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Carmen Montano

Senator, State Senate

Running in 2026: State Senate District 10 (June 2) “Mayor”

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Candidate Senator, State Senate	2026-05-13	No reportable interests

Findings

Worth a look Late or missing · the statement

Filed 68 days after its due date (2026-03-06)

This candidate statement for Senator was due 2026-03-06 and filed 2026-05-13.

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Campaign money: State Senate District 10

$57,871itemized, 126 contributions

$5,900from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

72%16%11%

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $70,420

Filing and ballot fees$20,332

Fundraising events$8,278

Office expenses$8,107

Internet and email$7,427

Literature and mailings$6,935

Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$5,146

Consultants$5,000

Legal and accounting$4,830

Returned contributions$2,000

Civic donations$1,200

Largest payees: Alameda County Registrar of Voters $10,673 Filing and ballot fees · Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters $8,697 Filing and ballot fees · ABC Printing $8,211 Print ads · Flywire Scale to Win $7,788 Office expenses · Dave and Busters $5,748 Fundraising events · Voters SAI $5,000 Internet and email · Jackson Peterson $4,000 Consultants · Preston Public Affairs $3,500 Legal and accounting

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributors	Type	Total
Milpitas Firefighters PAC Sacramento	RCP	$5,000
Thomas Robinson Principal · Robinson Oil Corporation · Los Gatos	Person	$2,500
Robson Homes LLC San Jose	Business/other	$2,500
Harpreet Chaudhary Director · Global Trust Bank · Fremont	Person	$2,000
County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters San Jose		$1,956.86
Swaran Bala Bahl Self Employed · Self Employed · Saratoga	Person	$1,500
Robert Livengood Self Employed · Livengood Consulting · Milpitas	Person	$1,500
Transfil Technology Inc Milpitas	Business/other	$1,500
Swati Wagh Homemaker · Homemaker · Fremont	Person	$1,500
Cady Yu Principal · Bay View Golf Club · Milpitas	Person	$1,500
Espanas Collision Repair DBA Carstar Milpitas Milpitas	Business/other	$1,000
Espanas Collission Repair Milpitas	Business/other	$1,000
Bernadette Gomez Retired · Retired · Milpitas	Person	$1,000
Catherine Liu Self Employed · Education Executive Director · Sunnyvale	Person	$1,000
Milpitas Police Officers Association PAC Milpitas	RCP	$1,000

Committees: MONTANO 4 ASSEMBLY 2020; CARMEN, #1403829, MONTANO FOR STATE SENATE 2026; CARMEN. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Bernadette Gomez Retired, Retired · Milpitas	$1,000	2
Catherine Liu Principal, Crosspoint · Sunnyvale	$1,000	2
Ritesh Tandon Candidate, Kricel Corp · San Jose	$500	3
Danny Fang Retiree, N/A · Milpitas	$500	2
Denise Diaz Traffic Instructor, The Chicago School · South Gate	$500	6
Jaswant Hothi Self Employed, Self Employed · San Jose	$500	2
Evangelina Figueroa Retired, Retired · Milpitas	$250	2
Jeffrey Hogg Engineer, Sanmina Corp · Milpitas	$250	2
Adriano Naderi Retired, None · Santa Clara	$200	2
Will Ector Retired, Retired · San Jose	$200	2
Chin Lin Not Employed, n/a · Cupertino	$100	2
Virginia Rivera Not Employed, Not Employed · Milpitas	$100	2