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Thunder Parley

Governor

Running in 2026: Governor (June 2) “Market Analyst”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Governor		2026-03-0626 investments, 2 income

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $242,957 of their own into the Governor campaign (nearly all of its money)

Itemized money to PARLEY FOR GOVERNOR 2026; THUNDER through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $156,680 in contributions, of which $156,080 from the candidate, plus $86,877 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

$156,680itemized, 36 contributions
$242,957from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $156,080 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $94,727

Consultants$85,958
Filing and ballot fees$4,969
Internet and email$3,353
Literature and mailings$288
Office expenses$160

Largest payees: VoteNexus, Inc. $55,034 Consultants · VoteNexus, Inc $30,924 Consultants · Secretary of State $4,919 Filing and ballot fees · Google Ads $2,157 Internet and email · Newsmatics Inc. $499 Internet and email · ConstantContact $342 Internet and email · Pacific Printing $288 Literature and mailings · Constant Contact $212 Internet and email

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
THUNDER PARLEY
Trader · Thunder Parley · San Jose		Person$156,080.40
Gail Parley
Not Employed · Not Employed · Windsor Locks		Person$200
James Parley
Manager · Coca-Cola · Windsor Locks		Person$100
Alex Stack
Sales · BioReset Medical · Daly City		Person$100
Alex Sukhanov
Founder · Smartine Inc. · San Ramon		Person$100
Brian Weaver
Tech PM · Apple · San Jose		Person$100

Committees: PARLEY FOR GOVERNOR 2026; THUNDER. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.