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The two contenders vying for the San Mateo County District 4 supervisor seat have both pulled in financial support approaching the $200,000 mark so far this year, according to the most recent campaign-finance disclosure filings.
Lisa Gauthier and Antonio López, currently colleagues on the East Palo Alto City Council, emerged out of the five-candidate pack in the March primaries for the right to compete in the November elections.
Gauthier, former East Palo Alto mayor who remains on the council, led the candidates with 45% of the votes. López, that city’s current mayor, followed with 25%.
Gauthier
Gauthier’s campaign recently scored a big boost from the National Association of Realtors. According to an independent expenditure report filed Thursday, Oct. 3, the association spent about $68,700, mostly in mailers and online ads for her election bid.
That amount, plus about $112,000 in year-to-date contributions disclosed in other filings encompassing transactions from July through September, would put the value of her financial backing at slightly more than $180,000 so far in her campaign.
During the July-September period, Gauthier received $35,499 in contributions. Among the larger ones came from state leaders seeking re-election in November. State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, and Assemblymember Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, each contributed $1,000 from their campaign committees.
Also contributing $1,000 each during the period were South San Francisco City Council member Mark Addiego; Diana Bell of Oakland; Darryl Gray of Irvine, CEO of Attobahn Inc.; Gerald Hill of San Mateo; Moses Libitzky of Emeryville, CEO of Libitzky Property Companies; attorney Mark Molumphy of Burlingame; Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 467 PAC; San Mateo County Firefighters Local 2400 PAC; and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 PAC.
Gauthier’s other notable donors listed during this timeframe were San Mateo County District 5 Supervisor David Canepa, who contributed $500 from his re-election committee, Hillsborough Mayor Christine Krolik, who gave $250, and Notre Dame de Namur University President Lizbeth Martin, who pitched in $100.
Gauthier’s biggest expense over these recent months amounted to nearly $22,000 for consulting, election-related material, voter-data gathering and other services provided by Oakland-based public-communications firm BMWL Campaigns.
Gauthier spent about $37,500 on her campaign during the period and a little more than $121,000 year-to-date.
In comparison, according to a filing at that point, she had spent about $45,000 early in the year, heading toward the March primaries.
López
According to his disclosures, López raised $37,500 during the July-September period and about $185,000 so far for the year.
His large donors this period, giving $1,000 each, included Redwood City physician Manuel Pena; Zehra Ahsan of Dublin, a content strategist at Magnit; Blair Volckmann of Mill Valley, a partner at Harvest Properties; and Vinay Pai of Los Altos Hills, CEO of Prosperos Inc.
Other notable López supporters this period were AFSCME AFL-CIO Local 829 ($500); Susan Dorsey of Woodside, president of Sand Hill Foundation ($500); Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe ($250); and San Mateo County District 2 Supervisor Noelia Corzo ($200).
Among López’s large expenses during this period were campaign literature ($7,500) and television airtime or other broadcast-related costs ($8,400).
López spent about $25,500 over the recent months and slightly more than $123,000 so far this year. Early on, as the primaries approached, according to a filing at that point, López had spent about $80,000.
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