Who is Funding the 51st Assembly Candidates

On Tuesday five candidates are on the ballot in the 51st Assembly District - we've covered their, written of them, and now we present the top donors to their campaigns.

Two of the candidates, Oscar Gutierrez and Richard Friedberg, did not have any campaign records filed with the state.

Each of the donors listed below comes from the latest reporting period where records are available on the Secretary of State's website.  To see full records for any candidate, click on their name. 

Arturo Chavez

Total Contributions: $204.452.33

Name Type of Donor Amount Cedillo For Assembly Political Campaign $3,900 John Ek, Ek & Ek Consulting Consulting Firm $3,900 Yolanda Plascencia Attorney $3,900 American Apparel Business $3,500 Cedillo for City Council Political Campaign $3,900 RCV Enterprise Business $3,900 L.A. Arena Company LLC Stadium Construction Company $,3900 Esteban Torres, Torres Construction Business Owner $3,900 SEIU Local 721 Union $3,900 Caroline Crespo, American Apparel Individual $3,900

Luis Lopez

Total Contributions: $213.370.12

Name Type of Donor Amount Glen Dake, GDML Business Owner $3,900 Honor PAC Political Action Committee $3,900 Gay & Lesbian Victory Club Political Action Committee $3,900 GAPG Physician Group Political Action Committee $3,900 Rob Nakagawa Individual $3,900 Glen Dake, GDML Business Owner $3,500 Soohoo Designs Business $3,900 Soohoo Designs Business $3,100 Californians Allied for Patient Protection Coalition $3,900 Alan Mutchnik, Skadden et. al. Attorney $2,000

Jimmy Gomez

Total Contributions: $363,835.09

Name Type of Donor Amount

United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund

Employer $7,800 Two Jinn Inc.
Employer $3,900 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Employer $3,900 Union of United Nurses Associations of California
Employer $15,600 L.A. County Probationary Officers Union, AFSCME Local 685
Employer $6,800 Union of American Physicians and Dentists
Employer $4,800 California Federation of Teachers
Employer $7,800 California Dental Political Action Committee
Employer

$3,900

Orange County Employees' Association
Employer

$3,900

Californians for Clean and Reliable Water, AFSCME LOCAL 1902

 

Employer
$3,900