Judicial candidates in Butler County spent at least $600,000 in last month's primary election, new campaign finance reports show.

The latest round of reporting shows spending in the weeks immediately preceding and following the May 21 election. The Eagle previously reported on prior finance filings, which only showed spending through May 6. The largest outlier remains as reported before: Jennifer Gilliland Vanasdale spent far more than other candidates.

Vanasdale reported spending about $464,000 by June 10. William “Wink” Robinson, who won both the Republican and Democratic nominations, spent about $58,000. Nicole Thurner spent about $29,000.

Matt Fischer mailed in his report, and the Pennsylvania Department of State had not yet received it on Monday. Fischer was unable to immediately provide the report when asked for it Monday afternoon. In the past reporting periods, he spent about $48,000.

The biggest single line-item in the race came in at $56,000. That was a payment Vanasdale made to Strategic Media Placement for “campaign TV advertising.”

In the weeks after the last finance reporting cycle, Vanasdale spent heavily on campaign mailers. She made two payments for mailbox-delivered campaign ads, costing $22,500 and $25,300, respectively. She paid the same company, LN Consulting LLC, $1,500 for campaign telephoning as well.

Vanasdale explored legal challenges in the days following the election at various stages of the election's certification, which culminated in a decision not to pursue a recount. She was represented by attorney Sean Logue, whom she paid $5,000, according to the report.

Robinson did the bulk of his spending in the previous cycle. After May 7, he spent only about $5,800. The biggest expense was a $2,600 payment to Minuteman Press for “printed materials.”

Thurner is the only one of the four candidates who reported taking campaign donations. She received donations from seven attorneys from the Dillon, McCandless, King, Coulter & Graham law firm.

Her largest payment sent $10,100 to Pittsburgh law firm Cohen & Grigsby for “legal services.”

On May 31, Thurner paid $2,800 to a Monaca company known as CSI Corporate Security and Investigations for “security and investigation services.”