Roger Chapin raised $79K last period, the most of any Orlando City Council candidate

Roger Chapin’s fundraising is surging in the crowded race for the open Orlando City Council District 3 seat.

Chapin, a Mears Transportation executive who comes from a political family, raised nearly $79,000 from July 1 to Oct. 8. That’s the most money of any candidate running in the three Orlando City Council races to be decided on Nov. 4, according to the latest campaign finance reports. 

Chapin is among five candidates running for the open District 3 to succeed longtime Commissioner Robert Stuart, who is not seeking a sixth term. District 3 includes the bustling downtown neighborhoods of College Park and Baldwin Park.

Chapin, whose mother is former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin, has brought in $197,000 for the entire election cycle. So far, he has spent $80,000 of it, leaving $117,000 in his war chest for the final weeks before the election.

Full article on Florida Politics here.