EASTHAMPTON - This year's mayoral race has resulted in the heaviest campaign fundraising in Easthampton's history, with incumbent Mayor Michael A. Tautznik raising five times more than his next-highest-spending competitor, James P. Kwiecinski.

Since May, Tautznik's re-election campaign has garnered $17,560.47 in contributions compared to Kwiecinski's $3,575, Margaret M. Prendergast's $3,109 and Albert J. DiCarlo's $50.

In addition, Kwiecinski has fueled his campaign with $9,000 in personal loans that he took out, according to his report. DiCarlo spent $713.94 of his own money, his report states.

Candidates for all the city's elected political offices were required by law to submit their campaign finance reports to the city clerk by the end of the day Monday. The reports, which list expenditures and the names and addresses of all donors who gave more than $50, detail what City Clerk Barbara LaBombard confirmed was the heaviest fundraising in Easthampton's election history.

"In my memory, in recent elections, certainly this is the most," LaBombard said Wednesday.

The majority of Tautznik's contributions, ranging from $50 to $250, came from 91 individual donors. Some of those donors include School Committee member Michael Buehrle, City Councilor Ronald D. Chateauneuf, Board of Public Works Chairman Paul Duda, License Board member Stephen Ducharme, City Attorney John Fitz-Gibbon, City Councilor Joseph P. McCoy, U.S. Rep. John Olver, D-Amherst, Rep. John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley, and Registrar of Probate David Sullivan.

Tautznik has spent $12,218.80 of the money he has raised, including $3,487 on newspaper advertising, $1,400 on radio advertising and $1,631.58 on printing services and supplies for signs, campaign literature and stickers.

It is approximately twice what Tautznik raised in 1999, when facing challenger Jeanette Harris-Davis, and many times more than the $966 he raised in 1996, the year of the city's first mayoral election, in which he bested six other candidates.

Kwiecinski's personal loans account for nearly all his campaign spending this year, according to his report. Twenty donors gave Kwiecinski donations of more than $50, including City Attorney John Fitz-Gibbon, outgoing City Councilor Robert M. Harrison and the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts, which donated $500.

Kwiecinski has spent $9,906.53 of his total amount raised, including $4,171.18 for campaign signs and banners, $2,234.07 for cards and doorhangers, $651.83 on bumper stickers and $405 for his campaign Web site.

Prendergast's report shows $3,109 in donations: 10 donors gave her campaign amounts ranging from $100 to $500. Her report also shows an "in-kind" donation from Colonial Avenue resident Leslie Tane of the construction and maintenance of her campaign Web site, work valued at $500.

Prendergast spent $2,521.47 of that amount, including $332.56 on political signs, $200 for storefront advertising at the former Ralphine's Deli on Main Street and $250 on internet advertising.

DiCarlo's report shows that he used $713.94 of his own money and a single donation of $50 from Licensing Board Chairman William M. Sullivan. His report states that he spent the entire amount on political signs.

Matt Pilon can be reached at mpilon@gazettenet.com.