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Candidate financial reports reveal differences Atkinson, Fahey spend about equally despite donation inequity By Dani Dodge By early May, the candidates for Senate District 25 both had spent about $85,000 on their campaigns. But losing candidate Pat Fahey loaned his campaign most of the money it spent, leaving Fahey with an apparent post-election debt. Winner Jason Atkinson raised enough money from local donors and Salem-based political action committees to glide through the campaign without borrowing a penny, according to campaign financial reports. Candidates filed the campaign and expenditure reports with the state and county last week for the period between April 17 and May 11. There were only a few contested races facing Jackson County voters in the May 16 primary: the state Senate race won easily by Atkinson, and the race for House District 51. Because no Democrat filed for Senate District 25, Rep. Atkinson�s win in the Republican primary means he will probably will be promoted to the state Senate this fall without opposition. In the Republican primary for the District 51 seat Atkinson is vacating, Cherryl Walker beat Larry Frank by a few percentage points. She spent more than double her opponent � although much of it was money she borrowed from her physician husband, Martin Hill. Walker faces Democrat Lon Holston in November. According to the reports, Walker spent $50,892, and collected $51,935, of which $38,703 was borrowed. Frank spent $20,198; collected $25,907; and borrowed nothing. Those who contributed $500 or more to Walker in the reporting period were the Oregon Medical Association Political Action Committee ($1,000); and Eli Lilly & Co. ($500). Frank received major contributions from Waste Management, a San Rafael, Calf.-based sanitation firm ($500); ORE-PAC ($1,000); Oregon Petroleum Marketers PAC ($500); Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde ($750); Oregon Education Association ($5,000); Citizens Alliance for Responsible Education ($500); Oregon Optometric PAC ($1,000); 7-Eleven ($757); and Oregon Faculties PAC ($500). In the Senate race as of May 11, Fahey had collected a total of $92,376; spent $86,820; and borrowed $66,000. Atkinson had collected $95,960 and spent $85,315. Atkinson�s major contributors were Ag-Pac ($2,500); Center for Citizen Leadership ($1,000); OR State Association of Electrical Workers ($1,5000); Oregon Beverage PAC ($2,000); OCAPA PAC ($500); Oregon Family Council PAC ($12,000); Oregon Grocery Industry PAC ($3,000); Oregon Petroleum PAC ($1,500); Oregon Truck-PAC ($2,000); PARKPAC ($1,000); Plumbing & Pipe Fitting PAC ($1,250); Seneca Jones Timber Co. ($1,000); Dr. Joel Slaughter ($500); Weyerhaeuser ($2,000). Fahey�s major contributors in the reporting period were the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Education Inc. ($1,000); Citizen Action by Public Employees ($500); Richard Fahey ($500); Oregon Refuse and Recycling Association PAC ($3,500); and Edward Pierce ($500). In other uncontested primary races, Commissioner Sue Kupillas , a Democrat who running for re-election, collected $10,470. Cleve Wright, who ran in the Republican primary for the same seat, collected $6,793. The two will face off in November. In the uncontested primary race for House District 52, Republican Jane Hunts collected $3,900; and Alan Bates, the Democrat, collected $7,455. They, too, will face off in November. The winning county library bond campaign collected $56,691. There was no registered opposition. Today's Edition : News | Sports | Business | Weather | Tempo | Classifieds Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA