We are adding a new feature to our humble blog. Readers will soon be able to go to one location to find campaign finance data on all 2012 candidates for local elected office. As far as I can tell no other website currently has this information. While this project will take a while and we will be releasing one city at a time (if we get some donor support) it should be well worth it. Here is a little sample for you to glance at:
We are looking for donors to help us fund this project for every City, School District, and Special District in Orange County. Please send an e-mail to info@custom-campaigns.com if you want to help sponsor this project.
These candidates took in less than $1,000 in contributions thus making them eligible to file a much more simplified disclosure form that does not have donors listed on it:
Duane Roberts
Jennifer Rivera
Rodolfo “Rudy” Gaono
Linda Linder
Here are the rest of the candidates along with a pie chart showing what percentage of their money came from each category of entities:
| Jordan Brandman | Total $$$ |
| Individuals | $ 32,739.00 |
| Unions | $ 18,950.00 |
| Businesses | $ 25,929.51 |
| Trade Associations | $ 9,100.00 |
| Political | $ 6,042.27 |
| Total | $ 92,760.78 |
| Steve Lodge | Total $$$ |
| Individuals | $ 14,985.00 |
| Union | $ 1,800.00 |
| Businesses | $ 17,399.00 |
| Trade Association | $ 7,050.00 |
| Political | $ 1,800.00 |
| Total | $ 43,034.00 |
| Brian Chuchua | Total $$$ |
| Individuals | $ 269.00 |
| Union | $ – |
| Businesses | $ 500.00 |
| Trade Association | $ 250.00 |
| Political | $ – |
| Total | $ 1,019.00 |
| Lucille Kring | Total $$$ |
| Individuals | $ 14,975.00 |
| Unions | $ – |
| Businesses | $ 30,514.00 |
| Trade Associations | $ 5,300.00 |
| Political | $ 1,000.00 |
| Total | $ 51,789.00 |
| John Leos | Total $$$ |
| Individuals | $ 9,046.00 |
| Unions | $ 10,000.00 |
| Businesses | $ 3,600.00 |
| Trade Associations | $ 1,800.00 |
| Political | $ 500.00 |
| Total | $ 24,946.00 |
If you click the link to read more, you can find out who each individual donor was to each campaign broken down by category.
