While campaign finance is not the only factor in electoral outcomes, successful fundraising can provide a candidate with advantages during a campaign. Fundraising can also indicate party momentum.
Eleni Kounalakis
Lieutenant Governor of California
$10,409,247Cash on Hand
$11,167,061Total Contributions
$19,833,179Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $7,679,896.00 | Eleni Kounalakis |
| $29,200.00 | California Real Estate PAC (Crepac) - California Association of Realtors |
| $29,200.00 | Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Small Contributor Committee |
| $28,038.90 | Matina and Sotiris Kolokotronis |
| $21,367.83 | Aggregated Unitemized Contributions |
| $14,600.00 | 5g Consulting Group LLC |
| $14,600.00 | AG Spanos Companies Including Alex Spanos And Affiliated G Entities |
| $14,600.00 | Alexandra Tsakopoulos |
| $14,600.00 | Allison A Bennington |
| $14,600.00 | Angelo K Tsakopoulos and Affiliated Entities |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $8,209,390.00 | Sadler Strategic Media Inc |
| $1,085,305.50 | Kabc Tv |
| $845,287.50 | Kcbs - Tv |
| $839,939.90 | Scn Strategies Inc |
| $680,531.25 | Knbc - Tv |
| $626,879.25 | Kpix - Tv |
| $460,391.40 | Kgo - Tv |
| $460,296.25 | Kcra - Tv |
| $415,718.10 | Kntv - Tv |
| $343,378.75 | Ktla - Tv |
Top Personal Contributions
From reports filed by the recipients of these funds, it appears these transactions originated from personal rather than campaign accounts.
Total Contributions | Candidate | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| $7,679,896.00 | Eleni Kounalakis | Eleni Kounalakis for Lieutenant Governor 2018 |
| $33,650.00 | Actblue | |
| $12,300.00 | Dave Jones | Dave Jones for Attorney General 2018 |
| $5,000.00 | Delaine Eastin | Delaine Eastin for Governor 2018 |
| $5,000.00 | Fiona Ma | Fiona Ma for State Treasurer 2018 |
| $3,400.00 | Jackie Smith | Jackie Smith for Assembly 2018 |
| $2,500.00 | Susan Rubio | Susan Rubio for Senate 2018 |
| $1,000.00 | San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee | |
| $1,000.00 | Buffy Wicks | Buffy Wicks for Assembly 2018 |
| $1,000.00 | Gavin Newsom | Newsom for California Governor 2018 |
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