Monterey City Council election financial disclosures show Vicki Nohrden campaign leading in fundraising efforts.

In the recent campaign finance disclosure filings for candidates in the race for two seats on the Monterey City Council—Districts 1 and 2—the campaign for District 2 candidate Vicki Nohrden has outraised all others with about $17,400 in contributions from Jan. 1 to Sept. 19, 2026. 

In the latest reporting period, which spanned from July 1 to Sept. 19, Nohrden’s campaign raised just more than $11,000, with a contribution of $600 from the Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Patriots, and $300 from Ed Smith, who currently holds the District 2 seat.

The Monterey Bay Action Committee gave Nohrden’s campaign $600, and current Seaside City Council member and mayoral candidate Alex Miller donated $200, among others. In the latest reporting period, Nohrden’s campaign spent about $6,500, which leaves a cash balance of about $9,000. 

The campaign for District 2 candidate Alec Manas has raised about $7,200 from Jan. 1 to Sept. 19, and spent about $4,000, with the lion’s share of that going to Community Printers, Inc. for campaign materials. Of the roughly $7,200 in contributions, Progress Monterey County gave $600, Monterey City Councilmember Gino Garcia donated $150 and Fifth District Monterey County Supervisor Kate Daniels gave $600, among others. 

The other contender in the District 2 race, Jeff Whitmoyer, has not raised any money for his campaign nor reported any expenditures. 

In the race for District 1, the campaign for incumbent Monterey City Councilmember Kim Barber has raised roughly $11,000 year to date, with about $2,700 raised in the latest reporting period and with recent expenditures of about $5,000,for an ending cash balance of approximately $4,050. 

Soledad Mayor Anna Velazquez contributed $100 to Barber’s campaign along with Marina City Councilmember Jenny McAdams. Progress Monterey County, which also gave to Manas, donated $600 to the Barber campaign. The majority of the campaign’s expenditures were used for campaign consulting, mailings and yard signs. 

Barber’s opponent in the race for District 1, Tom Reeves has also raised about $11,000 year to date, with about $6,000 raised in the latest reporting period. The campaign for Reeves has spent about $6,700 in total, with an ending cash balance of roughly 4,150.

 The Monterey Bay Action Committee, which also contributed to Nohrden’s campaign, gave $600 to the campaign for Reeves. Monterey City Councilmember Jean Rasch contributed $500. In the latest reporting period, Reeves’ campaign paid about $2,100 to Community Printers for yard signs. 

The next deadline for candidates to file campaign disclosure statements is Oct. 22 for the period spanning Sept. 20 to Oct. 17, 2026.