Context Campaign money · the statement
Put $400,305 of their own into the Board of Equalization Member District 2 campaign (69% of its money)
Itemized money to PIMENTEL FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $479,255 in contributions, of which $300,305 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: Board of Equalization Member District 2
$479,255itemized, 105 contributions
$400,305from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $12,500 in 7 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).
Bill Dodd for Lt. Governor 2030 $5,000 2026-09-24 · Dirk Eller $2,500 2026-09-25 · Mark Borman $1,000 2026-09-22 · Abigail Doolittle $1,000 2026-10-07 · Craig Elson $1,000 2026-09-30 · Lindsey Kozberg $1,000 2026-09-29 · Adam Smith $1,000 2026-10-03
Where their outside money comes from
95%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $300,305 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $364,215
Other (described)$288,889
Consultants$38,366
Legal and accounting$26,881
Internet and email$7,235
Filing and ballot fees$1,844
Contributions to others$1,000
Largest payees: Axial Media & Communications, LLC $145,289 Legal and accounting · Pathfinder Strategic $109,750 Internet and email · Law Office of Russell H. Miller $18,881 Legal and accounting · Secretary of State-Elections Division $13,644 Filing and ballot fees · CA Slates $8,200 Other (described) · Wheelhouse Strategies $7,500 Consultants · Austin Suter Consulting LLC $7,500 Consultants · Budget Watchdogs $5,293 Other (described)
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 Pimentel
President · Foundation Windpower LLC · Menlo Park | Person | $300,305.32 |
Christine Gardner
Self-employed · Christine Gardner · San Francisco | Person | $19,600 |
Curtis Gardner
Self-employed · Curtis Gardner · San Francisco | Person | $19,600 |
Mark Robinson
Partner, Co-President · Centerview Partner Holdings LLC · Kentfield | Person | $19,600 |
Adam Clammer
Managing Partner · True Wind Capital Management L.P. · San Mateo | Person | $9,800 |
Melissa Draper
Not Employed · N/A · San Mateo | Person | $9,800 |
Timothy Draper
Venture Capitalist · Draper Management · San Mateo | Person | $9,800 |
Stephanie Robinson
Not Employed · N/A · Kentfield | Person | $9,800 |
Thomas Campbell
Professor · Chapman University · Trabuco Canyon | Person | $5,000 |
Alastair Mactaggart
Real Estate Investment · Second Street Fund Inc. · Oakland | Person | $5,000 |
William E. Oberndorf
Investor · Oberndorf Enterprises · San Francisco | Person | $5,000 |
Charles Patton
Not Employed · N/A · San Diego | Person | $5,000 |
Spieker Realty Investments
Menlo Park | Business/other | $5,000 |
Thomas F. Stephenson
Retired · N/A · Atherton | Person | $5,000 |
Charles Neilson Buchanan
Retired · N/A · Palo Alto | Person | $2,650 |
Committees: PIMENTEL FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.