YOUNGSTOWN — James Melone and Jennifer J. Ciccone raised almost the same amount of money in the Struthers Municipal Court judicial race, with more than half of the latter’s funds coming from loans given by the candidate, her husband and her father.

For the general election race that saw Melone win by 10.28%, he raised $36,123, including $8,105 in the post-general filing period. That period is between Oct. 19 and Dec. 8 though virtually all of the money received by candidates came before the Nov. 7 election.

Ciccone raised $36,320 for her unsuccessful campaign, including $16,825 in the post-general filing period.

Of that money in the post-general period, $10,200 came from loans, $9,200 from Ciccone’s husband, Daniel Superak, and $1,000 from her father, Dennis Ciccone.

Overall, Ciccone had $20,765 in loans — 57.2% of all she raised, with $10,270 coming from her husband, $9,500 from her father and $995 from her.

Also, Ciccone’s campaign owes $12,837 in outstanding debt to the failed candidate, including $8,395 for the post-general period. Ciccone paid for postage, labels, advertising and campaign literature for her campaign.

Melone spent $38,802 on his general election campaign, including $20,578 in the post-general period. Melone had money left from his successful Democratic primary election in May against Dominic R. Leone III, who was the incumbent at the time.

Melone’s biggest post-general expenses were $8,835 to City Printing of Youngstown for campaign literature, $4,000 to Danny Thomas of Struthers to serve as his campaign manager and $3,994 for television and radio commercials.

Ciccone spent $36,266 overall on her campaign with $17,304 during the post-general period.

Her biggest post-general expenses were $9,165 to Proforma Advanced Print Solutions of North Lima for campaign literature and $3,556 to L’uva Bella of Lowellville for a fundraiser.

As of Dec. 8, Melone had $1,403 in his account to $54 for Ciccone.

CAMPBELL RACE

In comparison to Struthers, money raised and spent in the race for the Campbell Municipal Court judicial seat was minimal.

In the post-general period, Mark Kolmacic, who won by 14.24%, raised no money and spent $515 with all of it going to repay a partial $3,900 loan he gave the campaign on July 10. He forgave the rest of the loan.

Macala raised $75 and spent $7,207 during the post-general period. His largest expenses were $2,838 to FedEx for campaign letters and $1,254 to the U.S. Postal Service for stamps.

For the entire campaign, Kolmacic’s lone contribution was $1,850 from his sister, Karen Winters of Columbus, and his $3,900 loan. He spent it all.

Macala raised $550 in total for the campaign, but had $12,489 in his fund from previous campaigns. He had $686 in his campaign fund as of Dec. 8.

YOUNGSTOWN

There was virtually no last-minute spending in the Youngstown clerk of courts race won by Richard Vincent Hill, who received 46.17% of the vote.

Hill raised $450 in the post-general filing period and spent nothing. During the pre-general period, Hill raised $16,888 in contributions, including $9,800 from him, and spent $17,657. Hill had a small carryover from his failed 2021 Youngstown mayoral campaign.

Hill had $555 in his account as of Dec. 8.

Corrine Sanderson, who finished second with 27.34% of the vote, didn’t file a post-general report. During the pre-general period, she raised $3,121 and spent $2,750.

Jeff Limbian, former Youngstown law director, finished last with 26.49%. Limbian raised $2,650 in the post-general period and spent $472.

During the pre-general period, he raised $7,850 and spent $7,619.

Most Youngstown council candidates raised and spent little money.

The exception was in the 7th Ward that had independent Amber White beat incumbent Democrat Basia Adamczak by eight votes with Republican Josie Lyon far behind in last.

During the post-general period, Adamczak loaned $11,000 to her campaign and the campaign owes $6,691 in debt to her and her mother, Krystyna Adamczak.

Adamczak spent $13,176 in the post-general period with $5,999 for television commercials, $4,008 for radio ads and $1,400 to the Mahoning County Democratic Party for its coordinated campaign.

During the pre-general period, Adamczak raised $1,955 and spent $1,086.

Adamczak reported $1,306 in her fund as of Dec. 8 with $11,843 in outstanding loans and $17,325 in debt, which included previous campaigns.

White loaned $320 to her campaign in the post-general period after loaning $11,580 to the campaign in the pre-general reporting period. She received a single $500 contribution for the entire campaign.

White spent $12,384 for her campaign, but only $574 in the post-general period.

She has $17 in her campaign fund as of Dec. 8.

Lyon raised $1,888 and spent $1,853 in the post-general period.

Overall, she raised $11,191 and spent $8,736 on her campaign, leaving her with $2,455 in her account as of Dec. 8

SCHOOL ISSUES

The Canfield School Citizens Committee, which backed the failed bond issue on the Nov. 7 ballot, raised a total of $24,602 and spent $46,754. It had money from previous campaigns.

The issue lost by 21.18%.

The Citizens Committee for Poland Schools, backers of a failed bond issue in that school district, raised $6,322 and spent $3,355.

That issue lost by 48.26% in the Nov. 7 election.