Oklahoman
Mayor David Holt's re-election campaign has raised $275,000 so far this year in what is already one of the most expensive mayoral races the city has seen.
Holt's 2018 campaign upped the total by transferring $25,000 to the 2022 committee.
"I’ve run for office three times before this," Holt said by text. "The first time I ran for mayor it took four and a half months to reach $200,000.
"This time we took in almost $300,000 in two weeks," he wrote. "I’ve never experienced anything like this. The support has been overwhelming."
Here are some notable facts from the campaign's first-quarter report:
• Donors include Matt Payne ($250) and Rachel Cannon ($1,000), co-founders of Prairie Surf Media, which recently reached a deal with Oklahoma City to convert downtown's former Cox Convention Center into a television and motion-picture studio.