The previous two months have been a mad scramble for Santa Clarita City Council candidate David Gauny, who has been out at fundraising events almost every night raising cash for his campaign before the April 13 election.

Gauny raised almost $32,000 in January and February - about half from campaign contributions, and the rest coming from a personal loan, according to financial disclosures released by Santa Clarita earlier this week.

"It's been, hair, teeth and eyeball, it's been really busy," Gauny said. "I've been at (fundraising) events almost every night."

It's been a rapid turnaround for Gauny, who had only raised about $200 from July through December and was well behind the pace set by the three incumbents and challenger TimBen Boydston, who had each raised more than $11,000 during the same six-month period.

Gauny said he chose not to raise money during the holidays and instead scheduled most of his big fundraising events in January and February.

"I've invested a lot more time in the campaign as opposed to money," Gauny said. "And that time is time I'm not working."

Boydston raised the second-most during January and February, adding about $11,000 to his campaign - all in cash donations.

Of the incumbents, Mayor Laurene Weste raised the most with about $7.000, Councilwoman Marsha McLean raised about $6,000, and Councilman Frank Ferry raised about $900.

Although Ferry raised the least of any candidate who filled during the two-month period, he still has more than $16,000 in his campaign coffer.

The three incumbents, Boydston and Gauny have raised more than the other candidates running and, by far, have the most money to spend on their campaigns. College of the Canyons student Harrison Katz raised more than $2,000 through February, but only has about $200 available to spend, according to campaign documents.

Ferry, Weste, McLean, Boydston and Gauny each have more than $14,000 available to spend on their campaigns. Gauny has the most, with $24,000.

Candidates Henry Shultz, David Galvan, Kenneth Mann, Daniel Henriquez and Johnny Pride either chose not to file before the March 4 deadline or did not raise or spend more than $1,000 during January and February, city officials said.

The next round of financial disclosures are due April 1, less than two weeks before the election on Tuesday, April 13, said the city's Technology Service Manager Kevin Tonoian.