John Carcione tops Democratic fundraisers in Assembly race John Carcione tops Democratic fundraisers in Assembly race (February 25, 2004)

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Contributions to the candidates' campaign committees are listed on the California Secretary of State's Web site at ww.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm. Click on "Campaign Finance."

John Carcione's campaign committee has raised $422,748 so far in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for the 21st District Assembly seat in the March 2 primary.

Mr. Carcione of Menlo Park, board president of the West Bay Sanitary District, is the top fundraiser among the four Democratic candidates, according to filings with the California Secretary of State's Office by the candidates' campaign committees.

The reported totals through February 14 for the other three Democratic candidates are: Ira Ruskin, Redwood City councilman, $232,714; John Barton, Palo Alto Unified School District board member, $144,156; and Barbara Nesbet, Monte Sereno city councilwoman, $82,109.

The committee for Steve Poizner, who is running unopposed for the Republican Party nomination, has raised $1,392,745, according to the filings.

These amounts do not include independent expenditures made in behalf of candidates from money raised outside the candidates' campaign committees.

Contributions are listed on the Secretary of State's Web site at www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm. Click on "Campaign Finance."

Below are reported contributions to the candidates' campaign committees of $1,000 or more, plus contributions from the Almanac circulation area: Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Woodside.

John Barton

Contributions of $1,000 or more to the state Assembly campaign of John Barton through February 14, 2004: ** $3,200, Christina Papoulias, consulting aerobics instructor. ** $3,000, Premier Property Group, Palo Alto; Thomas Barton, Mountain View; and Roxy Rapp, Palo Alto, developer. ** $2,000, John H Barton, Los Altos, professor. ** $1,500, Strangis Properties, San Jose and RNPA, San Jose. ** $1,285, Todd Ford, Palo Alto, CFO. ** $1,000: John H Barton, Los Altos, professor; John Barton, Palo Alto, architect; Julianne Barton, Los Altos; Tony Carrasco, Palo Alto, architect; Hilary Rowen and Gordon Lewin, Menlo Park, lawyer; George Shirakawa, San Jose; Anne Wilde, San Jose, consulting aerobics instructor; L and D Construction, San Jose; and Charles Davidson, San Jose, construction. Contributions from the Almanac circulation area to the state Assembly campaign of John Barton through February 14, 2004: ** Woodside: John Shoch, VC, $750. ** Portola Valley: Samuel Gibbs, VP, $750; Robert Wagner, $250; Leslie Airola-Murveit, attorney/mediator, $100. ** Menlo Park: Ken and Catherine Donnelly, EVP/CFO, $100; Hilary Rowen and Gordon Lewin, lawyer, $1,000; Gregory Gallo, attorney, $750; Jennifer and Paul Roberts, $750; Robert Spanner, attorney, $750; Nickolai Gallo, purchaser, $500; Greg Hughes, consultant, $500; Craig Falkenhagen, retired, $250; Ravi Mhatre, general partner, $150; Scott and Amy Arnold, consultant, $150; David Bailard, manager, $100; Angie and Mark Holman, $100; Susan and Bill Mein, retired, $100; David Neuman, architect, $100; Nancy Witt, co-exec director, $100; Allan Thygesen, $100. ** Atherton: Elizabeth Tyree, $200; Thomas Adams III, $750; Jeanne Lavan, $750; Steven Westly, controller, $750; Anita Yu, $750; Daniel Rubin, venture capitalist, $750; Robert Patterson, attorney, $100.

