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Temecula City Council Candidates' Campaign Finances Revealed

A list of each Temecula City Council Candidate's top three 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

James “Stew” Stewart- no filing logged for this period [LATE FILING]

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Mark Gular- less than $2000, no itemized donations

Sonia Perez- $2433 this election to date
Top 3 monetary donors:
Sonia Perez ($1780)
Bob Kowell ($300)
Delores Compton ($200)

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Adam A. Ruiz- $33,100 this election to date
Top 3 monetary donors:
Bernie Truax ($22,500)
California Real Estate Political Action Committee FPPC #890106 ($5000)
CalFire Local 2881 Small Contributor PAC FPPC #790318 ($1500)

District 2

Andy Black- no filing logged for this period [LATE FILING]

Jessica Alexander- $20,063 this election to date
Top 3 monetary donors:
Riverside Sheriff’s Association Public Education Fund ($10,000)
Stephen A Fierl Company ($1500)
Bob Kowell ($1837)

Alisha Wilkins- $34,026 this election to date
Top 3 monetary donors:
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1277 Political Action Committee FPPC# 970941 ($2500)
Ginger Hitzke ($2003)
Emmanuel Belizaire ($2000)

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All campaign finance filings are public record and can be found at http://laserfiche.cityoftemecula.org/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=246470&dbid=2&repo=Temecula for all Temecula Candidates.

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

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