Polk County (Des Moines, Iowa) County Attorney Race (D) headscratcher

[SharonClark]

Any of these 3 candidates would make a good County Attorney but the headscratcher is McCarthy's criticism of Graham and his own money situation.

Polk Democrats choose Kimberly Graham to run for county attorney as 32-year incumbent retires

Polk County Democratic voters chose Kimberly Graham on Tuesday as their candidate to replace retiring County Attorney John Sarcone. Sarcone has held the county's top prosecutor job without opposition since he was elected in 1990.
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According to Tuesday's unofficial results, Graham won with 44% of the vote. Roan came in second and McCarthy third, each receiving less than 30% of votes counted.
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McCarthy criticized Graham for accepting the support of an outside funding group, the Justice and Public Safety PAC, which he described as a "dark money" organization. Graham denied that characterization and said the group is meant to support candidates such as her who are from working-class backgrounds and lack the connections or financial backing others might start with.
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Campaign finance filings show Graham's campaign raised the least of the three, about $63,000 as of May 19, and spent close to $46,000, excluding support from the outside PAC.

Roan both raised and spent the most of the three candidates. She reported contributions of more than $180,000 and had spent about $115,000 as of May 19. Her largest expenses were for print and video advertising.

McCarthy raised more than $139,000 , and had the largest share of donors contributing more than $1,000. But he spent by far the least, barely $5,000, mostly to design his website. He had nearly $134,000 on hand going into the final weeks of the campaign.

source: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/07/polk-county-attorney-primary-election-results-kimberly-graham-laura-roan-kevin-mccarthy/7512589001/