John Carcione

Contributions of $1,000 or more to the state Assembly campaign of John Carcione through February 14, 2004: ** $100,000, $95,000 and $5,000 contributions were made by John P. Carcione, Menlo Park, candidate. ** $3,200 contributions from: Joseph W. Carcione III, Menlo Park, business owner; Joann Carcione, Menlo Park, homemaker; Tonya D. Current, Oroville, unemployed; Elizabeth D. Tanke, Davis, office manager; Susan H. Galine, Hillsbourough, jazzercise instructor; Juan R. Romo, El Paso, student; Robert Low, San Lorenzo, college instructor; Richard Keyes, Redwood City, attorney; Paradiso LP Agency, Sacramento; Roberta M. Carcione, Menlo Park, homemaker; Carson Integrated Marketing, Sacramento; Barbara Erle, San Mateo, teacher; Susan H. Schwartzbach, Mill Valley, photographer; M. Gerald Schwartzbach, Mill Valley, attorney; Donald L. Galine, Woodhillsbourough, attorney; Gail Carcione, San Carlos, teacher; Peter Carcione, San Carlos, president; Laurence E. Drivon, Stockton, attorney; Donna E. Drivon, Stockton, bookkeeper; Tony J. Tanke, Davis, attorney; Charles Levenberg, Llc, Boulder; Gregory Cattermole, San Carlos, attorney; Thomas J. Canevari, Mountain View, CPA; Friends of Fabian Nunez 2004, Beverly Hills; Joseph W. Carcione III, Menlo Park, business owner; Joann Carcione, Menlo Park, homemaker; Carlos Hernandez, Hanford, housepainter; Gloria M. Hernandez, Hanford, property manager; Mickey L. Current, Durham, retired; Evangelina Romo, El Paso, student; Roberta M. Carcione, Menlo Park, homemaker; Joseph W. Carcione Jr., Menlo Park, attorney at law; CA League Of Conservation Voters, Sacramento. ** $3,000 contributions from: Adam K. Aleksander, Boise, mechanical engineer; Charles Erle, San Mateo, independent contractor; Maria Shahinian, Los Altos, retired; Erika Girardi, Los Angeles, actress; John Girardi, Rancho Palos Verdes, attorney; Thomas V. Girardi, Los Angeles, attorney; James G. O'Callahan, Los Angeles, attorney; Jill B. O'Callahan, Los Angeles, homemaker; David R. Lira, Pasadena, attorney; Jacqueline A. Lira, Pasadena, mom. ** $2,950: Kelly Carpentiere, Menlo Park, research analyst. ** $2,700: Joan M. Cotter, San Carlos, Realtor. ** $2,500: Gary Dolinski, Belmont, attorney. ** $2,200: Joseph W. Carcione Jr., Menlo Park, attorney at law. ** $2,000 contributions: Mark S. Sanders, Encino, consultant and Lizabeth L. Carter, San Francisco, court reporter; Steven A. Heimberg, Los Angeles, attorney; Brian D. Chase, Newport Beach, attorney; Professional Engineers in California Government, Sacramento; Perona, Langer, Beck, Lallande & Serbin, Long Beach; Gerry Mannion, San Francisco, attorney; Sharon J. Arkin, Newport Beach, attorney; Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP, San Francisco; Timothy J. Ryan & Associates, APC, Huntington Beach. ** $1,500 contributions: Quinton B. Cutlip, San Francisco, attorney; Ritch McBride, Lihue, settlement consultant; Ronald W. Shepherd, Menlo Park, insurance broker/exec.; Roslin Jacobson, Tempe, secretary; George R. Corey, Millbrae, attorney. ** $1,299: Trudy Cattermole, unemployed. ** $1,250: William A. Montgomery, Dallas, financial analyst. ** $1,100: Two by Yoshiko Y. Canevari, Mountain View, seamstress. ** $1,000 contributions: Law offices of Jose H. Razo, Redwood City; law offices of Ross, Hackett, Dowling, Valencia & Walti, San Bruno; Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer, Oakland; Allison Galine, Woodhillsbourough, teacher; Joseph W. Carcione Jr, Menlo Park, attorney at law; Yoshiko Y. Canevari, Mountain View, seamstress; Barclay A. Moquin, San Mateo, retail clerk; Timothy Clayton, Newark, district manager; Wendy C. Suter, Redwood City, real estate; Gerald K. Okimoto, San Francisco, attorney; Gloria Walker, Menlo Park, retail sales; O'Reilly, Collins & Danko, San Mateo; Roger Stucky, San Francisco, attorney; Frank M. Pitre, Hillsborough, attorney; Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Los Angeles; Furtado, Jaspovice & Simons, A Law Corp., Hayward; Taylor and Ring, LLP, Los Angeles; Agnew & Brusavich, Torrance; George R. Corey, Millbrae, attorney.

