The Santa Ana City Clerk, Mary Huizar, sent me the Santa Ana Council and Mayoral candidates’ new campaign finance reports today. You can read them all by clicking here. The reports are a heck of a read – for one thing it looks like Ward 3 candidate Eric Alderete raised more money than all of the other candidates.
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Congressional campaign finance reports were released today, and the news isn’t terribly good for some of Orange County’s challengers.
In the 47th Congressional District, Assemblyman Van Tran reported $347,914 cash on hand. The incumbent, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, by comparison, reported $1,123,245 cash on hand.
That is really shocking as Tran has been planning to run for Congress for years. He is already at a huge disadvantage, and the campaign is just getting started.
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