More than $55,000 has been poured into local races for the Park County commission, state Legislature and for Powell and Cody mayor, new campaign finance reports say.

The pre-primary election reports show that, in keeping with recent trends, the most money has been poured into the Park County Commission race; the five Republicans competing for two commission seats have raised or personally committed around $39,000 for their campaigns.

Leading the money race — by a lot — is Cody appraiser and commission candidate Jake Fulkerson. He reported raising $19,388.23 between late March and last week. For comparison, the four other commission candidates — incumbent Lee Livingston and contenders Richard George, Bob Ruckman and Boone Tidwell — reported raising a combined $19,900.

Fulkerson’s report lists more than 70 Park County residents as having donated to his campaign; the other 19 candidates running for the commission, state Legislature and for Powell and Cody mayor reported having only about 40 local donors between them.

The reports were due Tuesday and only cover contributions through the beginning of this month. Final numbers — and an accounting of how the candidates spent the money they raised — won’t be available until after Tuesday’s primary election.

Jake Fulkerson, R — $19,388.23

Fulkerson received $17,578.70 from around 90 different people or couples. Roughly 60 are Cody area residents, with about nine from Powell, three from Meeteetse, two from other parts of Wyoming and 17 from other states — mostly Nevada and Colorado. Among his donors are State Auditor Cynthia Cloud and her husband, Charles, who’s currently running to be mayor of Cody. (Fulkerson effectively offset the Clouds’ $50 donation by later contributing that same amount to Charles Cloud’s campaign.) Another $270 was anonymously contributed at three different Fulkerson campaign events. He and his wife, meanwhile, chipped in $1,539.53 of their own money.

Richard George, R — $8,300

George has almost entirely self-funded his campaign, according to his report. The lone exception is $100 worth of support provided by a Powell resident who paid for his fair booth and parade entry.

Boone Tidwell, R — $4,776

Tidwell has put up $3,400 of his own money while his father — former San Bernardino, California, Sheriff Floyd Tidwell — added another $1,000. He also received $376 anonymously donated during meet-and-greet events in Powell and Cody.

Lee Livingston, R — $4,525

Livingston raised the money from 14 different people or couples in his re-election bid: 12 from the Cody/Wapiti areas, one from Powell and one from North Carolina. Fellow Commissioner Joe Tilden was among Livingston’s donors.

Bob Ruckman, R — around $2,300

Ruckman did not file his report by Tuesday’s deadline, but detailed his contributions in an interview with the Tribune. Outside of a $150 donation from a Powell resident and $50 in cash that was anonymously contributed, Ruckman said he and his wife have used only their own money on the campaign.

Paul Fees, D — $2,760

Six different donors — two from Cody, one from Powell and three from out of state — have chipped in $2,150 to Fees’ campaign. The Wyoming Education Association’s political action committee, which represents teachers’ interests, contributed $600 and Fees’ wife spent $10.

Sam Krone, R — $1,300

Krone, who is seeking a fourth term in office, received $100 from a Cody resident, $100 from a Cheyenne lobbyist and $1,100 from political action committees that represent the interests of Wyoming oil and gas producers, lawyers, stock growers, dentists and Farmers Insurance agents. The donations came before the three-term legislator was charged with three felony and four misdemeanor counts of larceny or theft.

Scott Court, R — Unknown

Court failed to file his report by Tuesday night’s deadline.

Dan Laursen, R — $1,274.99

Laursen has received $950 from political action committees representing the Devon Energy Corporation and Wyoming stock growers and hospitals, $200 from a Powell woman and he paid $124 out of his own pocket, according to his report.

Dave Blevins, R — $800

The Wyoming Education Association’s political action committee gave Blevins — a former Powell school board member — $600, while a couple in Powell and a couple in Cheyenne each donated $100.

David Northrup, R — $1,500

A Cody resident gave Northrup $100, while the $1,400 remainder has come from four different political action committees that represent the interests of Motorola and Wyoming teachers, dentists and rural electric providers. In addition to the money he’s raised this cycle, Northrup also had another $1,083.94 left over from previous campaigns.

Mike Specht, D — $848

Specht has contributed $500 of his own money and raised another $270 from three donors: two in Park County and one in Rock Springs; he picked up another $78 that someone anonymously gave during the Park County Democratic Party Convention.

Hank Coe, R — $1,100

Committees representing the interests of Wyoming dentists, All State Insurance, the Union Pacific Railroad, Motorola and the Altria Group — that is, Phillip Morris’ parent company — gave the unopposed Coe a combined $1,000; a Cody resident chipped in another $100.

Powell Mayor Don Hillman reported using $593.20 of his own money to boost his re-election bid while challengers James Andrews and Dawson Wolff each failed to file their reports by Tuesday’s deadline.

It’s a significantly cheaper mayoral race than the one in Cody, where one contender, Matt Hall, has raised $5,050. (Fellow Cody mayor contender Charles Cloud reported raising about $700, while Tim Lamb didn’t file his report by Tuesday.)

Unopposed Powell City Councilmen Jim Hillberry and Floyd Young — who represent Ward 1 and Ward 2, respectively — reported raising no money.

Neither Ward 3 incumbent Lesli Spencer nor her opponent, Doug Kirkham, filed their reports by Tuesday’s deadline.