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Elaine Farrell Culotti
Governor
Running in 2026: Governor (June 2) “Entrepreneur/Farmer/Developer”
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Candidate Governor | 2026-03-04 | 3 businesses & trusts, 3 real property |
Findings
None.
Campaign money: Governor
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $2,042 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $19,948
Largest payees: Experience Adventures $5,747 Returned contributions · 3% Media $2,800 Internet and email · AvestruzCompany $2,250 Radio · SoloTech $2,000 Consultants · PCI.Vote, Inc $1,750 Legal and accounting · Decipher AI $1,380 Internet and email · Daphne Hinton $1,000 Consultants · Christopher Cho $850 Consultants
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Experience Adventures Costa Mesa | Business/other | $9,999 |
| Michael Firstenberg Physician · Hawaii Heart · Wailuku | Person | $2,500 |
| Elaine Culotti Development · Portabella · Fallbrook | Person | $2,041.98 |
| 3% Media Lake Forest | Business/other | $2,000 |
| David Asher Managing Partnet · Vital Financial LLC · Gibson Island | Person | $521.15 |
| Angela Exton Self employed · Broken Tooth Ranch · Studio City | Person | $521.15 |
| Luke Melchior Business Owner · Melchior Construction Company Inc · Sepulveda ave | Person | $500 |
| Rita Shokeen Business · Welcome group · Pacific Palisades | Person | $500 |
| Kris Heil Retired · Retired · Aptos | Person | $260.73 |
| Dr. TK Huynh Pharmacist · MindBody Matrix · Clovis | Person | $260.73 |
| Gregory Brittain Attorney · DBA: Gregory Brittain · Redlands | Person | $250 |
| Ambrosio Avestruz Video Editor · Ambrosio Avestruz · Hermosa Beach | Person | $104.48 |
| Jim Battersby Security Consultant · DBA: Jim Battersby · Rancho Cucamonga | Person | $104.48 |
| Steve Bojorquez Retired · Retired · San Diego | Person | $104.48 |
| Gabriel Brown Longshoremen · Pma · Long Beach | Person | $104.48 |
Committees: Elaine Culotti for Governor 2026. 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 | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Brittain Attorney, Self Employed-Gregory Brittain · Redlands | $250 | 7 | |
| Edward Nunez Mgr, Nunez and Partners LLC · Anaheim | $104 | 2 | |
| Patrick Brosnan Retired, Retired · Burlingame | $100 | 2 |