Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow has so far out-raised his 2022 challenger, David Bellamy, by a little over $10,000.

Matlow's campaign has raised $41,762 and taken on $12,500 in loans, giving him about $50,000 on hand after spending $3,738 as of Oct. 31,, according to Leon County Supervisor of Elections records. Bellamy's $29,200 raised with $10,000 in loans brings his campaign's piggy bank to $39,200. He has only spent $461.

Despite less overall funds, Bellamy has raised money quicker. His donations all came in October, the month he first filed for the race, while his opponent had received donations from as far back as last November. Lisa Brown, Matlow's top-challenger in 2018, raised just $12,860 in the first month of her campaign.

Matlow so far has had 428 campaign contributions, averaging about $98 each. Bellamy has received 39 contributions, averaging $749. Seven of Bellamy's donors work for The Southern Group lobbying firm. Combined, they've contributed $6,500.

Bellamy's campaign also received a donation from one of Matlow's political rivals. State Attorney Jack Campbell gave $1,000. Campbell called for the Commissioner to be voted out of office in 2022 during a speech at the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce's annual conference in August, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.

Matlow had announced he was boycotting the conference in the Tallahassee Democrat on July 30, saying business leaders had ignored public corruption. The Chamber's leadership censured him for his comments later that day.

"It's silly to listen to a pizza maker about criminal justice policy. We must stand up to the evil men and their 12 trolls on Twitter," Campbell said in his speech.

Matlow called Campbell's comments an "angry, personal attack" in a texted statement to the Democrat after the speech.