PHILADELPHIA — Four candidates running for Philadelphia mayor each collected more than $800,000 in campaign contributions last year, but one hopeful has significantly more money in the bank than any other thanks to a check he wrote to himself.
New campaign finance reports show that former City Councilmember Allan Domb, a real estate magnate known as the “condo king,” lent $5 million to his mayoral campaign, meaning that at the start of this year, he had more money to spend on advertising, staff and expenses than seven other candidates combined.
Campaign finance reports filed by eight candidates this week provide the clearest picture yet of who among the large field of Democrats vying for the party’s nomination is best positioned to sustain a campaign through the May 16 primary election. And the filings show who each candidate leaned on over the course of the last calendar year to finance their nascent campaigns.
