The mayoral fundraising numbers for June and July are in, and unlike the position 6 race they indicate an all-out sprint to the (primary) finish line. Three of the major candidates' campaign accounts are in the red.

They also show a distinct case of the haves and the have-nots. In the haves column: Greg Nickels, who has brought in $510,000 and spent $470,000; and Joe Mallahan, who has raised $320,000 (mostly from his own wallet) and spent $355,000, leaving him $35,000 in the hole.

The rest of the pack is left to contend with much smaller budgets. Jan Drago has raised $101,000 and spent $63,000. Mike McGinn brought in $58,000 and spent $59,000 (his campaign is at -$1,000), and James Donaldson raised $34,000 and spent $43,000 ($-9,000).

Something also worth taking a look at is the amount of money each campaign has spent on consultants and staff in the last two months.

Nickels: $54,000
Mallahan: $41,000
Donaldson: $18,000
Drago: $16,000
McGinn: $321.99

You can find all their financial records here: Nickels, Mallahan, Drago, Donaldson, McGinn, and so on.

UPDATE: Upon further review, I discovered that Mike McGinn's campaign did in fact report paying a campaign staffer. They spent $321.99 for a scheduler in the June/July C4 report. The payment description is simply listed as "June" and I did not immediately recognize that as a staff payment. Secondly, it should be made clear that the consultant payments I took into account were strictly for retainer payments. Those made for specific projects were not included in the chart. I regret the error.

That said, spending $321.99 a month on campaign staff in a mayoral campaign in one of America's major cities may as well be considered spending nothing.