- Elizabeth Larson
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Elections office releases latest campaign finance reports for county races
The documents for the races for assessor-recorder, district attorney, treasurer-tax collector and Middletown Unified School District Board can be found here, and are searchable by the candidates’ names.
The latest reporting covers the period of April 24 through May 21, and includes year-to-date totals.
Based on the latest reporting, six of the eight candidates in those four races have raised a total of $105,744.91 for the calendar year through May 21.
Two candidates — Paul Flores, who is running against Patrick Sullivan for treasurer-tax collector, and Bryan Pullman, who is running against Charise Reynolds for a seat on the Middletown Unified School Board — submitted no documents and so reported no fundraising.
Of that total amount of funding raised, $44,750, or 42%, was in the form of personal loans the candidates made to their own campaigns.
The candidate with the largest amount of total contributions is district attorney candidate Anthony Farrington. He also has the largest amount of loans given to himself, totaling $25,000.
Outside of loans, his top five monetary contributors for the reporting period were Christopher Shaul, Hayward, $500; George Monaco, Lakeport, $500; Debra Watson Heckert, Lakeport, $250; Chris Modrzejewski, Los Angeles, $250; and James R. Kemp, Kelseyville, $250.
Incumbent District Attorney Susan Krones, who Farrington is seeking to unseat, has raised $23,267, lending herself $6,000.
Her top six monetary contributors for the reporting period were Maryann Schmid, Kelseyville, $2,500; Julianne Carter, Hidden Valley Lake, $1,500; Lake County Democratic Central Committee, $1,000; Angela Carter, Hidden Valley Lake, $500; and Mike McGuire for State Senate 2022, Santa Rosa, $500.
Incumbent Assessor-Recorder Richard Ford has funded his campaign entirely with loans, totaling $3,500. No other contributions were reported.
His challenger, Hannah Faith Lee, has raised $13,178.30, of which she lent herself $5,000.
Outside of the loans, she had two contributors of funds for the campaign period: Maryann Schmid, Kelseyville, $1,000; and Eryck Lee, Clearlake, $776.20.
In the treasurer-tax collector’s race, Sullivan has raised $16,876.95 so far this year, lending himself $4,500.
His top five monetary contributors for the reporting period were the California Real Estate PAC, Los Angeles, $500; Sissa Nelson Harris, Clearlake, $100; Loy Linebarger, San Francisco, $100; Terrence McHugh, San Francisco, $100; and Michael Murphy, San Bruno, $100.
For the Middletown Unified School Board, Reynolds has raised $4,272.66 for the year to date, including $750 in loans to herself.
Her three monetary contributors for the reporting period were the Lake County Democratic Central Committee, $500; Nara Dahlbacka, Oakland, $250; and Katherine Welch, Boston, Massachusetts, $250.
For all of the candidates, campaign flyers and mailings — including postage and printing — and advertising accounted for their largest expenses.
Snapshots of the candidates’ contributions and expenses year to date are published below.
ASSESSOR-RECORDER’S RACE
Richard Ford
Total contributions received, year to date: $3,500
Monetary contributions, year to date: $0
Loans (from self): $3,500
Nonmonetary contributions: $0
Total expenditures: $3,101.30
Hannah Faith Lee
Total contributions received, year to date: $13,178.30
Monetary contributions, year to date: $6,525.72
Loans (from self): $5,000
Nonmonetary contributions: $1,652.58
Total expenditures: $10,661.85
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S RACE
Anthony Farrington
Total contributions received, year to date: $44,650
Monetary contributions, year to date: $16,900
Loans (from self): $25,000
Nonmonetary contributions: $2,750
Total expenditures: $39,134.87
Susan Krones
Total contributions received, year to date: $23,267
Monetary contributions, year to date: $17,267
Loans (from self): $6,000
Nonmonetary contributions: $0
Total expenditures: $15,846
TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR’S RACE
Paul Flores
No documents filed.
Patrick Sullivan
Total contributions received, year to date: $16,876.95
Monetary contributions, year to date: $12,047
Loans (from self): $4,500
Nonmonetary contributions: $329.95
Total expenditures: $11,463.25
MIDDLETOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD
Bryan Pullman
No documents filed.
Charise Reynolds
Total contributions received, year to date: $4,272.66
Monetary contributions, year to date: $2,748.01
Loans (from self): $750
Nonmonetary contributions: $774.65
Total expenditures: $3,573.45
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