January filings show Troup has more than double cash on hand than other mayoral candidates

QUINCY — With a little more than a month before the primary election, the incumbent mayor has a large financial lead over the two people vying for his job.

Figures filed earlier this month with the Illinois State Board of Elections show Mayor Mike Troup has more than $47,000 on hand in his campaign account. Troup raised more than $13,000 in contributions and spent about the same amount during the fourth quarter of 2024.

His opponent in the Feb. 25 Republican primary, former alderman Dan Brink, has a little more than $14,000 on hand. The Brink campaign spent a little less than $12,500 while raising just $400 during the fourth quarter.

Linda Moore, the former Quincy city treasurer who held that office as a Democrat, is running for mayor as an independent and awaits the winner of the GOP primary in Quincy’s general election on April 1. She has more than $17,000 on hand as of her filing. She raised nearly $14,000 during the fourth quarter and spent a little less than $11,000.

Most of the candidates’ spending, as detailed in the report, consists of advertising and the cost of holding campaign events.

Troup had not raised any money for his campaign since he defeated Democrat Nora Baldner on April 4, 2021, to become mayor until the third quarter of 2024 (July 1 through Sept. 30). He had $38,306 left over in his campaign account. Troup spent about $70,000 during his first election bid in defeating former 3rd Ward alderman Paul Havermale in the 2021 Republican primary before winning the general election.