Wilson, Turnage battle for lead in fundraising in Antioch Council race
Rocha, Thorpe close behind; Rocha fined $1,510 for late report filing
By Allen Payton
The latest campaign financial reports, submitted by candidates in the Antioch City Council race, and due on Thursday, October 27, shows Councilwoman Monica Wilson leading in both fundraising and spending. However, because she transferred over $5,000 and spent it on her campaign for Supervisor, earlier this year, the finance battle with challengers Kenny Turnage II, Councilwoman Mary Rocha and Lamar Thorpe is actually closer.
Wilson
As in her campaign for County Supervisor, earlier this year, almost all of Wilson’s contributions were from outside of Antioch, and most of her expenditures were, as well. She raised $7,545 during the reporting period and a total of $14,442.09 for her re-election campaign, so far this year. But, she formed her committed in 2014 and with the amounts received that year and in 2014, her total amount received is $20,072.09 for her campaign. $1,967.43
While she spent $7,424.52 during the period, Wilson’s report shows she has spent a total of $17,276.81 during her campaign, this year. Her total expenditures for her campaign are $19,244.24. However, in February she transferred $5,209.54 to her Supervisor campaign committee. So, Wilson has only spent $14,034.70 on her re-election campaign, giving her a slight lead over Kenny Turnage.
During the period, her largest contributions were $1,000 each from the Antioch Police Officers Association and the California Association of Realtors’ California Real Estate PAC; $500 each from Contra Costa United Working Families, Richland Investments LLC, the developers of The Ranch project in Antioch’s Sand Creek focus area, Plumbing Industry Consumer Protection Fund United Association, Local No. 159, American Federation of State County Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 57 PAC, and Benicia-based attorney Dana Dean.
Wilson’s expenditures include $5,116.82 to JB Services in Martinez for literature; $1,610 to Message Framer in Richmond; $1,568.52 to AABCO printing in Concord, $851.44 at a restaurant in Lafayette; and $500 to Message Framer in Richmond, also for literature.
She has an ending cash balance of $1,247.73.
Turnage
The latest 460 report shows Turnage raised $5,049 putting him in third place for the period. That brings his total contributions to $17,494, including a loan of $2,000 from himself, placing him second for the campaign in total contributions.
Turnage’s largest contributions for the period include $1,500 from the California Association of Realtors’ California Real Estate PAC; $1,000 each from Richard Turnage of Oakley and Gabriel Chiu of Pleasanton, who is retired; and $500 each from Richland Investments, LLC and Build Jobs PAC in Walnut Creek.
His campaign report shows he has spent a total of $13,599 as of the end of the reporting period, putting him in third place for the campaign and had an ending cash balance of $3,895. However, then he spent another $1,100 on an ad in the Herald bringing his total expenditures to at least $14,699 to date.
His only reportable expenses, which are for $100 or more, for the period were $2,000 to Mike Burkholder for advertising on eastcountytoday.net and another $350 for advertising in the Herald.
Rocha
Councilwoman Mary Rocha’s latest report shows she received $10,500 for the period, including $3,200 in loans from her husband. She repaid $500 of the loan, bringing her total net contributions to $16,560 for the year. But, she started off the year with $1,233 in the bank giving her a total of $17,783 to spend on her campaign.
Her largest contributions for the period include $2,000 from the Sheet Metal Workers International Local #104; $1,500 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 302 PAC; $1,000 each from the Antioch Police Officers Association and Republic Services, bringing the garbage company’s total contributions to $3,500 to her campaign; $500 each from owner and developer of the Zeka Ranch (formerly Higgins Ranch), Louisa Zee Kao of Hillsborough, Plumbing Industry Consumer Protection Fund Local 159, and Richland Investments, LLC.
She spent $10,540 for the period for a total of $15,937 on her re-election campaign, which she says will be her last, putting her in second place for spending. Rocha’s largest expenditures for the period were $8,067.72 to JB Services in Martinez for a mailing and $2,147.30 to ABCO Printing in Concord.
She had with an ending cash balance for the reporting period of $1,856.
Rocha Fined
Rocha submitted her latest report five days late, due to her husband being in the hospital, she explained. City Clerk Arne Simonsen said had to impose a fine on her campaign. The fine is $10 per day per report.
In an email message on Tuesday, November 1st, he wrote “I will be assessing fines for late filing of Rocha’s Form 460 2nd Pre-election report as well as for the late filings of some of the Form 497’s that I will be emailing you one at a time.”
“On November 1st she submitted her latest 460 form five days late, and seven 497 forms dating as far back a September 12th, when they should have been submitted within 24 hours,” Simonsen said in an interview on Friday. “Her fine will be $1,510 which includes the previous fine, for a late contribution from Republic Services of $2,500 on August 17th, which she reported nine days late.”
Thorpe
In third place for fundraising during the reporting period is Lamar Thorpe with $5,945.52. But he is in second place for the campaign for cash contributions, but fourth place for total contributions, with $15,519.85. He’s also in third place for spending, at $10,897.99. But, he had the largest ending cash balance with $4,621.86 in the bank.
His largest contributions for the period were $1,500 from United Association Local 342 and $500 from the California Association of Realtors’ California Real Estate PAC.
His largest contributions for the period were $1,500 from United Association Local 342 and $500 each from the California Association of Realtors’ California Real Estate PAC.
Thorpe’s largest expenses for the period were $2,723.19; and $365.52 to Facebook and $200 to Google for online advertising.
Rouse & Dietzel
Fred Rouse and Karl Dietzel each submitted a form 470 declaring they will receive and spend less than $2,000 in their campaigns.
Please see below the finance reports for the latest period from each of the candidates. Please check back for the 497 reports for late, large contributions from Rocha.
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