How The Money Races Are Shaping Up. By Jim Nintzel THESE HAVEN'T BEEN good months for District 1 Supervisor Mike Boyd's re-election campaign. Sure, according to the most recent campaign reports, Boyd was able to raise another $19,130 in contributions between June 1 and August 21, bringing his total to $65,728. But during that time, Boyd's had a real race on his hands: In hopes of unseating the one-term incumbent in next week's September 10 primary, Republican Sally Slosser has relentlessly attacked him in speaking engagements and on the airwaves, accusing him of raising taxes and ignoring constituents. Now Slosser, a retired nurse and health care consultant, has shown just how serious she is about the race: On August 28, she loaned her campaign $55,000--a chunk of change big enough to summon a Slosser blizzard throughout District 1 between now and election day. The loan drew immediate reaction from Boyd, who complained to the press that Slosser was trying to buy the election. "It shows she's not getting the support she'd hoped for," says Boyd. "It makes me think she's even more like Ed (Moore) all the time." District 3 Supervisor Ed Moore financed his first campaign for the Board of Supervisors in 1984. Slosser's most recent campaign report shows that before the $55,000 loan, she had raised $31,459, including $10,339 she'd lent her campaign. She'd spent $24,648. "I put my money where my mouth is," says Slosser. "I'm dead serious about this." Boyd, whose contributors list is loaded with representatives of the real estate and development community, has already spent $51,761, leaving him with only $13,966 in the bank to counter whatever Slosser has up her sleeve. "We're going to do radio, mailings, whatever it takes to get the word out," Slosser promises. Meanwhile, the Democrats in the District 1 race still haven't had much luck raising money. By August 21, Winston Smith had raised $6,380, including $1,096 he lent the campaign. He'd spent $6,313, leaving him with only $67 in the bank. Wayne Bryant had received $2,790 in contributions and had $542 left in the bank. Chris Jones, the 21-year-old college student seeking the nomination, failed to turn in a report. Over in the western District 3 war zone, Vicki Cox-Golder continues to dominate the fundraising race. By August 31, Cox-Golder has raised $50,294 and spent $38,495, leaving her with $11,798. Although she's spent about 80 percent of her campaign funds, Cox-Golder still has more money in the bank than her opponent has raised altogether. Holden has managed to raise only $5,943, including $1,599 she lent the campaign. More than $26,000 of Cox-Golder's contributions have come from the real estate and development industries. She's also received big contributions from health care and education interests. Although Cox-Golder boasts she's received no contributions from land speculator Don Diamond, she has collected $100 from Diamond's daughter, Helaine Levy, and $200 from Don Pitt, Diamond's longtime business associate. Pitt seems to be betting on two horses in the District 3 race: He also gave $270 to Moore. Moore collected only $4,480 between June 1 and August 21, bringing his total contributions to $7,290. He's spent $2,923, with more than a third--$1,200--going to his son Cy for "contract labor." Besides Pitt, Moore's contributors include developers Don Diamond ($270), Bill Nanini ($135), Steve Nanini ($135) and six members of Marana's Kai family, who gave Moore a combined $1,620. Moore also received $270 from the Public Affairs Foundation of Estes Homebuilding Co. District 3 Democrat Sharon Bronson, who didn't have a primary, has raised $30,988. She's spent $14,713 and still has $16,275 in the bank. The most expensive race--nearly in the six figures--is in the Republican primary in District 4, where incumbent Paul Marsh is battling retired real estate attorney John Even. Both men have built impressive war chests and both are ready to spend it. Marsh has collected $67,298 and spent $49,180, while Even has raised $60,055 and spent $49,252. They both spent about $30,000 between June 1 and August 21, bombarding Republicans in District 4 with a series of sharp-looking mailers and roadside signs. In District 5, where Supervisor Raul Grijalva is facing a challenge in the Democratic primary against Susan Chambers Casteloes, the incumbent has raised a total of $41,110 for his re-election campaign. He's spent $32,908, leaving him with more than $8,000 as the primary nears. Casteloes hasn't had much success raising money. She's collected only $3,315 and spent only $1,200. Even though she's running against the development community's least-favorite supervisor, Casteloes has found only limited support from the real estate industry. None of the heavy hitters appears on her list, although she has collected contributions from developers like Steven Nanini ($135), Perry Bassett ($270) and Joseph Hadd ($150). District 2 Supervisor Danny Eckstrom, who has no primary opposition, had raised $73,927 and still had $47,421 in the bank. His opponent in the general election, Republican Ray Clark, reported that he had yet to raise $250.

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