Campaign finance reports filed Monday offer support for those predicting a tight race for McLennan County district attorney.

Other local races, though, reveal candidates far outpacing their opponents’ fundraising totals.

In the district attorney’s race, five-term Democratic incumbent John Segrest raised a total of $26,805, while his Republican opponent, Abel Reyna, reported $22,612 in total contributions. Those totals are from the reporting period from July 1 to Sept. 23.

During the same period, Segrest reported $20,120 in political expenditures, leaving him $32,512 on hand.

Reyna reported spending $26,931, leaving him with $35,880 in the bank as the campaign moves into the homestretch before the Nov. 2 general election.

Segrest, the longest-serving district attorney in McLennan County history, also reported loaning his campaign a total of $6,000 from his and his wife’s personal funds.

Reyna, a criminal defense attorney whose father, Felipe Reyna, is a former district attorney, reported no person loans to his campaign.

Segrest listed 75 individual contributions during the latest reporting period, including 23 from members of the district attorney’s office.

Reyna reported 67 contributions from July to September. The incumbents in the county judge and county treasurer races hold wide fundraising leads.

County Judge Jim Lewis, the Republican seeking a sixth term in office, raised $53,100 between July 1 and Sept. 23. He received donations from 112 contributors, including several prominent business owners, attorneys and bankers.

Lewis spent $15,627.75 from his campaign coffers and maintains $43,850.17 in available cash.

Waco attorney Ralph Cooper, the Democrat challenging Lewis, raised $4,360.80 in the last fundraising period. He reported 15 individual contributions, including $1,250 in in-kind donations from the Texas Democratic Party for access to lists of Democratic voters.

Cooper spent $5,803.41 on campaign expenses, including $3,387.27 of his own funds. He maintains $2,849.25 in cash on hand.

In the Precinct 4 county commissioner race, Republican contender Ben Perry raised $19,079.50 during the past three months, according to his campaign filings. His has raised nearly $55,000 over the course of his campaign and has $9,827.18 in available funds.

Will Stevens, McLennan County DARE officer and Democratic challenger for the seat, did not receive any new contributions, according to his campaign finance report. He used $584.55 of the $766.19 he had remaining from the previous fundraising period for campaign banners, leaving him with $181.64 on hand.

County Treasurer Bill Helton, running for a sixth term in office, raised $9,753.50 in the last fundraising period. The Democrat reported $6,794.28 in expenditures and $6,620.01 in cash on hand. Helton also loaned his campaign $7,075.59.

Helton’s opponent, Republican Danny Volcik, noted no campaign contributions or cash on hand. Volcik listed one $106.75 expenditure for campaign signs.

Candidates in smaller county races didn’t garner the same fundraising appeal.

Only $50 separated the fundraising totals for the candidates in the Precinct 2 justice of the peace race. Democratic incumbent Belinda Summers received two donations totaling $150, while her challenger, Republican Leonard Williams, reported $200 in contributions from two donors.

Summers listed $988.37 in expenditures and carried a debt of $362.24. Williams listed $1,795.43 in campaign expenses, all of which he paid out of his own pockets.

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Donations of $1,000 or more for district attorney and county judge races

MCLENNAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S RACE

Donors who contributed $1,000 or more to John Segrest’s campaign:

* $3,000 from Bernard Rapoport

* $2,500 from Lyndon and Kay Olson

* $2,000 from D.B. Kultgen

* $2,000 from Joseph Beard

* $1,500 from Crawford and Jenice Long

* $1,000 from Troy and Melinda Dodd

Donors who contributed $1,000 or more to Abel Reyna’s campaign:

* $2,500 from Donal Sharp

* $1,500 from John Dvorak

* $1,100 from David Culp

* $1,000 from Don Behringer

* $1,000 from F.M. Young

* $1,000 from the Kip Averitt campaign

* $1,000 from Peter Groetzinger

* $1,000 from David Rhoden

COUNTY JUDGE RACE

Donors who contributed $1,000 or more to Jim Lewis’ campaign include:

* $1,000 from former Republican State Sen. Kip Averitt

* $1,000 from Monte Hulse, board chairman for First National Bank of Central Texas

* $2,000 from West Mayor Jerrel Bolton

* $2,000 from Bernard and Audre Rapoport

* $1,000 from Bobby and Colleen Salome

* $2,300 from William S. Polk, owner of West Czech Stop

* $1,000 from Waco attorney Stephen Beard and his wife, Alice

* $1,000 from J. Don Behringer

* $1,000 from William Pakis, a retired attorney

* $1,000 from Texas Logistics CEO Gaylan Beavers and his wife, Betty

* $1,000 from former Precinct 1 County Commissioner Wendall Crunk and his wife, Julie

* $1,000 from American Bank CEO Willard Still and his wife, Betty

* $1,000 from Durwood and Jackie Williams

* $1,000 from Clifton Robinson, chairman of Robinson Media LLC, which owns the Tribune-Herald

* $1,000 from Gordon Robinson, president of Robinson Media

* $1,000 from Pioneer Steel Owner John Embry and his wife, Tuesday

* $1,000 from Larry and Lisa Jaynes

* $1,000 from Greg and Karen Salome, owners of Vogue Cleaners

* $1,000 from Central National Bank CEO William Nesbitt Jr. and his wife, Dwana

* $1,000 from Claudia Meeks

* $1,000 from James and Nell Hawkins

* $1,000 from Michael Perry, owner of Mid-Tex Fence and Repair, and his wife, Bernice

* $1,000 from realtor Dudley Haas Sr. and his wife, Betty

* $1,000 from Steve Meeks, an attorney for Linebarger, Goggan Blair and Sampson, the firm that collects delinquent taxes for the county

* $1,000 from Donal Sharp

* $1,000 from Cody and Kelli Richardson

* $1,000 from Realtor H. Bland Cromwell and his wife, Jennifer