Section 4 – Candidate Fundraising Rates Over Time
Analysis of Mid-Year San Francisco Campaign Financing of Candidates for November 2011 Election – Part 2
By Oliver Luby & Marc Salomon
Section 4 – Candidate Fundraising Rates Over Time
District Attorney – Mayor – Sheriff.
The tables and charts below detail the fundraising rates of the candidates in the three election contests. Each line chart of the rates is comprised of 12 sections in time covering the entire period that the candidates in that race have been raising funds. Thus, the time frame of each chart is specific to each election contest.
The line chart for the Mayor’s race is obviously the most complicated, due to the number of candidates running for Mayor. Dufty has been raising funds the longest and his average contributions/day were fairly low compared to most other candidates. All of the candidates except Hall showed upward trends in the last fundraising period, with Yee, Dufty, Herrera, and Chiu reaching the highest points (each raised over $100,000-$250,000 in a single 54-day period). Chiu demonstrated the most meteoric rise in funds and had the highest fundraising rate, over $3,000/day (see Section 1 [link] of this article to see where he is getting all of that money).
The Mayor candidates with possible slumps are Rees, Hall, and Ting, who all had their highest fundraising in their first period and raised less money per period in subsequent periods. Yee demonstrated the most dramatic rise-fall-rise in fundraising. Avalos and Run Ed Lee Run are the most recent entries, each fundraising for only one or two periods out of the 12 on the chart. Avalos showed a slow start in his first period, though his final fundraising rate accelerated, exceeding Ting and Hall and matching Run Ed Lee Run.
As noted in the Mayor’s race table, the Mayor candidates raising the lowest amount of contributions per day were Ting and Hall (each less than $600/day). A majority of the candidates (Herrera, Rees, Yee, Alioto-Pier, & Avalos) raised in a range between $1,000-$2,000 per day. Run Ed Lee Run had a higher per day rate than that, achieved by not adhering to the $500 contribution limit applicable to other candidate campaigns.
I. District Attorney’s race
| Candidate | Start fundraising | End fundraising | Average itemized contributions/day during period |
| Onek | 7/17/2010 | 6/30/2011 | $762.18 |
| Gascon | 3/6/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $1,981.84 |
| Bock | 3/25/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $2,381.63 |
II. Mayor’s race
| Candidate | Start fundraising | End fundraising | Average itemized contributions/day during period |
| Dufty | 9/24/2009 | 6/30/2011 | $713.06 |
| Herrera | 8/27/2010 | 6/30/2011 | $1,813.49 |
| Rees | 9/1/2010 | 6/30/2011 | $1,192.32 |
| Yee | 11/10/2010 | 6/30/2011 | $1,616.10 |
| Ting | 12/8/2010 | 6/30/2011 | $558.20 |
| Hall | 12/30/2010 | 6/30/2011 | $550.38 |
| Alioto-Pier | 2/10/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $1,322.41 |
| Chiu | 2/28/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $3,099.67 |
| Avalos | 4/16/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $1,001.79 |
| Progress for All [Run Ed Lee Run] | 6/13/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $2,639.72 |
III. Sheriff’s race
| Candidate | Start fundraising | End fundraising | Average itemized contributions/day during period |
| Mirkarimi | 4/14/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $1,320 |
| Miyamoto | 5/19/2011 | 6/30/2011 | $1,260 |