Contributions from the Almanac circulation area to the state Assembly campaign of John Carcione through February 14, 2004: ** Menlo Park: Kelly Carpentiere, research analyst, $250; Joseph W. Carcione III, business owner, $3,200; Joyce D. Giannotti, retired, $100; Joann Carcione, homemaker, $3,200; Patrick Cornwall, auditor, $100; Bill Casey, retired, $100; Joseph W. Carcione Jr., attorney at law, $1,000; Richard H. Blach, retired, $200; John P. Carcione, candidate, $95,000; Kelly Carpentiere, research analyst, $2,950; Mary Jo Avilla Carroll, teacher, $100; Rich Gordon 2002, $250; Joseph W. Carcione Jr., attorney at law, $2,200; Roberta M. Carcione, homemaker, $3,200; Virginia S. Blach, retired, $200; Ronald W. Shepherd, insurance broker/exec., $1,500; John P. Carcione, candidate, $5,000; Daniel L. Haynes, physicist, $100; Harold L. Hjelm, retired, $100; J. Malcolm Visbal, accountant, $100; Patrick Cornwall, auditor, $150; Ellen M. Jones, first VP financial advisor, $500; Nanci K. Odishoo, homemaker, $200; David Alexander Walker, estimator, $200; Gloria Walker, retail sales, $1,000; William E. Weseloh, real estate broker, $250; Robinson Financial Corp., $300; John P. Carcione, candidate, $100,000; Barbara A. Finnegan, retired, $100; Benefits 101 Insurance Marketing, $100; Joseph W. Carcione III, business owner, $3,200; Joann Carcione, homemaker, $3,200; V. Raymond Swope, III, attorney, $100; Julie Ferrari, business owner, $200; Julie Ferrari, business owner, $500; Roberta M. Carcione, homemaker, $3,200; Joseph W. Carcione Jr., attorney at law, $3,200. ** Portola Valley: John A. Hooper, retired, $100. ** Atherton: Jeffery Vucinich, attorney, $100 and Reuben J. Doing, attorney, $100.

Barbara Nesbet

Contributions of $1,000 or more to the state Assembly campaign of Barbara Nesbet through February 14, 2004: ** $50,000 and $20,000 contributions: Barbara Nesbet, Monte Sereno, attorney. ** $2,738: Bud Warashina, Palo Alto, graphic designer. ** $2,000: American Federation Of State, County and Municipal Employees, Sacramento. ** $1,000: Cathy Tsang, Cupertino, homemaker.

