The final SGA campaign finance reports, which were filed earlier this week, show stark differences between the fundraising efforts of the three presidential candidates.

Both Vice President of Finance Andrew Steinberg of the SKY Party and President Steve Glickman of Your Party, whose tickets won the vast majority of seats, contributed hundreds to their own campaigns, lending credence to the notion that only students with full pockets can run successfully.

Natalia Cuadra-Saez and the STARE coalition candidates, only three of whom won their races, reported they did not raise or spend any money.

In SKY Party’s report, Steinberg listed a total of $1,000 in donations from family members, in addition to another $800 he personally contributed. Glickman reported receiving $370 in donations from a relative and another $300 from his own wallet.

The SKY Party received a total of $3,025 in donations and spent $2,985.81 during the campaign. Steinberg said he has not yet decided where the leftover money will go.

Your Party raised and spent $2,906.81 in total. Drew Carroll, the ticket’s campaign manager and an outgoing SGA neighboring commuter legislator, contributed the $371.81 to balance the campaign’s checkbook.

The reports also showed that those T-shirts and flyers seen around the campus during election week didn’t come cheap; shirts for party members and supporters ran SKY Party $525. And its campaign literature — 10,000 laminated handouts — cost $794.

SKY Party spent about $1,506 on pens and special stickers pasted over wrappers on Airheads it distributed and spent about $140 on chalk and candy from membership warehouses.

Your Party bought T-shirts and pens for a similar $594 and $1,030, respectively, and printing campaign literature ran it about $770.

The candidates from the STARE coalition who won their races submitted reports to the Elections Board stating a balance of $0.00, choosing to rely on other campaigning tactics, such as spray-painting their shirts.

Kenton Stalder, Cuadra-Saez’s campaign manager, said the rest of the STARE candidates do not intend to file finance reports. Though the Elections Board can issue fines that must be paid before taking office, since those students were not elected, the fines become irrelevant, Stalder said.

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