The race for Harrisburg Mayor is heating up as local candidates receive campaign money from supporters.
Current Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson has received two hefty donations totaling $11,000 through the end of last year, but City Controller and Mayor Candidate Dan Miller says that smaller donations are making up his campaign.
Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson has launched her campaign for a second term as mayor, and in the process she has received to major donations from Harrisburg business owners.
Ron Kamionka, who owns multiple bars in Harrisburg, has donated $10,000 dollars to Mayor Linda Thompson's campaign along with $1,000 donated by Donald Brown who owns the Fire House.
These numbers were pulled from a campaign finance report that shows all of the donations received during the 2012 calendar year. While the Mayor received two hefty donations from business owners, neither of those donations comes from people who can vote for her because they both live outside of the city.
"I think that's a great contrast to the type of contributions that our campaign is getting," differed current City Controller and Harrisburg Mayoral Candidate Dan Miller.
Current City Controller Dan Miller has taken a different approach to his campaign for Mayor.
"We have a program called Harrisburg 400 where we're hoping to get 400 people give us 100 dollars each and we've gotten over 280 so far," Miller explained.
During the 2012 calendar year, Dan Miller received over $85,000 in donations, with no single donation being over a $1,000. That's compared to those two contributions for Mayor Linda Thompson totaling in $11,000 dollars.
"I'd much rather be in our position,” Miller stated. “We've got many voters in Harrisburg that have given us small contributions because they believe in me and they believe in change, and they think I'm the best candidate to do that job."
The primary for the Harrisburg Mayor race will take place in May, so over the next months you can expect to see a lot of campaigning.
Current Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson has received two hefty donations totaling $11,000 through the end of last year, but City Controller and Mayor Candidate Dan Miller says that smaller donations are making up his campaign.
Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson has launched her campaign for a second term as mayor, and in the process she has received to major donations from Harrisburg business owners.
Ron Kamionka, who owns multiple bars in Harrisburg, has donated $10,000 dollars to Mayor Linda Thompson's campaign along with $1,000 donated by Donald Brown who owns the Fire House.
These numbers were pulled from a campaign finance report that shows all of the donations received during the 2012 calendar year. While the Mayor received two hefty donations from business owners, neither of those donations comes from people who can vote for her because they both live outside of the city.
"I think that's a great contrast to the type of contributions that our campaign is getting," differed current City Controller and Harrisburg Mayoral Candidate Dan Miller.
Current City Controller Dan Miller has taken a different approach to his campaign for Mayor.
"We have a program called Harrisburg 400 where we're hoping to get 400 people give us 100 dollars each and we've gotten over 280 so far," Miller explained.
During the 2012 calendar year, Dan Miller received over $85,000 in donations, with no single donation being over a $1,000. That's compared to those two contributions for Mayor Linda Thompson totaling in $11,000 dollars.
"I'd much rather be in our position,” Miller stated. “We've got many voters in Harrisburg that have given us small contributions because they believe in me and they believe in change, and they think I'm the best candidate to do that job."
The primary for the Harrisburg Mayor race will take place in May, so over the next months you can expect to see a lot of campaigning.