Context Campaign money · the statement
Put $491,000 of their own into the Governor campaign (86% of its money)
Itemized money to Leo Zacky for Governor 2022, Leo Zacky For Governor 2026… through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $475,370 in contributions, of which $398,000 from the candidate, plus $93,000 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: Governor
$475,370itemized, 69 contributions
$530,200from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $5,000 in 1 contribution reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-06-30: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).
Leo Zacky $5,000 2026-09-14
Where their outside money comes from
93%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $437,200 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $561,447
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$383,104
Consultants$119,627
Legal and accounting$31,966
Fundraising events$22,900
Other (described)$2,634
Radio$1,000
Staff travel and meals$217
Largest payees: Revolution Media Company $111,312 Consultants · Christian David Cordeaux $54,655 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · Bully! Pulpit $51,952 Consultants · Imperium Strategic Group $50,296 Fundraising events · Jeff Whitaker $44,712 Consultants · Ronald Kroell Jr. $30,472 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · Diane Killy $27,979 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · Max Bonilla $25,492 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 |
|---|
Leo Zacky
businessman/farmer · none · Los Angeles | Person | $398,000 |
Lillian Zacky
Retired · Los Angeles | Person | $39,200 |
Grant Goodwin
CTO · Smash Capital · Canoga Park | Person | $8,300 |
Ryan Murphy
Fullfilment DIrector · Smash Capital · Calabasas | Person | $8,220 |
Barbara Cabellon
Retired · Orinda | Person | $5,000 |
Max Bonilla
Sacramento | Person | $4,000 |
Michael Sahaid
Internal Advisory Consult consultant · Genter Capital · Lakewood | Person | $3,000 |
Catalina Bar & Grill
Los Angeles | Business/other | $2,500 |
Arun Thanaratnam
Retired · Burbank | Person | $1,000 |
Shari Lorraine Floyd
CEO · World Matters Inc. · Reno | Person | $800 |
Alexandra Mayer
Consultant · Self · Redwood City | Person | $500 |
David William Vergani
Real Estate · Self · La Jolla | Person | $500 |
Nita Parham
Home health aid · Placer County · Rocklin | Person | $375 |
Billy Candelaria
Owner · Spotless Ceilings · Redlands | Person | $250 |
Volkan Tuzer
President · Tuber Capital Management · Fresno | Person | $250 |
Committees: Leo Zacky for Governor 2022, Leo Zacky For Governor 2026, Leo Zacky for Governor 2021. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.