Election 2020
Irvine Ranch Water District Director, Division 4 – Candidates
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Election 2020: Candidates Money Raised From Sept. 20 – Oct. 17
The City Council and Mayoral Candidates filed their last pre-election campaign report before the upcoming November 3rd election. Farrah Khan raised the most in this filing period with $26,204 from September 20 through October 17, 2020. All filings are public documents and are available online here using the city’s campaign statement public portal. Candidates who do […]
UPDATED: Independent Expenditures from 9/21 – 10/16
Independent Expenditures from September 21 – October 16, 2020 The charts below show the total amount of independent expenditure contributions supporting or opposing individual candidates from September 21 through October 16, 2020. These numbers will be updated weekly. An independent expenditure is an expense for a political communication (ie: mailer, social media ad, lawn signs, […]
Deceptive Candidate Mailers
Recent statements made in political advertisements mailed to voters by a local political action committee (PAC) called Atlas PAC are misleading and should be corrected. The flyers refer to City Council candidate Mike Carroll. “Re-Elect Vice Mayor Mike Carroll” is boldly placed in the headers, which is both deceptive and insulting to voters. While it is important […]
Dark Money Contributions (9/21/20 -10/9/20)
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated for clarity. A look at Independent Expenditures from 9/21- 10/9 The charts below show the total amount of dark money contributions supporting or opposing individual candidates from September 21 through October 9, 2020. These numbers will be updated weekly. An independent expenditure is an expense for a political […]
Voter Guide: Irvine Mayor & Council Candidates On The Issues
On October 1, Irvine Watchdog hosted an Irvine Mayor & City Council Candidates Forum, giving voters an opportunity to hear candidates’ views on major issues facing the city. Click here to watch the Forum. All the questions asked during the Forum were crowdsourced by Irvine residents via the Irvine Watchdog website. Some questions have been […]
Dark Money in Irvine Elections
Want to follow the money and find out who contributed to the Political Action Committee behind the attack ad opposing a candidate? Political Action Committees (PACs) can donate directly to campaigns and also make independent expenditures (IE) to oppose or support a candidate. Independent expenditures are done without any authorization or involvement of the candidate, […]
