A Huber Heights councilman targeted for recall is the largest contributor to a political action committee formed to help him keep his seat, according to semi-annual campaign finance reports filed at the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Thursday, July 31.

Citizens United to Keep Our Council reported contributions of $5,020, with $5,000 of that coming from Mark Campbell, who is one of the council members targeted for recall. The group spent $3,457 on advertising.

Citizens for Responsive Government in Huber Heights, which reported $750 in contributions and $722 in expenses, seeks the recall of Campbell, Ron Fisher, Karen Kaleps and Seth Morgan, who is also the Republican candidate for the 36th Ohio House seat.

Also in Huber Heights, a committee promoting the district's $82 million bond issue on the November ballot, raised $21,710.

• In the race for Montgomery County sheriff, the Republican candidate, Sheriff Phil Plummer, outraised his Democratic opponent, Mike Tenore $17,825 to $7,171. Tenore, an investigator for the county prosecutor, contributed $4,000 of his own money to his campaign. Plummer did not contribute anything to himself, but his mother, Kay Plummer, gave $1,000. Plummer's top contributors were John Berry, Charles Berry and Michael Raiff, each giving $2,500.

Tenore spent $1,750 and Plummer spent $250.

• The successful Citizens for Sinclair tax levy committee collected $9,566 during the reporting period ending July 31.

The committee spent $5,145, enough to push total campaign expenditures just over the $800,000 mark, making it one of the most expensive levy campaigns in county history. Voters approved the 3.2 mill, 10-year-property tax in March.

• Talk of merging Centerville and Washington Twp., also generated some campaign money. The much-studied concept would be studied again under a possible November ballot issue that would allow voters to name people to a merger commission. The group Washington Township Forever raised $6,485 and spent $2,225, mostly for mailings and leaflets.

• The Montgomery County Democratic Party continued its fundraising advantage over the county Republican Party. Democrats collected nearly $44,118 to Republicans' $25,599 for their restricted funds, which pay for operations. Democrats had no individual or corporate contributions of more than $554. The Republican report included a $5,000 contribution from Richard Chernesky along with receipts from the party's annual golf outing.

• In Warren County, Neighbors for Springboro Schools raised an additional $10,467 for the proposed phased-in operating levy voters will consider on Aug. 5. The committee spent $4,477, nearly all on a fundraiser.

Staff writer Larry Budd contributed to this report.