Campaign finance reports for local elections are in, showing financial divides in Fresno City Council and Fresno County Board of Supervisors races.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s where the finances stand for city council and supervisor candidates for the Jan. 1 to April 18 reporting period:\u00a0<\/p>\n
City Council District 1: Central Unified School District Trustee Naindeep Singh leads the pack to succeed Councilwoman Annalisa Perea, who is running for the Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Singh raised $62,000 in the period and has $148,300 in the bank, nearly double the next highest fundraiser.\u00a0<\/p>\n
State Center Community College District (SCCCD) Trustee Rob Fuentes raised $38,000 and has $75,600 in his war chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monte Forkas is far behind Singh and Fuentes, having raised $3,300 with $1,600 in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Joe Hinojosa, the other candidate in the race, did not submit a campaign finance report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
City Council District 3: Asm. Joaquin Arambula (D\u2013Fresno) has a clear financial lead in the District 3 race. He raised $37,000 and has $66,600 at his disposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fresno Unified School District Trustee Keshia Thomas trails behind having raised $19,700 and has $66,600 in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She is followed by Fernando Alvarez, who raised $4,800 and has $10,900 on hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tiffany Apodaca had a better period than Alvarez, raising $12,900, but she comes in behind with $8,500 in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Candidates Larry Burrus, Charles Montoya and Jalen Swank did not submit reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
City Council District 5: Incumbent Councilman Brandon Vang leads the District 5 race having raised $72,300 with $67,000 on hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SCCCD Trustee Danielle Parra took in $35,000 in the period and has $36,500 in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jose Leon Barraza trails behind with $27,200 raised, but he has $3,200 left on hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Candidate Nickolas Wildstar did not submit a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
City Council District 7: Nav Gurm raised nearly three times more than the next candidate, bringing in $93,000 in the period and has $94,100 in his war chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ariana Martinez Lott raised $32,200 and has $26,800 left in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She is followed by AJ Rassamni, who reported $6,400 in fundraising with $15,200 left in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jason Jesada Keomanee did not file a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Board of Supervisors District 1: Fresno City Councilman Mike Karbassi holds a substantial financial lead in the race to succeed Supervisor Brian Pacheco, who is running for the Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Karbassi raised $188,900 in the period and has $130,700 ready to deploy in his war chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
West Hills Community College District Trustee Omar Hernandez and Kerman Mayor Maria Pacheco posted similar fundraising numbers, although Hernandez has more money left in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hernandez reported raising $47,700 and has $41,700 on hand, compared to $42,200 raised by Pacheco, who has $26,000 left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lupe Flores raised $11,600 and has $2,600 in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former SCCCD Trustee Eric Payne raised $2,000 and has $1,900 left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Firebaugh City Councilman Felipe Perez did not submit a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Board of Supervisors District 4: Former Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims was endorsed by Supervisor Buddy Mendes when he announced his retirement at the end of his term.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mims is positioned to succeed Mendes on the board, based on her strong financial showing.<\/p>\n
She raised $72,600 and has $183,400 in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Narinder \u201cNick\u201d Sahota had the best reporting period out of the remaining candidates, raising $49,500, but he is left with $15,500 in the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Parlier Mayor Alma Beltran and Huron Mayor Rey Leon reported similar fundraising numbers. Beltran raised $7,000 and has $3,800 in the bank, while Leon raised $6,400 and has $3,400 left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Charlie Soto did not file a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Campaign finance reports for local elections are in, showing financial divides in Fresno City Council and Fresno County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,7999],"class_list":["post-290952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-highlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}