Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, October 19, 1993 TAG: 9310190044
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: By Brian Kelley staff writer
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
Moore, the first-term District A Democrat, is running an unopposed, low-budget effort: he'd raised $150 and spent $105 as of Sept. 30. Stewart, the District C Republican facing his first challenger since 1981, reported a no-budget bid: he'd spent nary a dime.
His opponent, Democrat James M. "Jim" Smith, however, has followed the more traditional route. He's raised $1,574, spent $845 on posters, brochures and bumper stickers, and had $729 left to begin this month.
The campaign finance reports were due Friday with the state and local electoral boards. They cover the period from July 1 to Sept. 30, but include a summary of any earlier spending.
Smith, an Elliston-area resident who works for General Electric in Salem, is vying with Stewart, a farmer and livestock auctioneer who lives in Shawsville, for the board seat representing most of rural southeastern Montgomery.
Smith received $750 of his campaign chest from the Montgomery Democratic Committee. Another $500 came from the Virginia AFL-CIO.
In the other contested board race, to represent southwestern Montgomery's District D, Democratic challenger James E. "Jim" Martin reported a fund-raising and spending lead in his second attempt to unseat three-term GOP incumbent Henry F. Jablonski.
Martin, a Vickers resident and county Planning Commission member, had raised $1,295 and spent $622 as of Sept. 30. He had $672 on hand. The balance of his campaign fund came from two contributions from the county Democratic committee for $750; but eight donors contributed less than $100 each for a total of $495. His spending went mainly to printing expenses.
State law does not require candidates to list the names of contributors of less than $100.
Jablonski, who lives in Christiansburg, reported a $50 outside contribution; the other $800 he loaned to his campaign. As of Friday, he'd spent $490 and had $360 left to begin October. His spending, too, went for printing and copying posters and cards.
The two candidates, who both work at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, have said they are campaigning door to door across the district, but particularly in the more densely populated Christiansburg Armory precinct, which includes most of the town's southwestern section. Jablonski won the 1989 District D election with 54 percent of the vote.
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