First Supervisorial District: Do Doubles Martinez’s Fundraising, Quintuples Bui’s Fundraising
Posted by Chris Nguyen on May 2, 2016
Supervisor Andrew Do (R-Westminster), Councilwoman Michele Martinez (D-Santa Ana), Steve Rocco (NPP-Santa Ana), and Councilman Phat Bui (R-Garden Grove)
In the First Supervisorial District race, Supervisor Andrew Do (R-Westminster) raised $105,412, more than all of his opponents combined. Do raised more than double the $48,186 raised by Councilwoman Michele Martinez (D-Santa Ana) and quintuple the $20,832 raised by Councilman Phat Bui (R-Garden Grove). Former Orange Unified School District Trustee Steve Rocco (NPP-Santa Ana) signed the Form 470 declaring he would not raise or spend more than $2,000 beyond the candidate filing fee.
Do also outspent all of his opponents combined, spending $167,427, about double Bui’s spending of $84,719 and nearly ten times the $17,334 that Martinez spent.
Do also has double the cash-on-hand of all his opponents combined, with $101,971, which is more than triple Martinez’s $30,853, and more than seven times Bui’s $13,113.
Do loaned his campaign the most with $107,000, but he’s only touched about $5,000 of that. Bui loaned his campaign $77,000, spending 91% of that (nearly $64,000). Martinez loaned her campaign nothing.
Martinez could transfer money from her City Council account, but that was only $8.16. Bui’s City Council campaign finance reports are unreadable. Rocco has never had a campaign account open for any office he has ever run for.
For visual learners:
| Candidate | 12/31/15 Cash Balance |
1/1/16-4/23/16 Contributions |
Loans | Expenditures | Cash on Hand |
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| Do | $113,786 | $105,412 | $107,000 | $167,427 | $101,971 | ||||||
| Martinez | $0 | $48,186 | $0 | $17,334 | $30,853 | ||||||
| Bui | $0 | $20,832 | $77,000 | $84,719 | $13,113 | ||||||
| Notes: Figures may be off by one dollar due to rounding. | |||||||||||
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