In what’s shaping up to be an expensive race, the eight candidates for Salt Lake City mayor have raised a cumulative $735,000 since February, according to new campaign finance reports released Monday evening.
Businessman David Ibarra again led the pack with the highest number of donations among the candidates at $159,087. Not far behind him were former state Sen. Jim Dabakis — who polls have shown is the early frontrunner in the race — who collected some $152,317, and state Sen. Luz Escamilla, who received $139,648.
“I feel like it shows that no one’s going to outwork me.