Ira Ruskin

Contributions of $1,000 or more to the state Assembly campaign of Ira Ruskin through February 14, 2004. (Note that contributions of $6,400 reflect two donations of the maximum $3,200: one for the primary election and one for the general election.) ** $50,000 and $25,000 contributions were made by Ira Ruskin in the form of loans from Washington Mutual Bank. ** $6,400 contributions: California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action Fund - SCC, Sacramento and Health Care Workers Union - SEIU 250 PAC, Sacramento; CA State Council Of Service Employees Cope, Sacramento; California State Employees' Association Member Action Committee - SCC, Sacramento. ** $3,200 contributions: Plumbers & Steamfitters Local No. 467 State And Political Action Fund, Burlingame; Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Small Contributor Committee, Oakland; Redwood City Fire Fighters Association, Redwood City; Plumbers & Steamfitters Local No. 467 State And Political Action Fund, Burlingame; International Union Of Electrical Workers Local 617 PAC, San Mateo; Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 104 Political Committee, San Francisco; Plumbers & Fitters UA Local 246 Cope Committee, Fresno; Pipe Trades District Council No. 36 PAC, Fresno; Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC, Los Angeles; California Federation of Teachers Small Contributor Committee, Burbank. ** $3,000 contributions: United Assoc. of Journeymen & Apprentices, Gardena. ** $2,950: San Mateo Building Trades Joint Council, Foster City. ** $2,500: Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 447, Federal Political Action Fund, Sacramento. ** $2,300: Encore Performance Catering, San Bruno. ** $2,000 contributions: International Union Of Painters & Allied Trades PAC, Washington and Awin Management, Inc.; California Association of Psychiatric Technicians, Inc. - SCC, Sacramento; American Fed. of State, County, & Municipal Employees (AFSCME CA People), Sacramento; International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials, Ontario. ** $1,500 contributions: Plumbers, Steamfitters & Refrigeration Fitters UA Local 393 Pac, Sacramento; I.B.E.W. Educational Committee, Washington; W. L. Butler Construction Inc., Redwood City. ** $1,000 contributions: Raiser Construction Company, Inc., San Mateo; Hartnett, Smith & Associates, Redwood City; Mr. Anthony Gibbs, Redwood City, attorney; Hy Floor & Gameline Painting, Inc., San Carlos; Ms. Erin Raiser, San Carlos, business owner; Ms. Joanne Winetzki, Redwood Vity, retired; Ms. Jean Hohman, Redwood City, retired; W. L. Butler Construction Inc., Redwood City; Mr. Ira Ruskin, Redwood City, councilmember; Ms. Janet Stone, Oakland, project manager; DJ & MH LLC, Belmont; SEIU Local 715 Political Activities Committee Political Education And Action Fund, San Jose; District Council Of Iron Workers Political Action League, Pinole; San Mateo Labor Council, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education, Foster City; CAAPAC Candidates Account, Sacramento; AFSCME AFL-CIO Local 829 PAC, South San Francisco; Fred Keeley for Senate, Sacramento; Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 442 PAC, Stockton; United Assoc. of Journeymen & Apprentices, Local 582 PAC, Santa Ana; Plumbers & Fitters, Local 761 PAC, Burbank; SEIU Local 715 Political Activities Committee Political Education and Action Fund, San Jose; U.A. Local 38 COPE Fund, San Francisco.

Contributions from the Almanac's circulation area to the state Assembly campaign of Ira Ruskin through February 14, 2004: ** Woodside: Steven Heller, president, $500; Gordon Armstrong, vice president, $200. ** Menlo Park: Max Keech, engineer, $1,200; $500; Gregory Loew, physicist, $250; Earthquake Readiness, $100; Rafael Ramirez, director of student services, $100; Franklin Briski, database architect, $100; Walter Kohn, retired, $100; Harlan Wendell, management communication, $100; Gregory Loew, physicist, $50; Finn Halbo, retired, $100; Rafael Ramirez, director of student services, $100; Mary Kenney, community volunteer, $100; Franklin Briski, database architect, $100. ** Atherton: Tod Spieker, president, $500; Zenaida Mallari, Sr. residential home operator, $250; W. J. Massey Jr., sales, $100.

Steve Poizner

Contributions of $1,000 or more to the state Assembly campaign of Steve Poizner through February 14, 2004. Mr. Poizner is running unopposed in the Republican primary. (Note that contributions of $6,400 reflect two donations of the maximum $3,200: one for the primary election and one for the general election.)

