Who Spent What? City Council Candidates File Campaign Finance Reports

The Nov. 5 election is nearly here and candidates' finance reports are in. 

There are six candidates running for three Novi city council seats: Councilman Justin Fischer, Councilman Andrew I. Mutch, Alexander M. Fera, Gwen Markham, Jonathan Montville and Novi school board president Dennis O'Connor. 


According to their finance statements, which were due Oct. 25, Gwen Markham raised the most at $6,545 followed by Justin Fischer at $5,075. 

Candidates' reports

Following is a summary of each of the candidates' reports. Click on each candidate's name to read their answers to questions from Patch:

Alexander Fera

• Raised: $1,340
• In-kind contributions: $816.91
• Spent: $1,130.91
• Balance: $209.09
• Amount contributed by Fera: $420
• Read the report

• Raised: $5,075
• In-kind contributions: $0
• Spent: $2,848.96
• Balance: $2,235.85
• Amount contributed by Fischer: $100
• Read the report

• Raised: $6,545
• In-kind contributions: $140
• Spent: $3,725.81
• Balance: $2,819.19
• Amount contributed by Markham: $500
• Read the report

• Raised: $5,010
• In-kind contributions: $59.11
• Spent: $3,089.68
• Balance: $2,733.27
• Amount contributed by Mutch: $0
• Read the report

• Raised: $3,100
• In-kind contributions: $300
• Spent: $2,748.74
• Balance: $351.26
• Amount contributed by O'Connor: $0
• Read the report

• Montville reported that his campaign finances would not exceed $1,000, so he is exempt from requiring to file a finance report.