Incumbent Lee Storrow has raised more than $21,200 in his bid for re-election to the Chapel Hill Town Council.

He’s spent roughly $4,300 so far, leaving him with $17,000 in the bank. That total is head and shoulders above the next highest fundraiser, challenger Nancy Oates, who has collected $8,400 to date, including $3,900 she loaned to her campaign. She’s spent $4,900 and has $3,600 on hand.

Storrow was the top fundraiser in 2011, when he raised and spent $12,000 to win his first council race. At the time, he drew criticism for taking in a number of out-of-town donations, though many came from family and friends in his hometown of Asheville.

This time he’s cast a wider net, receiving more than $1,000 from 20 donors with Washington D.C. addresses, as well as others from Maryland, Virginia, Texas and Utah.

When it comes to out-of-town donors, former council member Matt Czajkowski isn’t running in any race, in fact he’s not even in the country, but his name appears throughout the latest batch of campaign finance records.

He and his wife Jill Hawkins each donated the maximum allowed to Oates, $336 apiece. Hawkins also donated that amount to mayoral challenger Pam Hemminger, and both donated $360 to school board candidate Gregg Gerdeau. Czajkowski’s son Zach is the treasurer for Gerdeau’s campaign.

Czajkowski stepped down in March help run a nonprofit in Rwanda, but his family still owns property in Chapel Hill.

Of the nine council candidates, the newcomers to the race have by and large raised and spent more than the incumbents. Council member Donna Bell has raised a little more than $3,000 and spent less than half that. Four-term council member Jim Ward is running a quiet campaign, raising and spending only $5.

By comparison, challengers Michael Parker, David Schwartz, and Jessica Anderson have each collected between $4,000 and $6,500 and spent roughly $3,000 each.

Adam Jones has raised $2,800. His campaign finance report does not list any expenditures, despite the presence of numerous campaign signs across town. Finally, two-time council candidate Paul Neebe reports collecting and spending just $300.

The CHALT political action committee has raised $4,000, but spent little. The Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town still has $3,500 in the bank in the lead-up to the November 3 municipal election..