Warren County Tax Assessor candidate Ben Luckett and Sheriff Martin Pace lead all county candidates in campaign contributions, according to periodic campaign finance reports filed July 10 with the Warren County Circuit Clerk.

State law requires all political candidates to file periodic campaign finance reports, even if they did not collect or spend money, with either the Secretary of State’s office or the circuit clerk. Independent and third-party candidates are not required to file reports until before the Nov. 3 general election.

Candidates for statewide offices, House and Senate seats and other state offices elected by district, such as district attorney and public service and transportation commissions file with the Secretary of State. Candidates for county offices file with the circuit clerk.

Ten candidates, including two for the District 55 House seat, did not file reports with the clerk or the Secretary of State.

According to the reports filed with the clerk, Luckett, Republican candidate for assessor, has so far collected more money than incumbent Assessor Angela Brown, a Democrat, reporting a year-to-date total of $5,249 in contributions. Contributions to Brown’s campaign as of July 10 totaled $3,213.54.

Brown however, has outspent Luckett $3,334.09 to $3,213.54. Brown is unopposed in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary. She will meet the winner of the Republican primary between Luckett and Brian Craig Breithaupt.

Breitheupt has received $2,749 as of July 10, and spent $2,267, according to his campaign finance report.

Pace, who is running as an independent, reported $4,971.46 in contributions and $210 in expenses, while Democrat candidate Lionel P. Johnson Sr. reported no contributions and no expenses, and Republican Leon Kennedy reported total contributions of $151 and $27.78 in expenses.

Incumbents Tax Collector Antonio Flaggs Jones and Chancery Clerk Donna Farris Hardy did not file July 10 reports. Both said they filed June 10 reports and had not received or spent any campaign funds. They said they were told by the Secretary of State’s office they could terminate filing.

“We asked (the Secretary of State’s office) if we could do anything because we weren’t opposed, and they instructed us over the phone how to do our initial (report) and terminate at the same time,” Hardy said.

Incumbent Circuit Clerk Jan Hyland Daigre, who is unopposed in the Republican primary, reported no contributions and no expenses. Attempts to contact Greg Peltz, the Democratic candidate for the seat, were unsuccessful. Peltz did not file a report.

District Attorney Ricky Smith reported contributions of $1,000 and expenses of $300.

In the supervisor elections, District 1 Supervisor John Arnold reported $1,100 in contributions as of July 10 and did not spend any money. One of his opponents, Johnny Beauchamp, said he sent his July 10 report to the Secretary of State, a spokeswoman of the Secretary of State said the office does not accept reports from candidates for county office. A check with the Circuit Clerk’s office indicated no one received a report from Beauchamp.

Steven Houston, who is also challenging Arnold said he forgot to file his report and would file.

District 2 Supervisor William Banks Jr., who is unopposed in the Democratic primary, said he had forgotten to file, adding he has neither collected nor spent money. Edward Herring, an independent candidate for District 1, reported $2,000 in contributions and $855.21 in expenses.

In District 3, Supervisor Charles Selmon reported receiving $700 in contributions and spending $2,989 as of July 10. His opponent, Jim Stirgus Jr., reported contributions of $1,225 as of July 10 and spending $410.15.

In the District 4 race, neither Democratic candidate for the seat or filed a finance report.

“I didn’t know I was supposed to turn in anything unless somebody gave it to me,” candidate Gary L. Cooper Cooper said. “Everything I’ve done, I’ve done on my own. The signs I did, I bought them myself.” He said he would file a report.

Attempts to contact Casey D. Fisher, the other Democratic candidate, were unsuccessful.

In the Republican race for District 4, Martin “Marty” Crevitt reported receiving $800 in contributions as of July 10 and spending $2,389, while Wayne Muirhead reported $1,399 in contributions for the same period and spending $1,323, and John Carlisle reported no contributions and $1,484.70 in expenses.

Eros Smith, who is running for the seat as an independent, reported no contributions and $2,657.49 in expenses.

Joe Wooley, who is unopposed in the Republican primary for District 5 supervisor, had contributions of $45 and expenses of $350. Wooley faces incumbent District 5 Supervisor Richard George, who is running as an independent, and not required to file before the primary.

In other county races, Edwin “Eddie” Woods Jr., Justice Court Judge Northern District candidate, reported no expenses and no contributions. Dennis McLain Walker, who is running for the seat as an independent, also reported no contributions and no expenses.

Justice Court Judge James Jefferson, who is unopposed in the Democratic primary for the Central District, said he forgot to file a report.

In the legislative races, incumbent District 23 Sen. Briggs Hopson III reported $25,750 in contributions and $19,697 in expenses as of July 10, the most of any area legislative candidate. Bill Marcy, his opponent in the Republican primary, reported contributions of $2,816.21 and expenses of $2,497.60.

In the District 55 House seat, incumbent Rep. Oscar Denton reported $7,650 in contributions and $379.88 in expenses. His two opponents in the Democratic primary, Chris Green and Arrick R. Rice, did not file reports, according to the Secretary of State’s campaign finance website. Attempts to contact them were unsuccessful.

In District 63, incumbent Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon reported $12,450 in contributions and $10,555.89 in expenses. Machelle Shelby Kyles, her opponent in the Democratic primary, reported $8,594 in contributions and $8,143.27 in expenses.

Incumbent District 85 Rep. America “Chuck” Middleton, reported $4,500 in contributions and no expenses. Maurice Huson, one of his opponents in the Democratic primary reported no contributions and no expenses, while another candidate for the seat, Allen Burks, did not file a report. Attempts to reach him were unsuccessful.

District 54 Rep. Alex Monsour, who is unopposed in the Republican primary, reported $2,000 in contributions and no expenses.