Friday was a campaign finance filing deadline for three political races taking place in Butler County.

Candidates in two special elections, one for the state House of Representatives and the other for the state Senate, were required by law to detail significant expenditures and donations by Friday. Judicial candidates vying for a Butler County court seat also faced a finance deadline on Friday.

Due to the variety of ways candidates can submit reports, not all of the candidates' reports were immediately available from the Department of State on Friday. Many candidates still submit paper filings via mail, according to a Department of State spokeswoman, and filings postmarked by Thursday were still acceptable. She went on to explain that late filings are punishable via daily fines and are eventually referred to the attorney general's office.

The department was only able to provide complete candidates' filings in the special election for the House's District 11 race. The Eagle will provide updates on campaign finances in the state Senate and judicial races as filings are verified by the state and made available.

House District 11

In the House race, both Republican Marci Mustello and Democrat Sam Doctor filed reports, with Mustello raising nearly six times more than Doctor, according to the filings.

Doctor's campaign committee collected donations totaling $6,130 between March 20 and May 6, according to his filing.

Many prominent area Democrats appear among Doctor's donors, including $500 from county Democratic Chairwoman Catherine LaLonde and $100 from county Commissioner Kevin Boozel.

Two political lobbying groups are also listed on Doctor's filing — the Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners and the Pennsylvania American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Both organizations gave $500 each.

Doctor's largest expenditure listed is a $1,782 payment to The Blue Deal, a company specializing in road signs for Democrat candidates.

Meanwhile, between April 1 and May 6, Mustello's committee raised $36,360. Mustello's donors include a long list of Republicans in the area, including county Commissioners Kim Geyer and Leslie Osche.

The political committee for U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, gave Mustello $2,000. Kelly is Mustello's long-term employer.

GT Commonwealth PAC, a committee associated with U.S. Rep. Glenn G.T. Thompson, R-15th, who has district offices in Bellefonte, Ebensburg and Oil City, gave her $1,000. She received cash from various political action committees, such as the Chester County Chamber PAC, LPAC Erie, Erie Insurance PAC, Mortgage Bankers Association PAC, National Fuel Gas PAC, PA Future Fund, PA Health Care Association PAC and PA Realtors PAC.

Mustello's largest expenditure is a $10,000 payment to the Pennsylvania House Republican Campaign Committee.

Comparing these filings doesn't capture the full extent of Mustello's cash-standing over Doctor. Starting on Tuesday, candidates needed to electronically file any significant donations on a daily basis. Mustello has submitted such filings, while none for Doctor were available.

On Tuesday and Wednesday alone, her campaign received a $12,000 injection of cash. Pennsylvania's Republican Party gave Mustello's campaign $9,196. Terry and Steven Tack gave $1,000, Carl and Bonnie Kern gave $1,000, Pennsylvania's ChamberPAC gave $1,000, and Better PA PAC gave $500.