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Livermore school board candidate Tara Boyce caught up with the top-funded candidate Deena Kaplanis, following a mailer contribution worth about $5,000 from the Livermore Education Association PAC, according to recently released financial statements.
Now Boyce and Kaplanis lead the race, each having gathered and spent about $10,000 this year. Behind them are Christiaan VandenHeuvel, Maggie Tufts, Jean Paulsen and Amanda Pepper.
The candidate’s financial statements are part of the second and final reporting period for election campaigns, spanning Sept. 22 to Oct. 19. While filings were due on Oct. 24, Tufts did not report on her contributions or expenditures this period and VandenHeuvel submitted his financial statements on Oct. 30, six days after the filing deadline.
From late September to mid-October, Kaplanis collected $2,046.50 for a grand total of $13,537.13 this year.
All of the contributions to her campaign were about $200 or less this period, except one donation of $500 from Mattos Monuments, Inc. in Hayward.
Of the contributors, less than half were Livermore residents. Other than Livermore, donors lived in Pleasanton, San Ramon, Danville and Hayward.
As for campaign expenditures, Kaplanis spent $5,370.84 this period for a cumulative $9,876.96 this year.
In recent weeks, most of her funds went towards her social media campaign and campaign text messaging: $2,500 and $2,357, respectively.
Boyce nearly caught up with Kaplanis’ funding during the reporting period, having collected $9,186.67 in recent weeks for a year’s total of $11,990.29.
Boyce’s top contributor this period was the Livermore Education Association PAC, which gave “Print 2 mailers, postage for 1 mailer,” valued at $5,161.67.
As for monetary contributions, she ranked as her top financial supporter this period via a $2,500 loan. An additional $1,000 came from the Sacramento-based International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595 PAC. Other than the Local 595, all her contributors were from Livermore and their donations maxed out at $100 each.
Among her other supporters was Sharon Draggoo, a board member of the Pedrozzi Foundation, who gave $100.
Following the reporting period, Boyce received $2,246 from the Livermore Education Association PAC on Oct. 25. This brought her total funding to $14,236.29.
In terms of campaign expenditures, Boyce spent $5,744.29 this period for a year’s total of $9,985.45.
During the reporting period she used the non-monetary contribution from the Livermore Education Association PAC, paid out $1,255.80 for yard signs and took on $564.48 in debt for campaign literature and mailings.
From July 12 to Oct. 22, VandenHeuvel collected $9,718.62 for his campaign. This makes him the LVJUSD candidate with the third-most funding. During that same period, he spent $6,710.43.
These figures also represent his year-to date contributions and expenditures through Oct. 22.
His top contributors were Brian Bissell from Denver, Colorado at $1,000, LIUNA Laborers Local 304 from Hayward at $1,000 and IBEW Local 595 from Dublin at $1,000.
He also received “CTA MAILER” from the Livermore Education Association PAC valued at $2,240.
Among his other supporters were LVJUSD Trustee Craig Bueno who gave $100, outgoing LVJUSD Trustee Kristie Wang who gave “Kick Off Party Supplies” worth $148.62, outgoing Livermore City Councilmember Brittni Kiick who gave $50, executive director of Tri-Valley Seek and Save Roland Ellingsen, who gave $100, and the SMART Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 104 from Livermore, which gave $500.
As of late October, VandenHeuvel’s greatest campaign expense was “Graphic Design and signs,” which cost $2,056.59.
Tufts lags in funding, having raised $2,827.17 between Jan. 1 and Sept. 21, according to the most current statement she filed on Oct. 17. This submission was due in late September for the first pre-election filing deadline.
As of Oct. 30, Tufts did not file records for the most recent reporting period.
But all of the support she has reported so far has come from Livermore residents. Top value contributions came from Lori Souza and an executive of the Pedrozzi Foundation Carolyn Siegfried, who each gave $500. Other contributions were each $300 or less.
Up until Sept. 21, Tufts spent $1,665.79. Nearly all of that money, $1,624.53, went towards campaign signs.
Paulsen and Pepper each expect to receive less than $2,000 in campaign contributions and spend less than that amount throughout the year, according to their statements filed in July.
The next round of filings are considered semiannual and will report on the period from Oct. 20 through Dec. 31. The submissions will be due on Jan. 31, 2025.
Editor’s note: This article was updated to include campaign finance details filed six days after the deadline by LVJUSD candidate Christiaan VandenHeuvel.
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