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Janelle Kellman

Lieutenant Governor

Running in 2026: Lieutenant Governor (June 2) “Climate Risk Executive”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Lieutenant Governor
2026-05-092 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 4 income

Findings

Worth a look Late or missing · the statement

Filed 64 days after its due date (2026-03-06)

This candidate statement for Lieutenant Governor was due 2026-03-06 and filed 2026-05-09.

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Campaign money: Lieutenant Governor

$541,831itemized, 1,007 contributions
$43,000from 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: $615,657

Consultants$271,682
TV and cable$117,625
Staff salaries$59,665
Internet and email$43,328
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$31,883
Candidate travel and meals$25,162
Filing and ballot fees$15,234
Office expenses$13,232
Meetings and appearances$9,839
Legal and accounting$9,491

Largest payees: Admire Media $107,875 TV and cable · Indie Politics $66,230 Internet and email · ROBERT DEMPSEY $58,769 Consultants · STRATEGIES 360 $54,870 Consultants · Laila Caton $52,000 Staff salaries · Compete Media $30,000 TV and cable · Deborah Kristofferson $20,400 Staff salaries · Invictus Campaign Strategies $18,000 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 contributorsTypeTotal
David Deutscher
Not Employed · Not Employed · Lafayette
Person$10,300
Staci Hartman
Retired · Self: no separate business entity · SAN FRANCISCO
Person$10,250
Derek Kirkland
Not Employed · Not Employed · Scottsdale
Person$10,000
Lisa Bloom
attorney · Bloom Firm · Calabasas
Person$9,800
Bronner Family Foundation
Vista
Business/other$9,800
Lucas Dunnington
Executive · Intersect · Oakland
Person$9,800
Urvi Dunnington
Renewable Energy Manager · Facebook, Inc · Oakland
Person$9,800
Jean Greaves
Not Employed · Not Employed · San Diego
Person$9,800
Akash Jain
Executive · Palantir Technologies · Oakland
Person$9,800
Lorena Lucas Medeiros
Real Estate Agent · Compass · San Francisco
Person$9,800
NATA Partners Foundation
Foundation · Vista
Business/other$9,800
Stephanie Plante
Real estate developer · Self · Belvedere Tiburon
Person$9,800
Resilient California
Sacramento
Business/other$9,800
Jedidiah Risse
CEO · Iron Mechanical · Sacramento
Person$9,800
David Salie
Attorney-Adviser · US Department of State · Washington
Person$9,800

Committees: Janelle Kellman for Lieutenant Governor 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$15,457spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Resilient California
primary · latest report
for$15,457

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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
David Deutscher
Not Employed, Not Employed · Lafayette
$10,3002
Lucas Dunnington
Executive, Intersect · Oakland
$9,8002
Jed Smith
Investor, Catamount Ventures · San Francisco
$8,9002
Kenneth Jones
Construction, Build Group · Walnut Creek
$7,3002
Julia Violich
Farmer, Capay Farms · Kentfield
$6,0002
Elizabeth Funk
Chief Executive Officer, DignityMoves · San Francisco
$5,0007
Danielle Walker
Not Employed, Not Employed · Menlo Park
$4,0002
Amanda Monchamp
Attorney, Monchamp Meldrum LLP · Oakland
$3,5002
Jamie B Sher
Broker, The Sher Group · Ojai
$3,1002
Stuart Landesberg
retired, n/a · Mill Valley
$2,5003
Donna Wills Colson
City Council, City of Burlingame · Burlingame
$2,5005
Gavin Polone
Film and Television Producer, Pariah · Sherman Oaks
$2,5002
Paul Violich
President, Violich Farms · Kentfield
$2,5002
Eric George
Attorney, Ellis George, LLP · Beverly Hills
$2,5004
Morgan Sackett
Producer, Various · Los Angeles
$2,5002