Coming in at nearly $60,000, East Palo Alto Mayor Antonio López spent the most in the race for the Board of Supervisors District 4 seat, according to the latest round of campaign finance filings.
With the March 4 primary election less than two weeks ago, four of the five candidates filed their latest round of finance reports for the San Mateo County District 4 Board Supervisor. The period covers contributions and expenses made between Jan. 21 to Feb. 17.
The winner would replace outgoing supervisor and board President Warren Slocum, who terms out in November. There is the possibility of a general election on Nov. 5 if no candidate secures more than 50% of the primary vote.
López spent $57,419. His largest expense was to Washington, D.C.-based DS Political, a voter targeted digital ad network for $30,000 for T.V. or cable airtime and production costs.
He raised $36,757 during the timeframe. His biggest contributors gave $1,000 each. They were: Dr. Aaliya Yaqub of Atherton; East Palo Alto resident Katherine Mason; Iomas W. of Henderson, Nevada; Palo Alto Sereno Group realtor Jennifer Smith; Sunnyvale resident Mossab Bagdouri, principal data scientist at Walmart Global Tech; San Jose resident Ameena Reza and Juan Garcia of Morgan Hill.
Elected officials contributed. South San Francisco Council member James Coleman gave $950 and Berkeley City Council member Terry Taplin gave $100.
Atherton Deputy City Manager/City Clerk Anthony Suber gave $100.
He also has a mix of contributions from students, tech workers and other community members.
His campaign has spent $80,249 and raised $44,281 this year.
East Palo Alto Council member Lisa Gauthier spent the second most in the race ($29,662).
Her biggest expenses were for campaign services from BMWL Campaigns, including creating campaign literature and mailings and launching a text messaging campaign.
She raised $14,485 during the period. Her biggest contributions are from the California Real Estate PAC gave ($1,000), Dignity CA SEIU Local 2015 ($1,000), Plumbers and Steamfitters Local #467 PAC ($1,000), and Atherton resident and Google employee Jonathan Rosenberg ($1,000).
She pooled support from local elected officials as well. Hillsborough Mayor Christine Krolik and his colleagues, Vice Mayor Sophie Cole, and council members Leslie Ragsdale and Alvin Royse, each gave $250. San Mateo Mayor Lisa Nash also gave $250. Belmont Mayor Julia Mates and Council member Robin Pang-Maganaris each contributed $100.
Her campaign has spent $45,394 and raised $21,785 this year.
Maggie Cornejo, director of government and community relations at Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, spent $25,348 during the period. Her biggest expense was $19,973 to Petaluma-based campaign advisors Indie Politics for campaign literature and mailings.
She raised $6,460 during the period. Her biggest contribution, $1,000, came from Belmont resident Rachel Pastorelli. Fund Her PAC, a political action committee focused on helping elect “phenomenal” women to local and state government, contributed $500. San Carlos Council member Laura Parmer-Lohan also received a contribution from the PAC.
San Mateo County Deputy Carlos Tapia gave $500 to Cornejo’s campaign. Susie Castoria, a legislative aide in District 4, gave $100. Randy Torrijos, a legislative aide in District 1, gave $250.
Paul Bocanegra, a juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention commissioner and legislative coordinator for San Mateo County, raised $1,175 during the period. His biggest contributor was David Vallerga of Redwood City, who gave $500. He didn’t spend any money during the timeframe.
He has raised $5,175 since the start of the year.
Celeste Brevard, a project manager at Stanford University, has not yet filed her campaign finance report for this round.
Related story: Learn more about the contenders for District 4 in our recent profiles.
