Poll information
Early voting for the general runoff election will be:
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Friday and Dec. 3 at the County Clerk’s Office, 215 E. Central Ave., Suite 217, in Bentonville.
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and Dec. 3 at the County Clerk’s Office, 2111 W. Walnut St., in Rogers. The runoff election will be from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4:
Bella Vista Fire Station, 101 Towncenter, Bella Vista.
Bentonville Church of Christ, 708 N. Walton Blvd., Bentonville.
First Landmark Baptist Church, 206 S.E. 28th St., Bentonville.
Lakeview Baptist Church, 1351 E. Lowell Ave., Cave Springs.
Lowell First Baptist Church, 209-A Washington St., Lowell.
Source: Benton County Election
Commission
BENTONVILLE — Jim Webb has spent two and a half times more than his opponent, Stephanie Orman, so far in the runoff election for the city’s mayoral seat.
Orman had nearly five times as many campaign contributors than Webb.
The campaign contribution and expenditure pre-election reports were due to the Benton County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday. Candidates are required to file expenditure reports if they raise or spend more than $500 since the Nov. 6 general election. The runoff reports due Tuesday show financial activity from Nov. 7 through Nov. 23.
The runoff election is Dec. 4, and early voting is underway.
Webb filed his at 4:07 p.m. Tuesday. Orman filed hers at 8:28 a.m. Thursday. Orman said her report was filed late because there was a death in the family of her campaign treasurer, Craig Overton.
“We just made a mistake, and we tried to correct that mistake as quick as possible,” she said.
Orman spent $9,271 and had $4,730 remaining. Webb spent $23,242 and had $4,851 left at the end of the reporting period.
Both reported advertising as their largest expenses. Webb and Orman spent $15,473 and $9,143, respectively.
Both candidates also spent most of their advertising dollars on direct mailers.
Webb paid Innovative Advertising in Mandeville, La., $8,738 for his, and Or-man paid CR Advertising in Cedar Falls, Iowa, $5,407 for hers.
Orman also spent money on campaign cards and Face-book ads, according to her report.
Webb’s second largest expense was $6,617 to Harper Polling, a Harrisburg, Pa.-based polling and media company.
“We wanted to gauge where we were and what the climate was with Bentonville voters,” he said.
Webb’s report shows him receiving $5,500 in contributions from three donors. Nick Dozier, retired resident of Rogers, and Better Arkansas Future, a political action committee with a Springdale address, each gave Webb $2,700. Justin Yates of Benton-ville gave a $100 contribution.
Dozier gave Webb and Orman $2,700 each for the general election. He did not contribute to Orman’s runoff campaign.
Webb also loaned himself $20,000. Orman’s report shows $6,000 in loans.
Orman received $4,030 in contributions from 14 donors, according to her report. Mayor Bob McCaslin was her largest contributor with $1,000, followed by Bryan Doffin with $750. Doffin works for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. The other contributions ranged from $50 to $500, with most being $100 and $200.
Early voting began Tuesday. Of the 1,695 votes cast in the four cities that have runoff races in Benton County, 1,449, or 85 percent, have been for the Bentonville mayoral race in the first three days of voting.
There were 13,058 votes cast in the Bentonville mayoral race on Nov. 6.
Melissa Gute can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter@NWAMelissa.