• Dell Loy Hansen, who got into a shouting and shoving match with Anderson just days ago in a City Hall hallway, gave Anderson $5,000 in 2003. So far this year, Hansen has given Christensen $7,000, just $500 short of the legal maximum contribution. Hansen also gave $7,000 to Dave Buhler, another Republican in the race.

• Former U.S. ambassador John Price, who has raised millions of dollars for GOP candidates and parties across the nation, gave Anderson $1,000 personally, and Price's realty group gave the mayor another $2,500 in 2003.

But Price has personally given Christensen the $7,500 limit already, and Price's realty group has given Christensen another $5,000.

• Little America's Earl Holding and his wife each gave Anderson $5,000 in 2003 (for a total of $10,000). Holding and his wife each have given Christensen the maximum $7,500 this year.

• Roger Boyer's The Boyer Company (developers of the Gateway shopping/residential center) gave Anderson $1,500 in 2003. The firm has already given Christensen the $7,500 maximum this year.

The newspaper's analysis shows that Christensen can still go back to some Anderson supporters and ask for more money — some people or firms have not yet maxed out their contributions.

For example, Regan Outdoor Advertising, by far the state's largest billboard firm, gave Anderson the $7,500 maximum in 2003. Yet the firm has only given Christensen $500 so far this year.

Not all city Democrats who showered Anderson with cash are being stingy with Christensen. Developer Kem C. Gardner gave Anderson $2,800 in 2003, yet with his wife, Carolyn, the couple together have given Christensen $15,000 this year — $7,500 before the last June 1 financial reporting deadline and $7,500 after.

The 2007 Legislature — run by Republicans — moved Salt Lake City's primary election from the first week in October to the second week in September. So instead of a monthlong final election, there will be a two-month final campaign.

That gives the second-place primary candidate more time to raise money and campaign against the primary's top vote-getter — with the GOP Legislature thinking that the second-place primary candidate could be a Republican in the heavily Democratic city.

So a number of mayoral donors may be holding back a bit in their giving this year, waiting to see if their man or woman makes the final election; they can then better determine whether they are "wasting" their pre-primary donations on someone who gets knocked out in the first round of voting on Sept. 11.

"I think you will see more money coming into the campaigns now," Christensen said. "People are starting to focus" on who they want to lead the city for the next four years.

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