** Contributions of $500,000: Two by candidate Steve Poizner in the form of guaranteed loans from Goldman, Sachs & Co. ** $6,400 contributions: Amy Lynn Gurley, Portola Valley, homemaker; J. William Gurley, Portola Valley, partner; Scott G. McNealy, Portola Valley, CEO; Susan McNealy, Portola Valley, homemaker; Bruce Dunlevie, Menlo Park, venture capitalist; Kamil A. Grajski, San Jose, senior vice president; Barbara Grajski, San Jose, president; Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie, Atherton, homemaker; Steven L. Merrill, Grass Valley, general partner; Robert R. Maxfield, Saratoga, investor; Katherine Maxfield, Saratoga, writer; M. Kenneth Oshman, Atherton, CEO; Barbara Oshman, Atherton, community volunteer; John Walton, Jackson, investor; Christy Walton, Jackson, homemaker; Donald G. Fisher, San Francisco, chairman; Doris F. Fisher, San Francisco, co-founder; William Cleary, Saratoga, founder; Craig W. Johnson, Portola Valley, attorney; Andrew S. Rachleff, Portola Valley, general partner; Debra S. Rachleff, Portola Valley, homemaker; Kevin R. Harvey, Woodside, general partner; Catherine Harvey, Woodside, homemaker; Deedee McMurtry, Portola Valley, homemaker; Burton McMurtry, Portola Valley, retired; Frank G. Myers, Atherton, partner; Susan F. Myers, Atherton, homemaker; Reed Hastings, Los Gatos, CEO; Patty Quillin, Santa Cruz, homemaker; Jack L. Melchor, Los Altos, retired; Norma Melchor, Los Altos, retired; Robert C. Kagle, Woodside, general partner; Frances B. Nelson, San Mateo, chairman; Michael F. Williams, Monte Sereno, president; Charles T. Munger, Palo Alto, physicist.

** $3,200 contributions: Frank E. Baxter, Pacific Palisades, chairman emeritus; Leonid Sheynblat, Belmont, director; William B. Hobbs, Saratoga, chairman; Elizabeth K. Hobbs, Saratoga, homemaker; Brook H. Byers, Menlo Park, venture capitalist; Ardalan Heshmati, San Jose, engineering director; Mary E. Hunkapiller, San Carlos, community volunteer; Shawn Byers, Woodside, homemaker; Ann Parode, La Jolla, attorney; R.B. Woolley, La Jolla, investor; Armas Markkula, Woodside, retired; Linda Markkula, Woodside, homemaker; Brook H. Byers, Menlo Park, venture capitalist; Shawn Byers, Woodside, homemaker; Ann S. Bowers, Palo Alto, philanthropist; Ken Epsman, Saratoga, builder. ** $3,000 contributions: Neilson S. Buchanan, Palo Alto, consultant. ** $2,500 contributions: Irwin Mark Jacobs, La Jolla, chairman; Joan Klein Jacobs, La Jolla, retired; J. Casey McGlynn, Palo Alto, attorney; Kathleen McGlynn, Palo Alto, homemaker; Don Way, Palo Alto, CEO; Sylvie Way, Palo Alto, retired. ** $2,000 contributions: Terrence M. McCarthy, Campbell, partner; Richard J. Riordan, Los Angeles, retired; Anil R. Admal, Campbell, software engineer; Steven Spurlock, Portola Valley, partner; Robert S. Kieve, San Jose, radio broadcaster; David D. Bohannon Organization, San Mateo; Roger V. Smith, Palo Alto, retired; Norman Krasner, Emerald Hills, vice president; Kevin Compton, Saratoga, general partner; Gayla Compton, Saratoga, owner; Paul White, San Francisco, attorney; Jennifer Taylor, San Francisco, consultant. ** $1,800 contribution: Ann S. Bowers, Palo Alto, philanthropist. ** $1,600 contributions: William R. Slakey, Santa Cruz, CFO; Peggy A. Slakey, Santa Cruz, homemaker. ** $1,500 contributions: Christine S. Sewell, Atherton, senior manager; Bret Sewell, Atherton, retired; Mario M. Rosati, Palo Alto, attorney. ** $1,250 contributions: Dennis L. Mcevoy, Los Gatos, retired; Kim Worsencroft, Los Gatos, retired. ** $1,000 contributions: Christopher J. Verbil, Los Altos, engineering manager; Thomas Wolf, Mountain View, engineer; Bradford M. Freeman, Los Angeles, partner; James C. Scheller, Los Altos, patent attorney; Myung-Hee Scheller, Los Altos, homemaker; Robert L. Joss, Atherton, dean, graduate school of business; Scott C. Wallace, Honolulu, president; Carol Poizner, Monte Sereno, homemaker; John Fisher, San Francisco, president; Barbara J. Goodrich, Portola Valley, retired; John B. Goodrich, Portola Valley, retired; W Jeffers Pickard, Atherton, investor; Rolston Johnson, Saratoga, executive; Thomas Wrappe, Los Gatos, vice president; Barbara Beck, Los Gatos, homemaker; Mark Beck, Los Gatos, CEO; Enide Allison, Stateline, property manager; Diane L. Edwards, Saratoga, real estate development; Prudence C. Choi, Saratoga, owner; Cynthia Lazares, Saratoga, none; David L. Lazares, Saratoga, real estate; Sanjay Subhedar, Palo Alto, general partner; Theodore H. Geballe, Woodside, professor emeritus.

