Tempe City Council incumbent Ben Arredondo leads all East Valley candidates this season with nearly $144,000 in campaign contributions. Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn is next with $76,000 to date, followed by his challenger, Chandler City Councilman Phill Westbrooks, with nearly $63,000.
Mayoral and city council candidates were required to file their second campaign finance reports on Thursday that disclose contributions and expenditures for the period of Jan. 1 through Feb. 22. The maximum contribution allowed from one individual is $370 and $1,890 from a political action committee.
CHANDLER
Mayor
BOYD DUNN (INCUMBENT) This period: $300 Total: $76,419 Total expenditures: $58,748 Notable contributors this period: Patti Bruno, former city councilwoman, $100; Gayla Mead, attorney, $200
PHILL WESTBROOKS This period: $15,370 Total: $62,616 Total expenditures: $38,011 Notable contributors this period: Marty De Rito, developer, $370
City Council
BOB CACCAMO (INCUMBENT) This period: $13,040 Total: $31,829 Total expenditures: $19,334 Notable contributors this period: Billy Shields, president of United Phoenix Firefighters, $370; Patrick Cantelme and wife (name not listed), co-owner of PMT Ambulance, $700; Bob Ramsey, co-owner of PMT Ambulance, $370; Michelle Angle, executive assistant at PMT Ambulance, $350
TRINITY DONOVAN This period: $5,749 Total: $14,801 Total expenditures: $8,680 Notable contributors this period: Matt Orlando, Chandler city councilman, $150
FRANK PEAKE
No report filed Thursday.
RICK HEUMAN This period: $5,453 Total: $7,141 Total expenditures: $5,878 Notable contributors this period: Patti Bruno, former Chandler city councilwoman, $100
BECKY JACKSON This period: $6,464 Total: $27,836 Total expenditures: $19,958 Notable contributors this period: Rockne Arnett, president of East Valley Partnership, $100; Betsey Bayless, former secretary of state and current health care CEO at Maricopa Integrated Health System, $100; Martin Sepulveda, Chandler city councilman and owner of Sepulveda Group, $250; Shereen Sepulveda, Chandler environmental program education coordinator and owner of Sepulveda Group, $250 (refunded Friday); Salt River Project Political Involvement Committee, $300
CHRIS STAGE This period: $8,770 Total: $16,995 Total expenditures: $6,666 Notable contributors this period: Pat Cantelme, co-owner of PMT Ambulance, $350; Bob Ramsey, co-owner of PMT Ambulance, $370; SRP Political Involvement Committee, $300
JEFF WENINGER This period: $8,168 Total: $18,509 Total expenditures: $15,075 Notable contributors this period: Southwest Gas Arizona Political Action Committee, $200; Jerry Brooks, former Chandler mayor, $100; Nathan Sproul, president of Sproul & Associates, $350.
MESA
City Council
District 4
PAT ESPARZA This period: $3,934 Total: $8,639 Total expenditures: $6,818 Notable contributors this period: Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens president Phil Austin, $350; East Valley Partnership president Roc Arnett, $100; District 4 council candidate (2002) Jack Hannon, $50
KYLE JONES (INCUMBENT) This period: $9,025 Total: $10,095 Total expenditures: $9,707 Notable contributors this period: Former mayor Wayne and Kathye Brown, $500; Yes for Mesa co-chairman John and Dawn Giles, $500; developer Dennis Barney, $370; Mayor Keno Hawker, $250; former Mayor Wayne Pomeroy, $200; East Valley Partnership president Roc Arnett, $100; Mesa City Councilman Rex Griswold, $100; Mesa Unified School District Superintendent Debra Duvall, $50
ILIAS KOSTOPOULOS This period: $0 Total: $0 Total expenditures: $2,404 Notable contributors this period: None
JT READY This period: $4,760 Total: $4,990 Total expenditures: $4,752 Notable contributors this period: Scottsdale skin doctor Lynn Juracek, $370; former Mesa councilman Louis Stradling, $350; Property Owners in Opposition to Question 2 co-chairman Bob Hisserich, $100; state Sen. Karen Johnson, $50
Council District 5
REX GRISWOLD This period: $1,830 Total: $19,722 Total expenditures: $16,311 Notable contributors this period: De Rito Partners president Marty De Rito, $200; Mesa lawyer David Udall, $100; Broadway Palms Theater owner William and Andrea Prather, $700
Council District 6
SCOTT SOMERS This period: $6,210 Total: $28,118 Total expenditures: $21,235 Notable contributors this period: Phoenix Fire Department employees, $840; Highground political consultants, $650; Mesa Vice Mayor Claudia Walters, $50
JANIE THOM (INCUMBENT) This period: $5,416 Total: $17,379 Total expenditures: $16,155 Notable contributors this period: ALC Builders owner Anson and Ann Call, $740; RSB Partners CEO Ross Farnsworth, $200; DMB Associates attorney Karrin Taylor, $150
QUEEN CREEK
Mayor
WENDY FELDMAN-KERR
(INCUMBENT) This period: $4,980.05 Total: $9,711.43 Total expenditures: $5,496.48 Notable contributors this period: Ralph Pew, attorney who represents Vestar Development Co. and others, $200; Salt River Project political committee, $350
ART SANDERS This period: $15,000 in personal loans from the candidate Total: $20,000 in personal loans from the candidate Total expenditures: $13,104.03 Notable contributors this period: Sanders is the sole contributor
Town Council
JOYCE HILDEBRANDT
(INCUMBENT) This period: $3,860 in personal loans from the candidate Total: $4,081.42 Total expenditures: $1,549.69 Notable contributors this period: Hildebrandt is the sole contributor
GARY HOLLOWAY (incumbent)
Filed $500 threshold exemption statement, no report required
GORDON MORTENSEN This period: $2,000 in a personal loan from the candidate Total: $2,000 Total expenditures: $5.19 (also has $2,204.18 in outstanding campaign debts) Notable contributors this period: Mortensen is the sole contributor
MONTE NEVITT This period: $1,466.30 in a personal loan from the candidate Total: $1,466.30 Total expenditures: $1,466.30 Notable contributors this period: Nevitt is the sole contributor
JON WOOTTEN (INCUMBENT) This period: $735.85 (includes $635.85 in loans or in-kind contributions from candidate) Total: $735.85 Total expenditures: $186.15 Notable contributors this period: Jerry Maxwell, retired Queen Creek resident, $100
TEMPE
City Council
BEN ARREDONDO
(INCUMBENT) This period: $10,039 Total: $143,788 Total expenditures: $31,923 Notable contributors this period: Holualoa Arizona employees, $1,750; Kelton Companies employees, $750; Lifelock employees, $400
LEONARD COPPLE
(INCUMBENT) This period: $7,420 Total: $10,146 Total expenditures: $12,280 Notable contributors this period: Holualoa Arizona employees, $1,250; McDuffy’s owner Roger Egan, $370; Brock Supply president Jerry Brock, $370
SHANA ELLIS This period: $9,604 Total: $18,978 Total expenditures: $13,239 Notable contributors this period: Lawrence and Geyser Development, $1,480; General Motors regional manager Jack Fetherston, $200
ONNIE SHEKERJIAN This period: $10,188 Total: $16,058 Total expenditures: $4,101 Notable contributors this period: Consultant Stan Barnes, $370; Radio broadcaster Austin Hill, $370; David Thompson, $350
COREY WOODS This period: $6,271 Total: $10,153 Total expenditures: $8,440 Notable contributors this period: Schott Foundation chairman Greg Jobin-Leeds, $370; Roger and Linda Glass, $200; P.J. Pease, $200
