7th District Race

Primary – May 19, 2020, Primary Runoff – July 21, 2020

General – November 3, 2020

Republican Totals

$3,440,106.00 Total Receipts
$2,093,049.00 Total Contributions
$1,322,041.00 Loans Made by Candidate
$324,995.00 Candidate Contributions
$1,510,496.00 Total Spent
$2,087,789.00 Cash on Hand

Democrats Totals

$2,485,064.00 Total Receipts
$2,297,032.00 Total Contributions
$160,000.00 Loans Made by Candidate
$11,600.00 Candidate Contributions
$1,202,368.00 Total Spent
$1,441,614.00 Cash on Hand

Some observations –

The biggest money raiser by far is Democratic Candidate Carolyn Bourdeaux, but she only has $863,000 on hand, which is about the same as Renee Unterman. Bourdeaux’s totals include money from her run two years ago.

Of all the Democratic candidates, only one donated to their own campaign.  Most did not even loan their campaign money, including the top money raiser, Carolyn Bourdeaux.  That makes sense – they only want to use other people’s money for their campaign to spend other people’s money!  NOTE: If you donate to your own campaign it is difficult to get it back. That is why so many candidates loan their campaign money instead.

Dr. Lerah Lee suspended her campaign on February 1.  But before she did that, she raised AND SPENT a BUNCH of money, most of it (almost $367,000) to one company, Campaign Solutions out of Virginia.  It is also curious to note that her Itemized individual contributions were only $134,632 compared to her Unitemized individual contributions, which came to $442,825.  Campaigns don’t have to disclose donations under $100, but it is almost inconceivable that she would have over 4,400 doners who all gave under the reporting limit.

Democratic Candidate Marqus Cole has spent every penny he has raised.  That is a very efficient campaign!

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Candidate Financial Data

Republicans

Lisa Babbage 
$0.00 Total Receipts
$0.00 Total Contributions
$0.00 Loans Made by Candidate
$0.00 Candidate Contributions
$0.00 Total Spent
$0.00 Cash on Hand

Mark Gonsalves 
$350,468 Total Receipts
$150,418 Total Contributions
$200,000 Loans Made by Candidate
$8,400 Candidate Contributions
$244,404 Total Spent
$126,063 Cash on Hand

Lynne Homrich
$782,626 Total Receipts
$531,899 Total Contributions
$250,000 Loans Made by Candidate
$8,410 Candidate Contributions
$383,875 Total Spent
$398,751 Cash on Hand

Zachary Kennemore
$0.00 Total Receipts
$0.00 Total Contributions
$0.00 Loans Made by Candidate
$0.00 Candidate Contributions
$0.00 Total Spent
$0.00 Cash on Hand

Lerah Lee  (Has suspended her campaign due to health reasons)
$577,995 Total Receipts
$577,457 Total Contributions
$0.00 Loans Made by Candidate
$205 Candidate Contributions
$504,035 Total Spent (???)
$73,959 Cash on Hand

Richard McCormick 
$679,659 Total Receipts
$439,059 Total Contributions
$217,000 Loans Made by Candidate
$307,930 Candidate Contributions
$146,212 Total Spent
$533,286 Cash on Hand

Renee Unterman 
$882,340 Total Receipts
$279,499 Total Contributions
$602,841 Loans Made by Candidate
$0.00 Candidate Contributions
$117,150 Total Spent
$765,191 Cash on Hand

Eugene Yu 
$24,609 Total Receipts
$24,609 Total Contributions
$0.00 Loans Made by Candidate
$0.00 Candidate Contributions
$64,320 Total Spent
-$2,740 Cash on Hand

Republicans who did not qualify

Joe Profit  – Now running in the 6th District
$124,809 Total Receipts
$87,508 Total Contributions
$37,200 Loans Made by Candidate
$0.00 Candidate Contributions
$34,597 Total Spent
$191,582 Cash on Hand

Jacqueline Tseng – Running for County Commissioner instead
$17,600 Total Receipts
$2,600 Total Contributions
$15,000 Loans Made by Candidate
$50 Candidate Contributions
$15,903 Total Spent
$1,697 Cash on Hand

Democrats

Carolyn Bourdeaux
$1,252,431 Total Receipts
$1,232,593 Total Contributions
$0 Loans Made by Candidate
$0 Candidate Contributions
$531,324 Total Spent
$863,041 Cash on Hand

John Eaves 
$117,887 Total Receipts
$117,887 Total Contributions
$0 Loans Made by Candidate
$0 Candidate Contributions
$62,478 Total Spent
$55,408 Cash on Hand

Nabilah Islam 
$400,125 Total Receipts
$391,931 Total Contributions
$0 Loans Made by Candidate
$0 Candidate Contributions
$340,951 Total Spent
$59,174 Cash on Hand

Zahra Karinshak 
$515,991 Total Receipts
$365,991 Total Contributions
$150,000 Loans Made by Candidate
$0 Candidate Contributions
$94,163 Total Spent
$421,828 Cash on Hand

Brenda Lopez Romero 
$137,913 Total Receipts
$127,913 Total Contributions
$10,000 Loans Made by Candidate
$11,600 Candidate Contributions
$95,749 Total Spent
$42,163 Cash on Hand

Rashid Malik  (no data yet)
Total Receipts
Total Contributions
Loans Made by Candidate
Candidate Contributions
Total Spent
Cash on Hand

Democrats who did not qualify

Marqus Cole 
$60,717 Total Receipts
$60,717 Total Contributions
$0 Loans Made by Candidate
$0 Candidate Contributions
$60,717 Total Spent
$0 Cash on Hand

David Kim 
$0 Total Receipts
$0 Total Contributions
$0 Loans Made by Candidate
$0 Candidate Contributions
$16,986 Total Spent
$0 Cash on Hand (almost all the money spent was for loan repayments from previous campaign)