Saturday's Claremont Courier had a report from Tony Krickl on the campaign finances of the three candidates for the March 3rd municipal elections. The article, unfortunately, is not posted on the Courier's website.
Krickl's article gave the amounts of money raised and spent as of the first reporting period for 2009. The reporting deadline was last Thursday. Krickl also explained what that money gets spent on. As Krickl noted, the maximum an individual can donate in to a Claremont city council candidate is $250 in a calendar year. Here's the information from Krick's article:
Unless he can raise some quick cash, Candidate Larry Schroeder will have his hands tied with only $439.65 in his balance. He has raised a total of $4,455 and already spent $4,015.35.The Claremont City Clerk, for the first time in recent memory, has posted the campaign finance filings on the City's online archive. Kudos to City Clerk Lynne Pahner for having the documents up in such a timely manner.
Candidates are allowed to dip into their own pockets for campaign expenditures if they choose. Mr. Schroeder loaned his campaign a total of $3,500 while Ms. Healy made a loan of $1,300.
....Mr. [Corey] Calaycay is in the best financial shape, with a cash balance of $14,305.18. He has made $3,512.11 in expenditures so far. Some of his supporters in the maximum $250 range include Glenn and Patricia Gross, Susan Schenk, Ivan and Elisabeth Misner and Beatrice Niu.
Ms. [Bridget] Healy has a balance of $7,209.85 after spending $3,376 thus far on her campaign. Her top supporters in the $250 range include Paul Held, Sandy Baldonado, Valerie Martinez, and Francine Baker.
Many of the initial expenditures for a campaign, including lawn signs and postage for mailing literature, are some of the most costly. Anyone who has driven around town can see that Mr. Calaycay has won the lawn sign battle thus far.
Candidates typically make more expenditures in the month before the election, including newspaper ads and a final mailer just days before the election.
Below, we've posted the filings in order of the money raised, from lowest to highest. There is one Form 460 shown for the Healy and Schroeder campaigns. There are two Form 460s listed for Calaycay, whose campaign started fundraising earlier than the other two candidates and so had to file a report for the 7/1/08 to 12/31/08 reporting period.
Click on the box in the upper right corner of each window to enlarge the documents. We'll hold off on any analysis at this juncture.
Larry Schroeder's
Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
Schroeder Pre Election 090120 Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
Bridget Healy's
Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
Healy Pre Election 090120 Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
Corey Calaycay's
Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
Calaycay PreElection 090121 Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
Corey Calaycay's
Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
for 7/1/08 to 12/31/08
Calaycay Semiannual Campaign Filing
Campaign Finance Filing Form 460
for 7/1/08 to 12/31/08
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