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Skip Shelton

Lieutenant Governor

Running in 2026: Lieutenant Governor (June 2) “Defense Technology Executive”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Lieutenant Governor		2026-06-268 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 1 income

Findings

Worth a look Late or missing · the statement

Filed 112 days after its due date (2026-03-06)

This candidate statement for Lieutenant Governor was due 2026-03-06 and filed 2026-06-26.

What to check
  • Whether the due date shown was extended, or the statement was filed on paper first.
  • The filing officer decides whether a late fine applies.
Rule: Filed after the due date
“The filing officer who retains originally-signed or electronically filed statements of economic interests may impose on an individual a fine for any statement that is filed late. The fine is $10 per”Form 700 (2025/2026), Late Filing ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $288,886 of their own into the Lieutenant Governor campaign (99% of its money)

Itemized money to Shelton for Lt. Governor 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $91,176 in contributions, of which $88,886 from the candidate, plus $200,000 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: Lieutenant Governor

$91,176itemized, 7 contributions
$288,886from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

Plus $88,886 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $138,630

Consultants$116,768
Filing and ballot fees$7,378
Candidate travel and meals$4,771
Internet and email$3,254
Office expenses$2,751
Legal and accounting$2,158
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$1,550

Largest payees: RMC $104,243 Consultants · Skip Shelton $19,953 Internet and email · Spotlight Media Booking $5,000 Consultants · Young Business Services $3,158 Legal and accounting · Young Business Services, LLC $2,459 Office expenses · Political YT Ad Services $2,247 Consultants · Forrest Ellis $1,279 Consultants · Mailboxes Plus $172 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 contributorsTypeTotal
Skip Shelton
Head of Federal and Natl. Security Technology Enablement · Supermicro · Menifee		Person$88,886.25
Hill B.
Attorney · Vinson Elkins LLP · Arlington		Person$2,082.04
Sihan Pang
Healthcare · MedStar · Arlington		Person$208.20

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