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Mike Newhouse
Senator, State Senate
Running in 2026: State Senate District 24 (June 2) “Small Businessman/Educator”
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Candidate Senator, State Senate | 2026-02-21 | 2 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 1 income |
Findings
None.
Campaign money: State Senate District 24
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $100 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $544,113
Largest payees: Bergmann Zwerdling Direct, Inc. $169,115 Phone banks · Assemble the Agency, LLC $89,000 Literature and mailings · Buchert Development, LLC $71,270 Fundraising events · Daniel C. Weitzman, LLC $43,800 Fundraising events · Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz, & Associates, Inc. $39,500 Polling · Deane & Company $38,582 Legal and accounting · Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk $19,400 Filing and ballot fees · Card Services Center $16,870 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Brauninger Chief Executive Officer · Build Group · Sausalito | Person | $11,800 |
| California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors Small Contributor Committee Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $11,800 |
| Andrew Clark Construction · Build Group · Venice | Person | $11,800 |
| Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $11,800 |
| Bob Safai Real Estate Executive · Bob Safai · Los Angeles | Person | $8,400 |
| Jay Halfon Attorney · Halfon & Boehm, PC · New York | Person | $6,900 |
| Jerry Wise Investor · BRAD Management · Los Angeles | Person | $6,900 |
| Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Norwalk | Business/other | $6,342.95 |
| Gary Sutter Property Investor · n/a · Venice | Person | $6,000 |
| Michael Zislis Owner · The Zislis Group, LLC · Manhattan Beach | Person | $5,948 |
| Associated General Contractors PAC of California West Sacramento | Committee | $5,900 |
| California New Car Dealers Association PAC Sacramento | Committee | $5,900 |
| Clean Energy Newport Beach | Business/other | $5,900 |
| Berne Evans Chief Executive Officer/President/Owner · Sun Pacific · Pasadena | Person | $5,900 |
| Ann Everest Property Management · General Real Estate Management · Santa Monica | Person | $5,900 |
Committees: Michael Newhouse for Senate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee Labor union · Sacramento | $11,800 | 23 | |
| California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors Small Contributor Committee Group or PAC · Los Angeles | $11,800 | 16 | |
| Scott Brauninger Executive, Build Group · Sausalito | $11,800 | 3 | |
| Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Business · Norwalk | $6,343 | 14 | |
| Watson Land Company Business · Carson | $5,900 | 12 | |
| California New Car Dealers Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento | $5,900 | 106 | |
| Clean Energy Business · Newport Beach · registered lobbyist employer | $5,900 | 28 | |
| Jeffrey Neu Real Estate Executive, Operations WC, Inc. · Manhattan Beach | $5,900 | 2 | |
| Associated General Contractors Political Action Committee of CA Group or PAC · West Sacramento | $5,900 | 25 | |
| United Contractors PAC Group or PAC · San Ramon | $5,900 | 25 | |
| Joshua Perttula Consultant, Kirra Consulting · Santa Monica | $5,900 | 4 | |
| Kenneth Jones Construction, Build Group · Walnut Creek | $5,900 | 2 | |
| Bill Bloomfield Not Employed, n/a · Park City | $5,000 | 19 | |
| Doug Trussler Investor, Bison Capital · Santa Monica | $5,000 | 4 | |
| California Electrical Contractors PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento | $4,500 | 9 |