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Over $10K<\/p>\n
The largest war chest in this election so far is David Kertes, with a total $41,900, $39,500 of which is self-loans. His biggest expenditure is for digital and print advertising, \u00a0<\/p>\n
Second is Kathy Watanabe with $19,500, with $7,500 in loans to her campaign. Watanabe\u2019s biggest expenditure is for a political consulting firm.<\/p>\n
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Next is Mike Wiltberger, whose campaign is entirely self-funded, with $15,800. His biggest expenditure is for aerial and billboard advertising.<\/p>\n Under $10K<\/p>\n Gary Ferraris has received $5,100 in donations and has loaned his campaign $3,000, making a total of $8,000. Ferraris\u2019 donors include AFSCME Local 101 PAC, AFSCME Council 57 PAC, Council 57, an AFSCME union representative, Santa Clara County employees\u2019 union and a principal labor relations representative. Many of his other donors are city employees. Ferraris\u2019 biggest expenditure is for lawn signs, literature and digital advertising.<\/p>\n Karen Hardy\u2019s loans and donations are about equal: $5,000 in loans and $5,500 in donations. Her largest expenditure to date is $1,600 for her campaign kickoff.<\/p>\n Kevin Park has received $3,400 in donations, plus a $2,100 self-loan, making $5,500 total. His largest expenditure was $2,000 to the City of Santa Clara for his ballot statement.<\/p>\n Council Candidates<\/p>\n In District 3, Eric Crutchlow has received $2,300 in donations and has loaned his campaign $2,000. Crutchlow\u2019s largest spending category is campaign materials and website.<\/p>\n His opponent Kyle Madej has raised $3,700 in donations and has loaned his campaign $6,200, totaling $9,800. His biggest expenditure is on lawn signs and doorhangers.<\/p>\n District 2 council candidate Yvonne Inciarte has raised the most, $15,700, in donations and no loans. Her biggest expenditure is for campaign materials.<\/p>\n Kimberley Williams, Inciarte\u2019s opponent, has raised $2,900 in donations and loaned her campaign $3,100, adding up to $5,900. Her largest expenditure is yard signs.<\/p>\n Notable Donors\/Donations:<\/p>\n Gary Filizetti, president of Devcon Construction, donated to Kertes, Inciarte and Madej.<\/p>\n Inciarte\u2019s donor list shows that nearly 2\/3 of her itemized donations come from outside Santa Clara. Eleven donors list their employer as \u201cUnemployed.\u201d Kertes, Madej and Watanabe each contributed to Inciarte. Inciarte also received a donation from Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga.<\/p>\n Suds Jain gave to four candidates: Ferraris, Hardy, Williams and Crutchlow.<\/p>\n Susan Ellenberg donated to both Inciarte and Williams, but listed as a San Jos\u00e9 Unified Trustee on Inciarte\u2019s report (Ellenberg left that board eight years ago).<\/p>\n Watanabe\u2019s treasurer accepted two $500 donations, but because Watanabe didn\u2019t accept voluntary spending limits, she\u2019s limited to a maximum donation of $380. The current report shows a refund paid to one donor. Her reports also show two donations that appear to be from the same person (a Claremont College student) totaling $743.43; one on July 5 for $376.01 and the second on July 8 for $367.42. There are several $376.01 donations to Watanabe.<\/p>\n More information about how to follow political money: How to Follow the Money Peeling the Campaign Spending Onion<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Kevin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792049213_320_NewsBannerAd20261.png\"\/)
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