Nearly $40,000 has been spent across the races for school board, county commissioner and sheriff in advance of the May 16 primary.

That’s according to the latest round of campaign finance filings that were due last Friday to the county election’s office.

Over half of that total has been spent in the county commissioner’s contest. There are six Republicans vying for two spots in addition to a Democratic candidate, Dan Glotz, who is unopposed for his party’s nomination.

Only one candidate came into this reporting period carrying over funding and that was Tricia Durbin’s funding mechanism — Allegheny Leadership PAC — totaling $216.

That filing details a total of 10,900 raised and 7,000 spent. She is also the only candidate to receive any political action funds during the cycle with her report detailing $500 from “GT Commonwealth Fund.”

The commissioner candidate who has spent the most is Ken Klakamp. His report details $10,474.60 in expenses against $4,075 in contributions received.

Troy Clawson’s filing details $5,353.20 in expenses and $330 in total funding raised.

Will Champlin includes $5,656 in funding raised and $2,474 spent.

Jeff Eschborn ($1,570 raised and $1,441 spent) and Joe Perrin ($1,025.89 raised and all spent) are also seeking the Republican nod.

The sole Democrat, Dan Glotz, reported $1,575 in contributions and $1,208.36 in expenses.

Many candidates “self-fund at least a portion of their total and the vast majority of expense are what you would expect — advertising costs, sign purchases, etc.

Given the levels of debate around re-configuration, it’s no surprise that a significant amount of funding has been pitched into the seats up on the Warren County School District board.

“Save our Schools of Warren County” reported $3,200 in funding raised against $2,367.75 spent, with $2,300 of that total in signage in addition to nearly $1,800 in “in-kind” services for postage from an individual.

The only candidate on the ballot in Region I, John Wortman, reported raising $2,760 and spending all but $19.08 of that total, the lion’s share (over $2,000) allocated to an attorney out of White Plains, NY.

Wortman has a write-in challenger — Bridge Schwab — who has raised and spent just over $2,000 in addition to over $3,500 in additional “in-kind” contributions.

Shifting to sheriff, Scott Neiswonger has outraised Ken Hinton $7,053.72 to $5,538 and spent about a thousand more — $4,284 to $3,230.25 — as well.

Warren County Elections Director Krystle Ransom confirmed that these reports will be the last filed in advance of next Tuesday’s primary election.