District 41 candidates report campaign finances

The three candidates in the District 41 state representative’s election report nearly $109,000 in funding and spending nearly $72,000 of that money as of the Sept. 14 reporting date.
The District 41 House of Representative’s seat is open due to the retirement of Rep. Mickey Guillory, who was forced to relinquish his seat after three terms.
The candidates in the Oct. 24 primary election are Phillip Devillier, Greg Fruge and Germaine Simpson.
The reporting period was from Jan. 1 to Sept. 14.
Devillier led the money race in the district with total contributions of $75,771.26. Fruge followed with $24,342.50. Simpson reported $8,502.60, but $8,002.60 was a personal loan to her campaign.
Devillier reported expenditures of $48,936.21 and funds on hand of $25,633.79.
Fruge reported expenditures of $$14,227.75 with $8,019.83 on hand.
Simpson reported expenditures of $8,502.60, which was all of her available money.
Devillier’s contributors of a $1,000 or more were:
Aucoin & Associates, $1,000;
Bieber Farms Crawfish Inc., $1,000;
Ed Caswell II, $1,000;
Committee to Elect Dale Sittig, $2,000;
Etienne Devillier, $2,500;
Mary Devillier, $2,500;
Wesley Driggs, $2,500;
E.B. Feucht & Sons LLC , $2,500;
ENPAC Louisiana, $2,901.26;
Kendall Fontenot, $1,000;
Forbes-Pucheu, LLC, $1,000;
Shane Frey, $2,000;
J. Wallace Consulting, LLC, $1,000;
KS Farms, LLC, $2,000;
LASFAA PAC, Inc., $2,000;
Louisiana Crane and Construction, $1,000;
Louisiana Structural Movers Inc., Eunice, $1,000;
Edwin Manuel Jr., $2,500;
Jamie Manuel, $2,500;
Pat Manuel, $2,500;
Monster Heavy Haulers, LLC, $1,000;
National Inspection Services, LLC, $2,500;
NJM Management, LLC, $2,500;
Jed Reviere, $1,000;
Roland Andrus Crawfish, $1,000;
Sacred Heart Management, LLC, $1,250;
Savannah Claire, Inc., $2,500;
Tracy Young, $1,000; and
Dwayne Zaunbrecher, $1,000.
Devillier’s major expenditures have been with Bourque Signs totaling $12,863.64 and The Political Firm, of Baton Rouge, totaling $15,000.
Fruge’s contributors of $1,000 more were:
Charles Aguillard, $1,000;
Shane or Cherie Frey, $1,000;
Greg Fruge Campaign Committee, $5,957.58;
Jones Walker, LLP, $1,000;
LASFAA PAC Inc., $1,000;
LASFAA PAC Inc., $1,000;
Wade Leger, Eunice, $1,000;
Terry or Brenda Rider, $1,000;
Sirius Technologies, $2,500; and
Tri-Parish Trading, $1,315.
Fruge’ major expenditures were $1,675.85 to Amite Signs, $753.16 to Bourque Signs and $6,925 to Kaplan Advertising.
Simpson had three donors: Willie Belton, $200; Guillory Window Tinting, $100; and Vernon McManus, $200.
Simpson major expenditure was a total of $7,000 to Bourque Signs.
Candidates are required to disclose campaign finances to the Louisiana Board of Ethics. The full reports are available at ethics.la.gov.