Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh boosted her advantage over opponent Will Ainsworth in fundraising last week as the campaign for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor entered its final two weeks.

Cavanaugh, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission, took in $185,500 during the period of June 23 to June 29, compared to $18,500 for Ainsworth, a state representative from Guntersville, according to financial disclosure reports the two filed this week with the Secretary of State’s Office. Cavanaugh reported spending $173,744 during the reporting period, and Ainsworth spent $288,317.

The latest reports boosted Cavanaugh’s monetary contributions to $1.84 million since the campaign began last year. She reported spending $1.58 million and a balance of $258,738.

Ainsworth has raised $1.16 million so far. He has spent $1.95 million and has a cash balance of $204,565.

The two will meet in a July 17 runoff for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, with the winner facing Willie Boyd Jr., who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, in the November general election.

Cavanaugh’s campaign account has been boosted by $582,916 that was left over from her aborted run for governor and by $500,000 in loans from herself and her husband. Her largest donations have been $145,000 from Progress PAC of Montgomery, funded mostly by businesses including Blue Cross Blue Shield, McWane Inc. and Michelin North America; $90,000 from the Alabama Nursing Home Association’s CARE PAC; and $75,000 from Drummond Co. Inc. of Birmingham.

Ainsworth has loaned $1 million to his campaign. His largest contributors have been the Alabama Forestry PAC, $147,000; Gregory Rader of Columbus, Miss., $40,000; and Burkes Mechanical of Brent, $30,000.

Following are contributors of $5,000 and up during the 2018 election cycle.

WILL AINSWORTH

$147,000 – Alabama Forestry PAC, Montgomery.

$40,000 – Gregory Rader, Columbus, MS.

$30,000 – Burkes Mechanical, Brent.

$25,000 – Roy Drinkard, Cullman.

$23,000 – FarmPAC, Montgomery.

$20,000 – Kabco Builders Inc., Boaz; North Alabama PAC, Huntsville.

$17,500 – David Marsh, Birmingham; Keith Bennett, Boaz.

$17,000 – Browns Creek Cattle Company LLC, Guntersville; William Ainsworth, Guntersville.

$16,400 – Forest PAC, Montgomery.

$16,250 – Sharon Ainsworth, Guntersville.

$11,500 – Madison Materials Inc., Guntersville.

$11,000 – Charles Claborn, Athens.

$10,000 – American Fire Protection LLC, Birmingham; CANPAC, Montgomery; Douglas Eddleman, Birmingham; EDPAC, Montgomery; Flanagan Contracting LLC, Birmingham; Harbin Family Ltd Partnership, Scottsboro; John Wories, Chicago, IL; Jose Rivas, Demopolis; Joseph Phifer, Birmingham; Kent Upton, Birmingham; P&C Construction Inc., Chattanooga, TN; Patrick Wallace, Dallas, TX; Pinnacle Rental and Supply LLC, Albertville; Pride PAC II, Tuscaloosa; SMTG Inc., Albertville; Southeastern Land Group, Inc., Dadeville; TELPAC, Montgomery; The Innovation PAC, Montgomery; Trinity Industries Employee PAC, Dallas, TX; Tucker Milling LLC, Guntersville.

$7,500 – FGAPAC, Montgomery; Lambert Inc., Stevenson; Republic Bank, Oak Brook, IL; William Scott, Opelika.

$7,000 – FAXPAC, Montgomery.

$6,000 – Bryant Mastin, Guntersville; Curtis Pilot, Mobile; Daphne Fonde, Mobile; Davis Pilot Jr., Mobile; Frank Mastin, Boaz; Grace Pilot, Mobile; Pat Courington Jr., Albertville; Rodney Pilot, Fairhope; Stanley Parker, Morris.

$5,750 – Alabama Deer Association, Huntsville.

