith, $250.

Of Perdue’s more than $15,500 raised, nearly $14,000 was self-contributed to his campaign. There is not a limit to the amount a candidate can contribute to his or her campaign.

He also had six individual contributors — four for $250 or less and two between $251 and $500, along with a total of $202 in anonymous donations of $50 or less in cash and $1,519 in unitemized contributions of $100 or less in checks. None of the money was from Madison County contributors.

With 4,003 votes, Neal was the top vote-getter in the May primary election to become the third district judge in the 25 Circuit, which covers Madison and Clark counties.

Perdue received the second highest — 2,984 votes — in order to face Neal in the general election next Tuesday.

Shortly after the primary, Perdue was appointed into the judge’s seat by Gov. Ernie Fletcher on an interim basis until Tuesday’s election.

Governor’s race

In the gubernatorial race, Democratic challenger Steve Beshear outraised Republican incumbent Fletcher more than 2 to 1 in contributions from Madison Countians.

Statewide, Beshear has raised more than $6 million while Fletcher’s donations total more than $3.7 million.

Since winning the May primary, Beshear raised $104,850 in Madison County through 162 contributions — 46 for $250 or less, 26 between $251 and $500 and 80 between $501 and $1,000.

Fletcher has received $43,650 from Madison County residents through 60 contributions — 15 for $250 or less, eight between $251 and $500 and 37 for $1,000.

Local elected officials and their spouses who contributed to Beshear include: Berea Mayor Steve Connelly, $200; Madison County PVA Steve Smith, $250; state Rep. Harry Moberly, $1,000; state Sen. Ed Worley, $1,000; and his wife, Jamie Worley, $1,000; Madison County Coroner Jimmy Cornelison, $1,000; the wife of Madison County Sheriff Nelson O’Donnell, Debbie O’Donnell, $1,000; husband of Richmond City Commissioner Kay Jones, David Jones, $300; and Madison County Attorney Marc Robbins, $250.

The only local elected official to give to the Fletcher campaign was Berea City Councilman Glenn Jennings, who gave $400 to Fletcher and $500 to Beshear.

Jennings, who also is chairman of Delta Natural Gas, was among 10 Madison County contributors who donated to both gubernatorial campaigns.

Donating $1,000 each to both campaigns were: Carolyn Breeding, owner of Dietary Consultants; Michael Browning, owner of H & R Block; Becky Chenault, rental management at Fox Glove Rentals; Hugh Gabbard, a civil engineer for The Allen Co.; Marilee Gabbard, a retiree; Delbert Ousley, owner of Long-Term Care Facilities; and Allen Grant, builder for AD Grant Builders.

Katherine Land, owner of Acres of Land Winery, gave $1,000 to the Fletcher campaign, but also donated $300 to Beshear.

Mary Ousley, a retiree, contributed $1,000 to Fletcher and $500 to Beshear.

The figures and names of all donors can be found on the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance’s Web site: www.kref.ky.gov.

Bryan Marshall can be reached at bmarshall@richmondregister.com or 624-6691.



Earl Ray Neal

The following Madison County residents donated funds to the campaign of Earl Ray Neal for 25th District Court judge:

$250 or less — John Allen, Jan Barnes, Christopher Blevins, Robert Blythe, Mary Bondurant, Robert Brown, Richard Carr, Robert Combs, Jimmy Cornelison, Micheal Eidson, David Fernandez, Myron Fisher, Wendell Fortney, James Gilbert, Charles Hall, Charles Hardin, James Hillard, James Howard, Larry Ishmael, Mary Johnstone, Rebecca Kingsolver, John Lackey, Billy Lamb, Bob Lawson, Dwayne Litton, B. Masters, John McKinney, Robert Menefee, Barry Metcalf, Harry Moberly, Joyce Mosher, Marsh Ortenburger, Jerry Owens, J. Parks, Alan Pearson, Bennett Poage, Debbie Powell, Shelly Radar, Nancy Riffe, Gertrude Saylor, Ken Schwendeman, J. Sills, Steve Smith, R. Starnes, Sherwood Thompson, Mark Van Leeuwen and Keith White.

$251-$500 — Kelly Davis, Cory Erdmann, John Helmuth, Allan Long, Tim McCowan, Wanda Pennington, Jack Taylor, Paul Taylor and Carlisle Vanmeter.

$501-$1,000 — James Carr, Rodney Davis, Ron Devere, Bill Meador, Wesley Morgan, Rose Pierson, J. Sipple and James Worley.

David Perdue

There were no contributions from Madison County toward the campaign of David Perdue for 25th District Court judge.

