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David Cohen

Senator, State Senate

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

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Candidate Senator, State Senate	2026-03-12	3 investments, 2 gifts, 1 travel

Findings

Context Late or missing · the statement

Filed 6 days after its due date (2026-03-06)

This candidate statement for Senator was due 2026-03-06 and filed 2026-03-12.

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Campaign money: State Senate District 10

$176,859itemized, 312 contributions

$4,292from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

76%12%

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

Plus $4,292 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $173,039

Internet and email$94,748

Polling$19,700

Consultants$17,000

Filing and ballot fees$13,731

Literature and mailings$7,163

Legal and accounting$6,189

Office expenses$5,481

Other (described)$5,432

Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$3,247

Postage and delivery$347

Largest payees: Corazon Media & Print Inc. $104,349 Internet and email · Change Research $19,700 Polling · David Cohen $13,731 Filing and ballot fees · River City Business Services $6,189 Legal and accounting · Chase Cardmember Services $5,432 Other (described) · Eric Osborne $4,660 Internet and email · eFundraising Connections $4,563 Office expenses · Mailing Systems, Inc. $4,254 Postage and delivery

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
Casino M8trix San Jose	Business/other	$5,900
Gail H. Cohen Retired · n/a · Pacific Grove	Person	$5,900
Kathryn Paul Not Employed · n/a · San Francisco	Person	$5,900
Eddie Truong Consultant · Unite Strategies, LLC · San Jose	Person	$5,900
GR EDU Inc. Milpitas	Business/other	$5,000
David Cohen Councilmember · City of San Jose · San Jose	Person	$4,292.16
Cathy Tsang Retired · n/a · Los Altos	Person	$4,000
Coco Han Education Consultant · CompassPoint Mentorship · Saratoga	Person	$3,500
Melissa A Bickford Technical Program Manager · Google Inc. · San Jose	Person	$3,000
California Jewish PAC Los Angeles	Committee	$3,000
Trudy Green Retired · n/a · Los Angeles	Person	$3,000
Dean C Mccully Not Employed · n/a · San Jose	Person	$3,000
Keilang Zhu Lawyer · Deheng Law Offices · Pleasanton	Person	$3,000
Linda Sell Engineer · Trimble Inc. · Sunnyvale	Person	$2,963.61
Yuan Cao Homemaker · n/a · San Jose	Person	$2,500

Committees: David Cohen for California Senate District 10 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$1,000spent supporting them

$69,419spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Nurses and Working Families for Kepner for State Senate 2026 sponsored by labor organizations primary · latest report	against	$69,419
ACLU California Action Votes primary · latest report	for	$1,000

Independent expenditures reported within 24 hours (Form 496), from 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Casino M8trix Business · San Jose · registered lobbyist employer	$5,900	4
Eddie Truong Partner, Unite Strategies · San Jose	$5,900	4
David Cohen Councilmember, City of San Jose · San Jose	$4,292	2
California Jewish PAC Group or PAC · Los Angeles	$3,000	17
Linda Sell Engineer, Trimble Inc. · Sunnyvale	$2,964	4
IBEW 332 Education Fund (Sponsored by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 332) Labor union · San Jose	$2,500	4
Santa Clara County Employee Management Association (CEMA) PAC Group or PAC · San Jose	$2,500	5
Kuldip Thusu Consultant, Kuldip Thusu · Dinuba	$2,500	2
Elect Climate Champions Fund sponsored by California Environmental Voters Group or PAC · Oakland	$2,500	13
Ruth Fletcher Not Employed, n/a · Los Gatos	$2,500	3
Laborers Local Union No. 270 Political Action Committee Labor union · Sacramento	$2,500	2
Josh Becker for Senate 2028 Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento	$2,500	15
Catherine Liu Principal, Crosspoint · Sunnyvale	$2,000	2
Susan Ellenberg for Supervisor 2026 Candidate or officeholder committee · Oakland	$2,000	2
David Donaldson Retired, n/a · Santa Clara	$1,600	2