Monterey Mayor Tyller Williamson's campaign outraises challenger in latest finance reporting period.

In the latest campaign finance disclosure period for candidates in the City of Monterey elections, spanning Sept. 20 to Oct. 17, the campaign for Monterey Mayor Tyller Williamson raised about $13,800 compared to his challenger Vince Malfitano's campaign, which raised about $10,900 in the same span.

Since Jan. 1, Williamson’s campaign has raised about $41,620 in total and spent about $22,000. Roughly 50 individuals contributed to Williamson’s campaign in the latest reporting round. The largest expenditures were paid to Community Printers in Santa Cruz, with about $8,000 going to printing campaign materials and mailings. The campaign paid Monterey County Weekly about $4,100 for a print advertisement. 

In comparison, the campaign for Malfitano has raised about $51,000 since Jan. 1, roughly $10,000 more than Williamson’s campaign year-to-date and reported spending about $37,000 so far. The campaign also submitted forms on Sept. 28, Oct. 1 and two on Oct. 19 amending its previously submitted financial disclosure statements. 

One of the two amendments filed on Oct. 19 states that the reasons for amending the original forms were “data entry errors.” The second cites the removal of certain campaign contributors' names because “A contribution need not be reported if it is not cashed, negotiated, or deposited and is returned to the contributor before the closing date of the campaign statement on which it would otherwise be reported.”

In the latest disclosure period, Malfitano’s campaign received donations from about 35 individuals and spent about $4,600, with some of the largest payments going to California Mailing Systems for campaign literature and mailings, and to the COPS Voter Guide, with the payment description cited as “voter registration.”

Among the candidates for Monterey City Council in the District 1 race, challenger Tom Reeves had about $4,700 in contributions in the latest reporting period, with about $2,800 in monetary contributions from eight donors and $1,800 in loans. The Reeves campaign has raised about $15,500 in total and spent about $9,200 since Jan. 1. 

Incumbent District 1 City Councilmember Kim Barber’s campaign raised roughly $3,700 in the latest reporting period from 11 donors and spent about $5,100. The Barber campaign has raised about $15,200 since Jan. 1 and spent about $13,000. 

In the race for the city of Monterey’s District 2, candidate Alec Manas raised about $10,000 in the latest reporting period from roughly 25 donors, and spent about $7,900. Since Jan. 1, the Manas campaign has raised approximately $17,500 and spent about $12,200. The campaign for Manas also filed an amendment on Oct. 17 to add a payment in the previous disclosure period. 

District 2 candidate Vicki Nohrden’s campaign raised roughly $1,600 in the latest reporting period and spent about $5,500. Overall, the Nohrden campaign has raised about $19,000 and spent approximately $14,400 since Jan. 1. 

District 2 candidate Jeff Whitmoyer has not reported raising or spending any money in his campaign since Jan. 1. 

Disclosure statements for the final reporting period before election day on Nov. 3, spanning Oct. 18 to Oct. 28, are due on Oct. 29.