Finance documents out for candidates

The Butte County Elections Office has released the latest financial documents regarding each of the supervisor candidates from April 24 through May 21.

District 2 incumbent Debra Lucero once again raised the most money in her race against challengers Peter Durfee and Carl Jefferies with her total monetary donations since Jan. 1 being $72,076.15. Durfee has received the second most monetary donations at $57,274.99.

Both Lucero and Durfee received funding from a handful of Political Action Committees but the majority of donors were independent.

Jefferies has not met the threshold needed to turn in the finance documentation to the elections department.

In the District 3 race, incumbent Tami Ritter has raised $17,325 for her campaign whereas her challenger, Mary Murphy-Waldorf has brought in slightly more at $18,502.41.

The supervisor candidates are on the ballet for the June 7, 2022 election.

Debra Lucero

Lucero has raised the most through contributions with her total amount since the beginning of the year coming out to $72,076.15. Of that sum, $34,926.55 was raised in the latest reporting period.

Additionally, Lucero’s campaign has taken out $10,500 in loans.

The election committee behind Lucero has spent $27,438.19 during the most recent reporting period and a total of $45,587.63 since Jan. 1.

Larger donations came from Political Action Committees such as Service Employees International Union which donated $4,084 and the Laborers Local PAC which donated $1,000. Lucero’s campaign also received $2,698.31 from San Francisco company Square, totaling the business’s donations at $3,233.61.

Chico-based company Golden Pacific Homes contributed $1,500 to Lucero’s campaign.

As for individual donors, the largest contribution came from Marilyn Rees ($1,100) and Robert McCollum ($1,000).

Lucero’s contributors

The following donors contributed more than $100 to Lucero’s campaign in the latest cycle:

More than $2,000: Square, Service Employees International Union

$1,000-1,999: Laborers Local PAC, Marilyn Rees, Robert McCollum, Golden Pacific Homes

$900-999: Dennis Gagnon

$500-599: Richard Coon, Thomas Shelsky, unnamed donor, Shari Hopper, Steve Kennedy, James Owens, Henry Wallace, Susan Hearne

$300-399: Janet Leslie, Susan Ellenberg for County Supervisor, Manuel Lucero, Ellen Walker, Thomas Maxwell, Bill Post

$200-299: Susan Bruce, Frederick Lester, Steven O’Bryan, Ann Patterson, Thomas Reed, Mark Stemen, Anita Wolfson, Charlie Yarbrough, Amy Dolinar, Robin Keehn, James McCabe, Michael Reams, Max Steiner, Jim Johnson, Brooks Thorlaksson, Priscilla Hanford, Roger Lederer, Karen Nissen, James Struble, Christine Mueller, Todd Hall, Karl Ory, Thomas Reed, Christine Serna

$100-199: Silvia Milosevich, Christine Nelson, Richard Ober, Sheldon Praiser, James Schact, Julie Wetmore, Lupe ArimLaw, Robert Davidson, David Gallo, Calvin Hamilton, Rob Hanford, Chuck Lundgren, Susan Mason, Shannon McKinnon, Patricia Puterbaugh, Ann Russel, James Aram, Beverly Cross, Charlotte Dinger, Jeanne Ertle, Steve Hall, Richard Harriman, Michael Hays, Elizabeth Latimer, B. Lynn McEnespy, Kenneth Mitchell, Ann Ponzio,

Idie Adams, Jamie Batha, Elizabeth Griffith, Debra Hoffman, Lynette KreheFerrell, Mary Ann Latimer, John Linhart, Cindy Maderos, Leslie McLean, Cynthia Muskin, Frances Newsom, Tami Ritter, Joan Robins, Carol Roniss, Pam Stoesser, Steven Watson, Grace Marvins, Linda Furr, Laurel Heath, J. A. Janinis, Linda Marple, Lorena Monroe, Carol Passovoy, Karen Rogers, unnamed donor, Richard Mejia, Gregory Brislain, Elizabeth George, Michael Magliari, Barbara Schacht, Elizabeth Devereaux, Sandra Flake, Cynthia Galley, Donald Holm, Melissa Hormann, Nicholas Malone, Catherine Momber, Susan Tchudi, Jerrold Weiner

Tami Ritter

Ritter has received $7,413 in monetary donations during the recent reporting period with the total since Jan. 1 being $17,325. Ritter’s campaign has taken out $8,673.46 in loans but not from the latest period.

In total, Ritter has spent $5,205.12 on her campaign but has no unpaid bills.

