Roday winning the Richmond mayor money race as Avula closes in

Harrison Roday, one of the five candidates vying to be Richmond's next mayor, is overall out-raising his competitors, but Danny Avula is close on his heels, according to the latest campaign finance reports.

Why it matters: In congressional races, the adage is that the candidate with the most money often wins. But for Richmond's mayoral elections, the second-place fundraisers usually win when there's no incumbent.

• That was the case in 2016 and 2008 , the most recent incumbent-less mayoral election years (hey there, Mayor Stoney and former Mayor Dwight Jones).

State of play: Between June 7 and June 30, Richmond's five mayoral candidates collectively raised around $221,000, according to the latest campaign finance reports from the Virginia Department of Elections.

• Roday brought in $70,004 , for a total of $572,869 for this race.
• Avula raised $117,027 in the latest cycle and a total of $525,935 thus far.
• Michelle Mosby raised $18,792 , bringing her total to $223,694.
• Andreas Addison reported $14,000 raised for a total of $95,690.
• Maurice Neblett reported his biggest infusion so far, $1,076 , bringing his total raised to $2,434.

Zoom in: Roday, a former New York investment banker, continues to bring in big bucks from out of state (58% of his total contributions have come from outside of Virginia and more than half of those from New York, per a VPAP analysis ).

• But he also received another $25,000 infusion from former Ukrop's CEO, James Ukrop, who'd previously donated $25,000, plus $10,000 Genworth Financial CEO Thomas McInerney.
• Mosby continues to collect donations locally. James "JJ" Minor, the Richmond NAACP President, and Selena Cuffee-Glenn, Richmond's former chief administrative officer under Jones and Stoney, are among her top donors.
• Contributors to Avula and Addison are also largely local. Avula is seeing a notable number of contributions from area health care practitioners, while Addison is garnered $18,350 from real estate and construction professionals.