Waukesha - Waukesha County Deputy Michael Doud, a Republican candidate for sheriff, reported Wednesday that he raised no money for his campaign since July 1 but spent $2,555 on signs, banners, literature and voter registration forms through Aug. 30.
Combined with the $3,930 balance he had on hand from earlier contributions, the expenses left him with $1,375 for the last two weeks of his campaign.
Doud missed Tuesday's deadline for filing pre-election campaign finance reports by a day. His campaign kitty is dwarfed by funds raised by two of three other competitors.
On Tuesday, two-term incumbent Sheriff Dan Trawicki reported he'd raised $35,978 this year, almost all from individual contributions, while challenger Tom Alioto, a business owner and former Lisbon police sergeant and interim chief, reported campaign income of $41,030 - $35,000 of it from his own pocket.
A fourth candidate, Mike Landsgaard, claimed an exemption from financial reporting because he intends to raise and spend less than $1,000.
The sheriff's race is likely to be determined in Tuesday's Republican primary because no Democrat has entered the race.