The Richmond City Council election is getting off to an unusually slow start this year. With only five days to go before the filing deadline closes and only 92 days until election day, some declared or rumored candidates (Jim Rogers and Rosa Lara) have not taken out papers.
Very little money has been raised based on the semi-annual filings with the city clerk. Several candidates have raised no money, and two are in debt (Rogers and Uwamehu). Bates and Booze lead the pack with Choi not far behind.
Candidate |
Cash on Hand |
Debts |
Net |
Nat Bates |
15,471 |
0 |
15,471 |
Jael Myrick |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Corky Booze |
23,551 |
13,005 |
10,556 |
Jim Rogers |
15,949 |
25,000 |
(9,041) |
Uche Uwamehu |
5,870 |
8,750 |
(2,880) |
Ben Choi |
7,678 |
0 |
7,678 |
Cesar Zepeda |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Rosa Lara |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Vinay Pimple |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Melvin Willis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The big money in Richmond Politics this year is not from Chevron and not in the City Council race but in the effort to pass Kids First. The Richmond Kids First PAC reports raising and spending $24,584 in cash, largely from out of town donors, including $10,000 from Education Matters, an El Cerrito-based pro-charter school PAC, $10,000 from Irene S. Scully Foundation, a Greenbrae-based non-profit, and $10,000 from the San Francisco Foundation. The Richmond Kids First PAC also reports $197,905 non-monetary donations from RYSE for “personnel, signature gathering and miscellaneous supplies.” |