Contributions from the Almanac circulation area to the state Assembly campaign of Steve Poizner through February 14, 2004: ** Woodside: Armas Markkula, retired, $3,200; Linda Markkula, homemaker, $3,200; Robert C. Kagle, general partner, $6,400; Arthur Middleton, retired, $100; Malcom MacNaughton Jr., retired, $250; Shawn Byers, homemaker, $3,200; Robert Chess, chairman, $500; Stacey Chess, homemaker, $500; Kevin R. Harvey, general partner, $6,400; Catherine Harvey, homemaker, $6,400; Shawn Byers, homemaker, $3,200; Theodore H. Geballe, Professor Emeritus, $1,000. ** Portola Valley: William Graham, retired, $100; John Peterson, partner, $100; Steven Spurlock, partner, $2,000; Barbara J. Goodrich, retired, $1,000; John B. Goodrich, retired, $1,000; Deedee McMurtry, homemaker, $6,400; Burton McMurtry, retired, $6,400; Andrew S. Rachleff, general partner, $6,400; Debra S. Rachleff, homemaker, $6,400; Craig W. Johnson, attorney, $6,400; Scott G. McNealy, CEO, $6,400; Susan McNealy, homemaker, $6,400; Amy Lynn Gurley, homemaker, $6,400; J. William Gurley, partner, $6,400; Walter Bell, retired, $750; Kati Y. Bell, retired, $750. ** Menlo Park: George McCown, Realtor, $100; Mervin Morris, owner, $250; William F. Scandling, retired, $500; S.J. Schwartzman, retired, $100; Carol Mayer Marshall, retired, $200; Brook H. Byers, venture capitalist, $3,200; Lee B. Duboc, mayor, $125; Robert M. Duboc, CEO, $125; Brook H. Byers, venture capitalist, $3,200; Bruce Dunlevie, venture capitalist, $6,400; Carolyn M. Bechtel, Partner, $250. ** Atherton: Paul E. Jordan, CFO, $100; Russell B. Pyne, retired, $100; David M. Mauney, venture capital, $500; Joseph M. Mandato, private investor, $500; Stephen Herrick, executive, $500; Sally Herrick, director of major gifts, $500; W. Jeffers Pickard, investor, $1,000; Margaret Gill, retired, $100; Daniel Searby, president, $100; Frank G. Myers, partner, $6,400; Susan F. Myers, homemaker, $6,400; H.C. Clough, retired, $150; Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie, homemaker, $6,400; M. Kenneth Oshman, CEO, $6,400; Barbara Oshman, community volunteer, $6,400; Christine S. Sewell, senior manager, $1,500; Bret Sewell, retired, $1,500; Robert L. Joss, dean, graduate school of business, $1,000; Edwin A. Seipp, Retired, $250; William W. Halford, Retired, $250.

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Contributions to the candidates' campaign committees are listed on the California Secretary of State's Web site at ww.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm. Click on "Campaign Finance."

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