Jim Middaugh reports that he’s collected 1,060 $5 contributions in just nine days “with more coming in all the time”—an astonishing feat for a guy who decided to run for city council less than two weeks ago.

(It’s a new record, actually. Only Sho Dozono could possibly say he’s pulled in about 120 contributions a day. In the last election cycle, Middaugh’s boss Erik Sten racked up 1,000 contributions in 2 months.)

Middaugh says he hopes to file for certification as a publicly financed candidate on Monday, five days ahead of the January 31 deadline.