Candidates for property assessor have spent a combined $42,000 in pursuit of the county office whose Democratic nominee will be determined Tuesday night.Leading the way in spending is current property assessor’s office employee Beth Martin, who reported $9,521 in expenditures in the reporting period that ended last week. Like almost all her 10 Democratic competitors, the bulk of her spending came in purchasing signs with her campaign spending $4,426 for that expenditure.Martin hopes to succeed her boss, Carolyn Miller, in office. Miller is retiring after 20 years as property assessor, her departure bringing out 14 candidates, 11 of which are running for the Democratic nomination.Placing second in spending is Randy England who spent $6,165, about half of which was for signs.