PORT TOWNSEND — The general election race for Jefferson County Superior Court judge between Quilcene lawyer Peggy Ann Bierbaum and Port Townsend lawyer Keith Harper has generated $64,784, making it the most expensive general election race in Jefferson and Clallam counties, according to state Public Disclosure Commission records.
They are running for the seat being vacated by Craddock Verser, who is retiring.
Harper, 59, has raised $43,949.
He has contributed $20,000 to his own campaign and loaned it $10,000.
“My wife and I made a commitment,” Harper said. “I was going to do whatever I had to do to win.
“We took this on as a major commitment.”
Bierbaum, 55, has contributed $7,250 to her campaign.
Both have spent campaign money on print advertising and signs, and have intensively doorbelling, they said.
Bierbaum also produced an interview she posted on YouTube that runs regularly on Port Townsend TV, she said.
Bierbaum does not have to pay for the spot because she is a member of the public, education and government access television station, she said.
The Superior Court position pays $148,832 a year.
Below are contributions of $100 or more to Bierbaum’s and Harper’s campaigns from North Olympic Peninsula residents.
Candidates also received contributions of less than $100.
Bierbaum’s contributors
■ $500: James Doros, Port Hadlock.
■ $300: Connie Gallant, Quilcene.
■ $250 Deete Broderson, Marie Broderson, both of Brinnon; Betsy Fletcher, Wendell Nicholson, Carl Nomura, Leanne Ryweck, Michael D. Ziara, all of Port Townsend; Dian Holt, Sequim; Larry McKeehan, Port Ludlow.
■ $200: Richard Davies, Port Townsend; Arthur Kobayashi, Port Ludlow; Jack Tice, Port Hadlock.
■ $150: Gail R. Boulter, Ann Marie Fountain, both of Port Townsend.
■ $100: Mike Belenski, Harriet Capron, Alan Greenwald, Jack L. Hensel, Dwight Honaker, Robert Marett, Susan Marett, Harvey Putterman, Stanley Robichaux, Cindy Thayer, Linda Yakush, all of Port Townsend; Charlene Erickson, Port Ludlow; Brent Bierbaum, Harry Goodrich, Frances Joswick, Robert Rosen, all of Quilcene; Lisa Painter, Judy Ann Peterson, Nordland; H.C. Tassi, all of Port Angeles.
Harper’s contributors
■ $1,000: Cheri Fritz, Port Townsend.
■ $500: Rich and Dick Gastfield, Jim McCarron, all of Port Townsend.
■ $300: David Gooding, Port Townsend.
■ $250: Jay Lawrence, John Raymond, both of Port Townsend.
■ $200: Ethel Crutcher, Mary Davidson Moore, David Gooding, Jim Worthington, Richard L. Shanneyfelt, all of Port Townsend.
■ $225: Juelanne Dalzell, Port Townsend.
■ $150: David Chuljian, Arne Sather, Michele Sather, allof Port Townsend; Vedra Wilson, Quilcene.
■ $125: Carter Huth, Mark Huth, Chuck Madison, Cynthia Madison, Susan Meyer, John Raymond, Marie Broders, all of Port Townsend.
■ $100: Terry Berge, Jean Camfield, Bob Carter, Tillie Carter, Rick Kelley, Rebecca Kimball, Mel Mefford, Kathryn Myhre, Jim Sherwood, John Staples, Marianne Walters, Penny Westerfield, Jack Bilan, Deborah Bilan, all of Port Townsend; Alan Coltharp, Shary Irwin, both of Port Ludlow.
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Senior Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5060, or at paul.gottlieb@peninsuladailynews.com.
