BEVERLY — With a week to go before the election, Mayor Bill Scanlon has raised more than twice as much money as challenger John Burke.
Scanlon raised $32,316 since January while Burke has brought in $15,085, according to campaign finance reports the candidates were required to file by yesterday's deadline.
Burke, the Ward 3 city councilor, said he is not fazed by the deficit. He said Scanlon has an inherent advantage as the incumbent mayor seeking an eighth two-year term.
"He has a lot more special-interest money that he can tap," Burke said. "We're running a grass-roots campaign and taking donations directly from people. Most people I know don't have $500 lying around."
Scanlon's list of contributors includes prominent names such as state Rep. Mary Grant, Endicott College President Richard Wylie, local bank presidents Don Fournier, Bill Howard and Kevin Bottomley, and the top two executives at developer Windover Construction.
But the list also includes hundreds of other contributors, about 225 in all.
"If you look at my list of contributors, it's a very broad list all across the fabric of this community," Scanlon said.
Burke had about 50 contributors, many of them family members who live out of town. The top contributor overall was Kernwood Avenue resident William King, a self-employed electrician, and his wife, Andrea, who gave two donations totaling $500.
Scanlon's biggest expense so far has been for a telephone poll conducted by the Northfields Group of Salem, at a cost of $2,530. Scanlon would not reveal the results of the poll, other than to say, "I'm cautiously optimistic."
Scanlon also spent $1,000 on fundraisers at downtown restaurants Mandrake and Soma, as well as $1,000 to rent his campaign headquarters on Cabot Street.
Burke has spent nearly $8,000 on printing and mailing costs for his campaign literature. He owes $1,665 for renting a billboard in Gloucester Crossing.
Staff writer Paul Leighton can be reached at 978-338-2675 or pleighton@salemnews.com.
Finance at a glance
Scanlon contributors
Tom Alexander, Beverly attorney, $300
Robert Broudo, Landmark School headmaster, $200
Kevin Burke, state secretary of public safety, $100
Steve Cohen, Cambridge developer, $200
Lee Dellicker, Windover Construction president, $200
Steven Dodge, Windover Construction owner, $600
Michael Fonzo, Aero Manufacturing, $200
Salvatore Fonzo, Aero Manufacturing, $1,000
Don Fournier, Beverly National Bank president, $100
Mark Glovsky, Beverly attorney, $200
Mary Grant, Beverly state representative, $100
Paul Guanci, Super Sub owner, $300
Bill Howard, Beverly Cooperative Bank president, $100
Dicran Meguerditchian, Arlington developer, $500
Corinne Ray, wife of police Chief Mark Ray, $200
Brett Schetzsle, state representative candidate, $100
Wes Slate, city councilor, $200
John Tierney, congressman, $50
Richard Wylie, Endicott College president, $100
John Burke contributors
James Bursey, postal worker, Beverly, $200
Chad Cavanaugh, auditor, South Boston, $250
Edmund Greene, self-employed attorney, Beverly, $250
Robert Collins, nurse, Beverly, $300
Michael Duerden, IT specialist, Barrington, N.H., $250
Pam Kampersal, environmental activist, Beverly, $300
William King, self-employed electrician, Beverly, $300
Trina Knoll, student, Groton, Conn., $250
Laura Quinn, teacher's assistant, Bedford, $400