Ernie Fletcher

The following Madison County residents donated funds to the campaign of Ernie Fletcher for governor:

$250 or less — (40475 zip code) Marvin Bauer, Don Derham, Richard Ham, Paula Mauck, Don Mills, John Parks, David Prater, Lynn Shearon, Eddie Warren and Christine Wilcoxson; (40476 zip code) Tanya Witt; (40403 zip code) Robert Hollis; (40385 zip code) Gene Webb.

$251-$500 — (40475 zip code) Gary Abney, Kenneth Bentley, Wiley Cole, Deanna Frazier, Benjamin McPherson, Brian Ramsey and Charles Shelby; (40403 zip code) Glenn Jennings and Emogene Hogg-Hartman.

$501-$1,000 — (40475 zip code) Dusty Allyn, Carolyn Breeding, Michael Browning, Becky Chenault, Ed Chenault, Karl Crase, Ray Desloover, Hugh Gabbard, Marilee Gabbard, Robert Geiger, Marilyn Hacker, Ralph Hacker, Carla Hagan, Stephen Hagan, Beverly Hart, David Jackson, Teresa Kiskaden, Katherine Land, Lowell Land, Donald Laswell, Lisa Lowe, Gwen Minerich, Robert Minerich, Delbert Ousley, Keri Parsons, J. Ramsey, Wanda Ramsey, Kent Robbins, Natalie Robbins, Amy Robertson and Tom Synder; (40476 zip code) Allen Grant and Judy Ridings; (40403 zip code) Rodney Davis, Suvas Desal and Rodney Short.

Steve Beshear

The following Madison County residents donated funds to the campaign of Steve Beshear for governor:

$250 or less — (40475 zip code) David Bohannon, Loretta Brown, Ronda Dennison, Charles Field, Charles Hall, Paul Johnson, Andrew Jones, Jo Jones, Jason Martin, Laura Morgan, G.W. Newsom, Ann Parks, J.C. Parks, Alan Pearson, Marc Robbins, Robert Russell, Larry Spencer, Stuart Tobin, David Ward and Jack Wyatt; (40476 zip code) Morris Floyd and Merwyn Jackson; (40403 zip code) Steve Connelly, Terry Fields, Stephen Smith and Robert Stewart; (40385 zip code) Richard Arthur.

$251-$500 — (40475 zip code) William Bradley, Glenn Bromagen, Heather Combs, Shannon Combs, Charles Curtis, Michael Eidson, Jerry Gilbert, Margaret Johnson, David Jones, Roy Kidd, Katherine Land, Gregory McClellan, John McDaniel, Thomas McKenzie, Mary Ousley, Mary Pearson, Betty Wells and Katherine Wyatt; (40476 zip code) Sue Chenault and Linda Ginter; (40403 zip code) Lila Bellando, Clay Bigler, Glenn Jennings, Ralph King, Wanda Pennington, Larry Todd, Glenda Tuttle and Troy Vanwinkle; (40385 zip code) Sherri Long.

$501-$1,000 — (40475 zip code) Constance Baird, Freda Lavene Baird, Fred Ballou, George Barger, George Begley, Penny Begley, Bryan Bogie, Carolyn Breeding, Ben Brown, Michael Browning, Dwight Burchett, Joe Campbell, James Carr, Richard Carr, Becky Chenault, Chandler Combs, Jimmy Cornelison, George Crawley, Joshua Crutcher, Jack Dice, Dale Emmons, Martha Exline, Tim Foley, Hugh Gabbard, Marilee Gabbard, James Gilbert, Renee Grant, Elizabeth Heinrich, Regan Heinrich, John Lackey, Robert Locker, G. Long, Glenn Marshall, Christa Martin, Bill Miller, Tim Miller, Deandre Mitchell, C. Morgan, Chad Morgan, Lindsey Morgan, Lee Morrison, Debbie O’Donnell, Delbert Ousley, Angela Owens, Scott Owens, Arthur Pace, Clark Pergrem, Brent Ray, William Reynolds, Bill Rice, Fanny Rice, Peggy Rice, Joseph Schwendeman, Mark Shepherd, John Sword, Sena Sword, Paul Taylor, Ashley Tribble, Kenneth Wilder, Jason Wilson and Jamie Worley; (40476 zip code) Edward Chenault, Ann Durham, Rondall Durham, Tammy Gay, Greg Ginter, Allen Grant, Harry Moberly, Chasity Ray, John Roberts, Joseph Roberts, Katherine Roberts, Robert Roberts, John Seanor, Daniel Simons and James Worley; (40403 zip code) Carl Campbell, Louis Deluca, Judith Gilbert, Patricia Greathouse, Landra Lewis and Gertrude Saylor; (40385) Mark Ward.