Campaign Finance Reports

Most of the 25 candidates for Cincinnati City Council made the 4 p.m. Thursday deadline. Two didn't: Michael Earl Patton and Wendell Young.

Here are a few things from the biggest cash-on-hand reports:

Jeff Berding: total funds available, $286,268; money spent, $174,396. $150 from former Mayor David Mann; $500, lobbyist Chip Gerhardt, former executive director of the Hamilton County Republican Party; $250, former city manager Gerald Newfarmer; $1,000, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister Better Government Fund; $800, Hamilton County Democratic Party; $1,000, Hamilton County Commissioner David Pepper. He loaned himself $25,000 in August.

Chris Bortz: $279,437, $211,096; $1,000, Thomas Herskovits, City Lights Development (John Cranley's firm, which is converting Queen's Tower in East Price Hill to condos and redeveloping the neighborhood around it); $1,100 each, Susan and Robert Castellini.

Pat Fischer: $210,211, $110,211; many contributions from lawyers both from his firm and others; $150, Adoption Professionals; $250, Re-Elect Judge Sundermann Committee; $500, P&G's Multi-Candidate Committee; $500, Mike Allen Committee.

Cranley: $187,517, $151,908; $500, former Mayor Dwight Tillery; $100 from his mom; $500, lobbyist Dick Weiland; $250, former Mayor Charlie Luken; $1,500, Advocate for Effective Public Administration in Columbus.

Leslie Ghiz: $170,347, $132,152; $5,000, Hamilton County Republican Party; $100, Melody Sawyer Richardson; $250, Committee to Elect Michelle Schneider; $300, Leis for Sheriff Committee; $500, (Virgil) Lovitt for (Sharonville) Mayor;

Reports will be posted at http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/.