COEUR d'ALENE - Mary Souza leads in the Coeur d'Alene mayoral fundraising race, and Amy Evans is the top fundraiser so far among City Council contestants.

All finance reports are through Sept. 30.

Souza's campaign disclosure reports, filed by Thursday's 5 p.m. deadline, show she already has raised $29,223.20. Her closest opponent, Steve Widmyer, raised $14,822.47, and Joe Kunka, the third challenger for mayor, raised $1,930 - and most of that was in-kind contributions.

Souza has spent $17,013.75 to date, and is sitting on a $12,209.45 war chest to get her through the next three-plus weeks of campaigning.

She had 17 supporters who donated $1,000 each: $6,000 from six members of the Damiano family, and $4,000 from Brent Regan and three of his family members.

Souza also reported in-kind contributions totaling $1,500, $1,000 of that from her own company, Design Events.

Her major expenditures include $6,085.82 to the Strategery Group, a political consulting group run by Ron Lahr and Jeff Ward. Lahr and Ward founded the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, which endorsed Souza.

Souza also spent $2,271.58 at Malourcott Design. She paid $1,500 to her campaign manager, Becky Funk, and $1,813.90 went to Design Events.

Widmyer's major donations included five $1,000 contributions from Joel and Christa Hazel, Jack Riggs, Joe Morris, Gary Schneidmiller and James and Avis Stafford. Ron Nichols and Cheryl Shields contributed $750 each.

Of the $14,822 Widmyer has raised, $1,786.42 was his own money. He has spent $8,518.63 to date, and has $6,303.84 on hand.

Widmyer's major expenditures include $7,310.98 with Range NW, Inc., a marketing firm founded in part by Eden Irgens, who is also president of Balance North Idaho, a political action committee that endorsed Widmyer.

He had $566 of in-kind advertising support from Range NW, North Idaho Publications and Advanced marketing Concept.

Kunka reported that $1,200 of his $1,930 was donated in-kind from Darron and Jim Cole of Lamar Signs. Darron Cole also made a cash donation of $500. Steve Macaskill donated $50, and he had nine unreportable donations totaling $180.

He has spent $1,200 and still has $730 in the bank.

City Council Seat 2

Amy Evans has outraised all of the City Council candidates, banking a total of $9,752. Her opponent, Chris Fillios, reported contributions of $2,902.70, most of which is his own money.

In fact, Fillios has received only two reportable contributions, $100 from Dan Gookin and $100 from John Corcoran. He has received three unreportable contributions totaling $149.

Fillios has spent $2,553.70 of his own money on the race, and has $324 cash on hand. Fillios has spent $2,471.60 on political consulting from the Strategery Group, and was also endorsed by the Reagan Republicans.

Evans's top donor was the Coeur d'Alene Firefighters PAC, which gave her $1,000. She received $500 contributions from Jan Smith, Ron Nichols, Sandy Patano and Gary Johnson.

Evans had $980.83 of reportable expenditures to date, and is sitting on $8,696.10. Her largest expenditure is $271.78 with Range NW. Evans was endorsed by Balance North Idaho.

Range NW also contributed $380 worth of in-kind support for literature.

City Council Seat 4

Sharon Hebert appears to be leading the fundraising race for council seat 4, but she has lent her campaign $1,645.88 of that, leaving $1,500 from outside sources. After her expenditures totaling $1,913.40, she still has $886.60 to spend.

Hebert received $500 contributions from Regan Properties LLC and Kathy Sims. She received $100 from Becky Funk and $300 from Ken Snyder and Rita Sims-Snyder. Another $200 was raised in unreportable contributions from seven individuals.

Hebert's major expenditures include $1,535.10 to the Strategery Group, and $315.88 to Artisan Portrait Design. She was also endorsed by the Reagan Republicans.

Incumbent Councilman Woody McEvers has raised $1,744, and spent $825. He still has $919 in his campaign coffers.

His major donors are Gary and Tina Johnson, who donated $500, and Ron Nichols and Cheryl Shields, who also donated $500.

McEvers received $250 from Miller Stauffer Architects, $200 from Dan Davis, $100 from City Attorney Mike Gridley and $75 from Tony Stewart. He also had three unreportable donations totaling $119.

His major expenditures include $25 for a city sign permit, and $800 for signs from Shenango Screen Printing.

Amber Copeland started the race with $265.68, and received a $150 in-kind contribution of advertising materials from Dave Chamberlain, and $30 in cash. The in-kind donation was her only reported expenditure, and she has $295.68 left in the bank.

City Council Seat 6

Kiki Miller was the big fundraiser in the race for seat 6. She received $4,818 in contributions, spent $3,000.29, and has $1,817.71 on hand.

She had 12 unreportable donations totaling $508, reported $225 of in-kind donations, and loaned her campaign $110.

Her largest donations came from Cheryl Shields and Ron Nichols, who donated $500, and Jack Riggs, who also donated $500. Two businesses, Knudtsen Chevrolet and Loco Investments, donated $400 each. John Stone and Gary Johnson donated $250 each.

Miller, who was endorsed by Balance North Idaho, has spent $2,380.09 with Range NW, $248 went to Carrie Cook and another $127.20 to the Sports Cellar. Her $225 in-kind donation was food from Satay Bistro.

Noel Adam has raised $2,634.50, $1,000 of which is his own money. He has spent $733.86, and has $1,900.64 in the bank.

Adam's major donors include a $500 donation from Regan Properties, and $500 from Kathy Sims. Ken Snyder and Rita Sims-Snyder donated $200 toward his campaign.

Two of his largest expenditures include $349.83 to Allegra Marketing, Print, Mail and $300 to the Strategery Group. He was also endorsed by the Reagan Republicans.

Gary Herfurth has not raised or spent any money to date.