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Halter owed money he loaned to his campaign Tuesday, Oct 16, 2007 By Jason Wiest Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is still owed more than $573,000 in loans he made to his campaign during his run last year for the state's second-highest office, according to finance reports filed Monday. During the past three months, Halter raised $213,431.95 to help repay the debt, which amounted to $736,059.12 on June 30. Halter, a Democrat and former Clinton administration official, briefly ran for governor in 2006 before switching to the race for lieutenant governor, in which he defeated former Republican state Sen. Jim Holt of Springdale in November. This year, Halter is pushing to get a proposal on the 2008 ballot that would establish a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships. Last week, Halter announced that a Little Rock developer and his family had pledged $300,000 to the lottery campaign but would not say how much the campaign has run in total. The developer, Bailey Properties owner John Bailey, did not contribute to Halter's campaign during the past 90 days, according to the report which covered the period from July 1 through Sept. 30. Monday was the deadline for campaigns to file finance reports from last year's statewide campaigns. Halter is the only statewide candidate with a major debt outstanding from the 2006 campaign. In July, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel reported paying off $225,699 in debts left over from his primary and primary runoff campaigns. State treasurer Martha Shoffner reported paying off $31,050 in campaign debt, which now stands at $31,576. Gov. Mike Beebe reported $78,601 in carry-over funds from his campaign, according to documents filed with the state earlier this month. Halter's debts amount to $164,346 from the primary election campaign, $82,401 from the primary run-off campaign and $326,297 from the general election campaign. |