Like Lucero, Ritter received $1,000 from the Laborer’s Local PAC, but that was the only PAC that donated to Ritter’s campaign during the latest reporting period.

Her largest independent donation came from Patricia Ritter who donated $1,000.

Ritter’s contributors

The following donors contributed more than $100 to Ritter’s campaign in the latest cycle:

$1,000-1,999: Patricia Ritter, Laborers Local PAC

$500-599: Robert McCollum, James Owens, Heather Schlaff, Abraham Bally

$200-299: Jasper Lerch, Sarah Newton, Charlie Yarbrough, Linda Furr, Dr. Amy Dolinar, Mary Johnson, Julia Keener

$100-199: Cynthia Muskin, Carole Oles, Patricia Puterbaugh, Irving Schiffman, Alicia Springer Thomas, Julian Zener, Gary

Buchholz, Daniel Duart, Billie Kanter

Peter Durfee

Durfee received the second-most money in financial contributions with $29,400 brought in the last reporting period alone. In total, Durfee’s campaign has seen $57,274.99 in monetary donations with no loans taken out.

As far as payments go, Durfee’s campaign spent $53,531.62 this period and has outstanding bills totaling $2,204.67.

Durfee’s largest contributors were political action committees. The California Correctional Peace Officers Association Local PAC provided Durfee with $4,900 while the Cal Fire Local Small Contributor PAC donated $4,500 and the Operating Engineers Local Union PAC gave $1,000.

Independent donor Jerry Pajour contributed $2,500.

Christine and Gage Chrysler each contributed $1,500 to Durfee’s campaign, putting Gage Chrysler’s total donations at $4,500.

Durfee’s campaign also received $975 from Joe Patterson for Assembly 2022, another campaign committee out of Wilton, California.

Durfee’s contributors

The following donors contributed more than $100 to Durfee’s campaign in the latest cycle:

More than $2,000: California Correctional Peace Officers Association Local PAC, Cal Fire Local Small Contributor PAC, Jerry Pajour

$1,000-1,999: Operating Engineers Local Union PAC, Christine Chrysler, Gage Chrysler

$900-999: Joe Patterson For Assembly 2022 $700-799: Mike Sohnrey $500-599: Thomas Dowd, Evangelina Henman, Clint Smith, Franklin Construction, Inc., Douglas Guillon, Matthew Calkins, Michael Areias, Katherine Marx, Russell Gallaway Associates Inc., Thomas van Overbeek, Kristen O’Brien

$300-399: Darren Rice, Bud Caldwell, Timothy

Colbie, Conroy Construction, Inc.

$200-299: Sandy Gonzalez, Edward McLaughlin, R. Scott Chalmers, Terry Glazewski, PBM Supply & Manufacturing, Inc., Doug Teeter, Gary Arnet, Steve Simpson, Lester Heringer, Patrick Martin, Lorraine Nock, Philip Larios, Sherri Brouhard, Bill Donovan

$100-199: William Clark, Mike Antolock, Renee Michel, James Morgan, John McAmis, William Dowd, Debbie Ottone, Robert Ryan, Ann Nielsen, Christine Gobba, Bob Evans, Lori Charlesworth, Laurie Maloney, Brian Sullivan, Carl Colbie, Roger Swanson

Mary Murphy-Waldorf

In total, Murphy-Waldorf has raised $18,502.41 and of that, $7,306 was donated within the most recent reporting period.

Murphy-Waldorf’s campaign has taken out $2,000 in loans.

In expenditures, her campaign spent $3,759.28 with total payments since Jan. 1 at $10,706.44. MurphWaldorf’s campaign has no outstanding debts.

Most of Murphy-Waldorf’s donations came from independent donors with one property management business, The Hignell Companies, donating $250.

The highest donation this reporting period was $2,000 and came from Lewis Everett.

Murphy-Waldorf’s contributors

The following donors contributed more than $100 to Murphy-Waldorf’s campaign in the latest cycle:

More than $2,000: Lewis Everett

$500-599: Dann Moser, Franklin Construction, Inc., Andrew Coolidge $300-399: Nihla Gracey $200-299: Bill Donovan, Mike Garcia, Gary Arnet, Doug Teeter, Bill Donovan, The Hignell Companies, Lynn Hubbard, Bill Donovan

$100-199: Thomas Nickell, Thomas E. McKnight Jr., Inc., Matt Gallaway, James Wood, Roger Swanson, Robert Bowen, Michelle Jordan