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Murrieta City Council Candidates' Campaign Finances Revealed

Here is a list of each Murrieta City Council Candidate's major donors and how much they've raised this election to date.

All candidates were required to have their first pre-election filing done, covering the period of 7/1/2020-9/19/2020, by September 24th.

District 4

Lori Stone- $19,768 this election to date
Top 3 monetary contributors:
Mark Cooper ($1047)
Murrieta Firefighters Political Action Team FPPC# 1351228 ($1070)
Tie: Won Sang Yoo, Jonathan Ingram, Earle J. Enterprises, Carol McMillen, Karl McMillen, California Apartment Association PAC (ID# 745208), Alrahaman, LLC(Mark Sater), Matt Liesemeyer for City Council (ID# 1365915), California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) (ID# 890106), Continental East Development, Inc., Fausto's Bail Bonds, Inc., Larchmont Park, LLC(Stephen L. Wheeler)- $1000 each

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David Kolk- Less than $2000, unitemized donations

District 3

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Lisa Deforest- $6573
Top 3 monetary contributors:
Lisa Deforest ($5000, loan to self)
Darin Densley ($2002)
Murrieta Firefighters Association PAC FPPC#1351228 ($1070)

Steven Brown- Less than $2000, unitemized donations

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All campaign finance filings are public record and can be found at https://public.netfile.com/Pub...using a by-name search for Murrieta candidates.


Courtney Sheehan is a former political candidate and current political consultant. She can be reached at courtney4riversidecounty@gmail.com.

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