Context Campaign money · the statement
Put $101,114 of their own into the State Assembly Member District 3 campaign (30% of its money)
Itemized money to Johansson for Assembly 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $239,025 in contributions, of which $1,114 from the candidate, plus $100,000 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: State Assembly Member District 3
$239,025itemized, 518 contributions
$101,114from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $9,150 in 8 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).
Elevate California PAC $2,500 2026-09-25 · Donald Beaty $1,500 2026-09-30 · E. Kurt Meyer $1,150 2026-09-30 · Bayles Ranch $1,000 2026-09-30 · Felix Karp MD Inc. $1,000 2026-09-30 · Lisa Koehnen $1,000 2026-10-06 · Jeffrey Vesely $1,000 2026-10-07
Where their outside money comes from
79%17%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $1,114 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $302,342
Literature and mailings$148,385
Other (described)$43,035
Consultants$40,525
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$39,633
Legal and accounting$15,659
Office expenses$10,849
Internet and email$4,156
Meetings and appearances$100
Returned contributions$1
Largest payees: Axiom Strategies $177,518 Internet and email · Visa Card $43,035 Other (described) · SignWorx $27,016 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · The KAL Group, Inc. $15,659 Legal and accounting · Troast and Associates LLC $10,000 Consultants · Remington Research Group $9,576 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · Integrated Solutions: Political $8,156 Office expenses · eFundraising Connections $2,899 Office expenses
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 |
|---|
John Nock
Farmer · Nock Orchards · Chico | Person | $10,000 |
Lester Heringer
Manager · M and T Ranch · Chico | Person | $6,133.33 |
Butte County Farm Bureau PAC
Chico | Committee | $5,000 |
Jones Flying Service Inc.
Biggs | Business/other | $4,100 |
Richard Kirchner
Retired · Retired · Westwood | Person | $4,000 |
Kristen Wilson
Teacher · Orville City Elementary School District · Oroville | Person | $4,000 |
Richard McGowan
Farmer · Richard McGowan Farming Inc · Chico | Person | $3,962 |
William Carriere
Farmer · Carriere Family Farms Inc. · Glenn | Person | $3,500 |
Walt Meyer
Farmer · WJ Meyer Farming · Biggs | Person | $3,500 |
Osahon Osifo
Physician · Self Employed-Osahon Osifo · Oroville | Person | $3,400 |
Ralph Wilkerson
Farmer And Trucker · Radco Trucking · Gridley | Person | $3,175 |
Donna Bayles
Farmer · Bayles Ranch · Biggs | Person | $3,000 |
Kulwant Johl
Farmer · Johl Orchards · Yuba City | Person | $3,000 |
Lauren Cassady
Retired · Retired · Gridley | Person | $2,950 |
Rosemary Daoust
Retired · Retired · Marysville | Person | $2,666.27 |
Committees: Johansson for Assembly 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.