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David Douglas Fennell

Lieutenant Governor

Running in 2026: Lieutenant Governor (June 2) “Businessman”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Lieutenant Governor		2026-03-153 investments, 5 businesses & trusts, 3 income

Findings

Context Late or missing · the statement

Filed 9 days after its due date (2026-03-06)

This candidate statement for Lieutenant Governor was due 2026-03-06 and filed 2026-03-15.

What to check
  • Whether the due date shown was extended, or the statement was filed on paper first.
  • The filing officer decides whether a late fine applies.
Rule: Filed after the due date
“The filing officer who retains originally-signed or electronically filed statements of economic interests may impose on an individual a fine for any statement that is filed late. The fine is $10 per”Form 700 (2025/2026), Late Filing ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $24,367 of their own into the Lieutenant Governor campaign (86% of its money)

Itemized money to FENNELL FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 2026; DAVID, FENNELL FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2014… through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $4,000 in contributions, of which $0 from the candidate, plus $24,367 in loans from the candidate.

What to check
  • Context, not a problem: candidates may fund their own campaigns.
  • Loans can be repaid from later contributions (Cal-Access Schedule B).
Rule: Candidate's own money in the campaign

How this rule works

Campaign money: Lieutenant Governor

$4,000itemized, 1 contributions
$24,367from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

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How it was spent: $21,345

Candidate travel and meals$6,895
Office expenses$5,523
Filing and ballot fees$4,775
Legal defense$1,224
Literature and mailings$992
Internet and email$708
Legal and accounting$394
Staff travel and meals$288
Meetings and appearances$200
Other (described)$161

Largest payees: Secretary of State $4,775 Filing and ballot fees · Answer United $1,923 Office expenses · Regus: Sacramento $1,715 Office expenses · Kimpton Sawyer Hotel $1,161 Candidate travel and meals · River City Process Service $815 Legal defense · Soundwaves Studios $800 Office expenses · S72 Business Portraits $704 Literature and mailings · Butte County Superior Court $478 Legal defense

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 contributorsTypeTotal
Robert Tuckey
Business Owner · Rocks Unlimited · Half Moon Bay		Person$4,000

Committees: FENNELL FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 2026; DAVID, FENNELL FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2014, #1435106, FENNELL FOR STATE SENATE 2024; DAVID, FENNELL FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2018; DAVID. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.