Candidates for Butler County commissioner generally have spent less money running in the Nov. 3 election than they did in the May primary.

Republicans Leslie Osche and Kim Geyer, Democrats Jerry Johnston and Kevin Boozel, and the Green Party’s Michael Bagdes-Canning are competing for the three county commissioner seats.

Osche and Boozel are the top two spenders with Osche’s campaign spending $8,817 and Osche herself spending $5,858. Boozel’s campaign has spent $13,927.

Friday was the deadline for candidates to turn in their campaign finance reports.

It was in the spring when the candidates spent the most money.

During the pre-Election Day reporting period for the primary which ended May 4, Osche raised $26,915 and spent $21,575, as well as $8,000 of her own money. Geyer raised $23,800 and spent $19,487, as well as $16,500 of her own money

Johnston raised $5,327 and spent $8,056 at that time, and Boozel raised $6,772 and spent $6,322.

Bagdes-Canning did not run in the primary.

Now in the fall, here is what candidates have received and spent, according to their just filed campaign reports.

Leslie Osche

The Committee to Elect Leslie Osche raised $15,709 between June 9 and Oct. 19, and brought forward $1,752 from the last reporting period. It spent $8,644 and has $8,817 left. It also has $14,800 in unpaid debts and obligations.

Additionally, Osche spent $5,858 of her own money.

Osche and her husband donated $800 to the campaign. Here are other contributions of $200 or more for Osche:

$1,000: Tim Shields of Valencia

$660: Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Shetter of Butler

$500: Mike Kelly for Congress, Joseph and Michelle Belechak of Cranberry Township, William DiCuccio of Gibsonia, John and Denise Stilley of Butler

$400: Bryan and Cynthia Cipoletti of Butler

$330: Kathy Gregory-Steiner of Butler

$300: Ron Vodenichar of Butler

$275: Linda Oesterling of Butler

$250: Mission Critical Partners PAC of Port Matilda, which is the PAC of the company the county is contracting with to assist with updates to the county’s 911 radio system; Greg Haughey of Butler; Dean and Kathryn Helfer of Butler; Howie Pentony of Prospect; Jean Purvis of Butler; Ed and Joyce Schnur of Butler

$230: Dan and Sue McKnight of Butler

$222: Diana and Scott Petrak of Renfrew

$200: Committee to Elect Brian Ellis, Julie Anderson of Butler, Ann and Dennis Baglier of Butler, Timothy Moses of Butler, David and Jean O’Donnell of Butler, James and Cynthia Sweeney of Butler, Dan and Shirley Vernon of Butler, Dr. C. Thomas and Audray Yost of Butler

The committee’s expenses included $2,130 to the Butler Eagle for advertising, $1,231 to 11th Frame Bar and Grill of Butler for a fundraising event, $1,020 to Harmony Outdoor of Butler for billboards, $590 to Butler County Business Matters for advertising and $520 to iPromote U of Pittsburgh for Promotional handouts.

It also received an in-kind contribution valued at $250, representing a discount on shirts from Titler’s Special Tees of Lyndora.

The committee owes $14,800 to Osche for campaign loans.

Of the money Osche herself spent, $2,102 went to the Butler Eagle for advertising, $2,010 went to the Butler Media Group for advertising and she gave $800 in loans to her election committee.

Kim Geyer

The Friends of Kim Geyer raised $9,000 between June 27 and Oct. 19, and brought forward $954 from the last reporting period. It spent $5,549 and has $4,405 left.

Geyer herself gave $3,875 to the campaign. Here are other contributions of $200 or more for Geyer:

$1,000: Adler and Sons of Butler, Marian Woodward of Mars, Timothy Shields of Valencia

$500: U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly of Butler

$300: Bill and Irene McCarrier of Butler, Dennis and Nancy Burford of Valencia

$250: Rebecca Brown of Butler, Judy Wagner of Butler

$200: Bonnie Weaver of Mars

The committee’s expenses included $3,275 to the Butler Eagle for advertising, $1,070 to the Butler Media Group for radio advertising, $614 to the Eagle Printery for notepads and $590 to Butler County Business Matters for advertising.

Jerry Johnston

Jerry Johnston for Commissioner raised $4,682 between May 13 and Oct. 13, and brought forward $6,499 from the last reporting period. It spent $3,559 and has $7,622 left. It has $4,697 in unpaid debts and obligations.

Here are contributions of $200 or more for Johnston:

$1,000: Jim and Debbie Grolemund of Butler

$300: Chuck Swidzinski of Butler, Don Marzullo of Butler

It received an in-kind contribution valued at $394 from Johnston for yard signs.

The committee’s expenses included $671 to Schaffner Printing of Butler for mailings, $350 to David Stenle of Butler for catering and $270 to the Butler Media Group for advertising.

It owes $4,697 to the Clearview Federal Credit Union for Visa card usage.

Kevin Boozel

The Committee to Elect Boozel for Butler raised $12,709 between June 6 and Oct. 19, and brought forward $1,364 from the last reporting period. It spent $13,927 and has $146 left.

Here are contributions of $200 or more for Boozel:

$5,000: International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers of Aliquippa

$2,500: W. Pa. Laborers Political Action Fund of Pittsburgh

$1,500: Local 449 Steamfitters PAC of Pittsburgh

$1,000: Local 66 PAC of Pittsburgh

$500: Sheet Metal Workers Local 12 Political Action Fund of Pittsburgh, John Hadgkiss of Cranberry Township

$250: Carpenter’s Union of Pittsburgh

$200: Local Union 29 IBEW of Pittsburgh, Karen Barbati of Harmony, SR Area Democrats of Slippery Rock

The committee’s expenses included $5,326 to Zippity Print of Cleveland, Ohio, for advertising, $1,560 to online company Just Yard Signs for yard signs, $1,500 to the Butler Eagle for advertising, $972 to Windsor Promotions of Butler for promotional items and $634 to online company Cheap Batteries for batteries that he is handing out.

Michael Bagdes-Canning

Bagdes-Canning’s report was not available Friday afternoon.