$5,000 – ABCNA-Merit PAC, Huntsville; Alabama First PAC, Montgomery; American Pharmacy Cooperative Inc., Bessemer; Austin Ainsworth, Huntsville; Capitol Resources PAC, Montgomery; Clinton Johnston, Birmingham; CMG PAC II, Tuscaloosa; Davis Lee Companies LLC, Huntsville; Deaver Industries Inc., Bessemer; Dennis R. Weaver PC, Birmingham; Douglas Oberhelman, Edwards, IL; Duane Donner, Birmingham; Edward Campbell III, Shreveport, LA; First Decade PAC, Montgomery; Gulf Distributing Holdings LLC, Mobile; Industrial Sales LLC., Guntersville; Jacksonville Hotel LLC, Jacksonville; Joe Phifer, Birmingham; Joseph Gilliland, Guntersville; Lambert Inc., Stevenson; May PAC, Birmingham; MCG PAC, Birmingham; Millers Ferry Lodge LLC, Pensacola, FL; Nick Jones, Rainsville; Olympia Construction Inc., Albertville; P. Lawler Enterprises Ltd, Albertville; Raymond Harbert, Birmingham; Regions Bank, Birmingham; Richard Bechert, Union Grove; Roy Gilbert III, Birmingham; Sedgefields Lakes Plantation Llc, Duluth, Ga; Smart Living Llc. Huntsville; Southeastern Pond Management, Saginaw; The Committee for Good Government, Birmingham; The Upton Group LLC, Guntersville; W.S. Propst, Huntsville; Watson Jones, Camden; Wayne Bentley, Albertville; Whitaker Contracting Corp., Guntersville; Wilks Tire & Battery Service Inc., Albertville; Xcel Masonry Inc., Oneonta.

 

TWINKLE ANDRESS CAVANAUGH

$582,916 – Twinkle for Alabama- Gubernatorial Campaign, Montgomery.

$145,000 – Progress PAC, Montgomery.

$90,000 – CAREPAC, Montgomery.

$75,000 – Drummond Company Inc., Birmingham.

$39,500 – Pride PAC II, Tuscaloosa.

$31,000 – Alabama Realtors PAC, Montgomery.

$30,000 – EDUPAC, Tuscaloosa; Protective Life Corporation State PAC, Birmingham.

$25,000 – Alabama Builders PAC (ABPAC), Montgomery; ENPAC, Birmingham.

$20,000 – Alabama Medical PAC, Montgomery; Raymond J. Harbert, Birmingham; Warren J. Williamson Jr., Greenville; Retailers of Alabama PAC, Montgomery; The Honorable Tim Parker Jr., Tuscaloosa.

$15,500 – T-Town PAC II, Tuscaloosa; MCG PAC, Birmingham.

$14,000 – Glenn Durough, Bessemer.

$12,000 – Jobs PAC, Montgomery.

$11,500 – Alabama Acre, Montgomery.

$11,000 – Daniel McKinney, Birmingham; John H. Watson, Dothan.

$10,000 – Alabama Realtors PAC, Montgomery; Credit Union Coalition Of Alabama, Montgomery; F&P LLC, Montgomery; G PAC, Birmingham; Kidcare, Montgomery; MAY PAC, Birmingham; Billy L. Harbert, Birmingham; Michael G. Johnson, Theodore; Smart Living LLC, Huntsville; Southeastern Pond Management, Saginaw.

$9,000 – Alabama Poultry Trust, Montgomery.

$8,000 – Terry R. Douglas, Tuscaloosa; The Honorable Michael D. Schmitz, Dothan.

$7,500 – Alabama Associated General Contractors Inc-PAC, Irondale; Millennium Health Services Inc., Tuscaloosa; Charles A. Nelson, Birmingham; William H. Nelson III, Birmingham; NHS Management LLC, Tuscaloosa; Senior Care Pharmacy Inc., Tuscaloosa.

$7,000 – AWBA PAC, Montgomery; John G. Beard, Birmingham.

$6,500 – Joseph Forest Enterprises Inc., Columbiana.

$6,000 – Alabama Coal Cooperative, Cullman; Subcontractors Association of Alabama, Birmingham.

$5,500 – Ryan Shirley, Northport.

$5,000 – ABC Merit PAC, Birmingham; GA Sack PAC, Birmingham; Alabama Lenders PAC, Pelham; American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham; BANKPAC, Montgomery; CRA Political Action Committee, Montgomery; Goodwyn Mills and Cawood PAC, Montgomery; Halstead Contractors LLC, Montgomery; KW Plastics, Troy; McWane Inc., Birmingham; Barnett Lawley, Pell City; Dan L. Moultrie, Verbena; Frank Brown Jr., Cullman; James M. Tracy, Vestavia Hills; Mark Sims, Oneonta;

Owen Aronov, Montgomery; Richard J. Brockman, Birmingham; Terry Henley, Birmingham; William B. Sexton, Decatur; William H. Carr, Enterprise; Northport Health Services Inc., Tuscaloosa; Nucor PAC, Decatur; Regions Financial Corporation PAC, Washington, DC; The Honorable George S. Hammer, Samson; Victory PAC, Montgomery; Volkert Inc., Mobile; WestPAC, Mobile.

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