In Fresno, with the absence of city or countywide races, most of the attention in the local election is on school boards.
Candidates reported their final pre-election fundraising totals, through Oct. 17.
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State Center Area 2 Is the Most Costly Race
For the State Center school board — which governs Fresno City College and other local community colleges — the most expensive race is for Area 2. Nasreen Johnson is now in the fundraising lead, with more than $50,000. Johnson works in communications for the ACLU.
Teacher unions have helped with her latest haul. The union representing State Center faculty contributed $9,000 for a total of $19,000 this election; the California Federation of Teachers gave $5,000.
Sevag Tateosian, an analyst with the Fresno County Department of Health, raised more than $37,000. His largest donor for the most recent reporting period was $3,000 from Assemi Group, Inc. — which is a separate corporate entity from Granville Homes, controlled by GV Wire℠ publisher Darius Assemi.
Incumbent Eric Payne shows no money raised or spent. He filed his report on Friday afternoon, even though it was due the day before according to California Fair Political Practices Commission regulations. Payne also filed paperwork the same day to terminate his campaign financial committee.
Sally Fowler has raised the most of any SCCCD candidate at $65,000. She loaned herself $18,000, and picked up $13,000 from the State Center teachers union.
Carol Mills is the overall leader in the Fresno Unified races, raising $57,459. Of that, $24,708 is a loan to herself.
One interesting donor in the Central Unified school board race. Conservative State Center school board member Rich Caglia gave $250 to Central Unified progressive candidate Stacy Williams.
Fresno Unified
| Candidate |
Race |
Raised |
Spent |
| Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas* |
Fresno Unified Area 2 |
$3,735 |
$2,305 |
| Carol Mills* |
Fresno Unified Area 5 |
$57,459 |
$22,795 |
| David Paredes |
Fresno Unified Area 5 |
$12,431 |
$6,459 |
| Alex DeSiga |
Fresno Unified Area 5 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Sharon Clinton |
Fresno Unified Area 5 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Claudia Cazares* |
Fresno Unified Area 6 |
$26,571 |
$14,718 |
| Esteban Pacheco |
Fresno Unified Area 6 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Bill Gates |
Fresno Unified Area 6 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
*incumbent
Clovis Unified
|
Candidate |
Race |
Raised |
Spent |
| Yes on Measure A (Clovis Unified) |
Measure A |
$338,005 |
$397,129 |
| David DeFrank |
Clovis Unified Area 2 |
$7,800 |
$6,500 |
| Jacob Trumble |
Clovis Unified Area 2 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Hugh Awtrey* |
Clovis Unified Area 4 |
$32,738 |
$24,699 |
| Jonathan Holt |
Clovis Unified Area 4 |
$20,860 |
$20,583 |
| Noha Elbaz |
Clovis Unified Area 4 |
$12,121 |
$9,363 |
| Steven Fogg* |
Clovis Unified Area 5 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Chris Casado* |
Clovis Unified Area 7 |
$20,146 |
$19,997 |
| Yolanda Moore |
Clovis Unified Area 7 |
$6,701 |
$6,571 |
*incumbent
Central Unified
| Candidate |
Race |
Raised |
Spent |
| Yes on Measure D (Central Unified) |
Measure D |
$74,437 |
$45,799 |
| Jason Mehling |
Central Unified Area 6 |
$17,960 |
$14,470 |
| Stacy Williams |
Central Unified Area 6 |
$5,913 |
$3,070 |
| Sandra Flores |
Central Unified Area 6 |
$3,625 |
$2,533 |
| Richard Martinez |
Central Unified Area 6 |
$2,301 |
$6,818 |
| Phillip Cervantes* |
Central Unified Area 3 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Corbin Gunstream |
Central Unified Area 3 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Shawn Brooks |
Central Unified Area 4 |
$3,645 |
$3,178 |
| Bret Rush |
Central Unified Area 4 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Richard Solis* |
Central Unified Area 5 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
*incumbent
State Center Community College District
| Candidate |
Race |
Raised |
Spent |
| Eric Payne* |
SCCCD Area 2 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Sevag Tateosian |
SCCCD Area 2 |
$37,692 |
$27,122 |
| Nasreen Johnson |
SCCCD Area 2 |
$53,609 |
$42,656 |
| John Leal* |
SCCCD Area 3 |
$2,355 |
$1,586 |
| Dary Rezvani |
SCCCD Area 3 |
$44,084 |
$29,228 |
| Danielle Parra |
SCCCD Area 3 |
$6,185 |
$6,066 |
| Deborah Ikeda* |
SCCCD Area 6 |
$5,575 |
$4,477 |
| Sally Fowler |
SCCCD Area 6 |
$65,040 |
$41,674 |
| Chris Milton |
SCCCD Area 6 |
$657 |
$891 |
| Richard Caglia* |
SCCCD Area 7 |
$38,886 |
$24,097 |
| Abena Cruise |
SCCCD Area 7 |
$5,615 |
$2,525 |
| Jon Bath |
SCCCD Area 7 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
*incumbent
Fresno County Board of Education
| Candidate |
Race |
Raised |
Spent |
| Blake Zante |
FCBOE Area 2 |
$22,634 |
$16,299 |
| Bryan Burton |
FCBOE Area 2 |
$13,750 |
$6,158 |
| Daren Miller* |
FCBOE Area 3 |
$24,065 |
$17,634 |
| James Martinez |
FCBOE Area 3 |
$11,989 |
$9,639 |
| Craig Seber |
FCBOE Area 3 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Arthur Servin |
FCBOE Area 3 |
<$2,000 |
<$2,000 |
| Allen Clyde* |
FCBOE Area 5 |
No filing listed |
*incumbent
