After being outraised by his Democratic major challenger within the closing quarter of 2025, Bexar County Decide Peter Sakai made a comeback final month.
Marketing campaign finance information have to be reported extra ceaselessly proper earlier than an election, and stories overlaying Jan. 1 via Jan. 22 had been due Monday for state and county candidates.
Sakai’s indicated that he’d raised $176,000 in that span — greater than triple what former Mayor Ron Nirenberg raised over the identical time interval. Sakai spent about $200,000 and reported $483,000 readily available as of Jan. 22.
By comparability, Nirenberg raised $52,000 between Jan. 1 and Jan. 22, spent $86,000 and reported $347,000 readily available.
Sakai’s haul contains $52,000 value of in-kind promoting from Carmen and Joe Gamez, homeowners of Gamez Legislation Agency, to sponsor billboard adverts on his behalf. He additionally acquired a $75,000 contribution from the Texas Affiliation of Realtors PAC.
Nirenberg’s features a pledged contribution of $25,000 from native philanthropist Harvey Najim, who already loaned the marketing campaign $100,000 and contributed a $35,000 test on the final stories.
In contrast to metropolis places of work, there are not any contribution limits for county candidates, so particular person donors are free to present as a lot as they need to a single candidate.
Early voting for the March 3 major runs Feb. 17 via Feb. 27. Candidates will report their fundraising as soon as extra on this race, eight days out from the election.
