Who’s funding the SLO County District 2 supervisor race? See latest campaign data
More than $200,000 has poured into the race for San Luis Obispo County’s Second District supervisor.
Morro Bay engineer Michael Erin Woody and local business leader Jim Dantona are running to replace Bruce Gibson on the SLO County Board of Supervisors. Throughout the race, the contenders have raised thousands of dollars and taken out sizable personal loans to fund their campaigns.
Woody has raised $52,660 since his campaign started through mid-April, finance documents show.
He has chosen to not accept donations from corporations, unions or political action committees and does not let any donors contribute more than $500 to his campaign.
His campaign is primarily funded through $45,000 in personal loans from Woody himself. He’s also raised $7,660 in donations so far, with most in $100 to $500 increments from SLO County residents, according to his most recent April 18 campaign finance report.
His opponent, Jim Dantona, has brought in more than three times as much money so far.
As of May 16, Dantona has raised a total of $159,620 in campaign contributions, as of the last accounting period, including a $25,000 personal loan.
His largest donations top out at $5,900 — the county’s current contribution limit.
Who are supervisor candidates’ biggest contributors?
Seven people donated the maximum amount that Woody accepts — $500.
Those individuals were his mother, Toni Woody, retired Templeton residents Gwen and William Pelfrey, retired Morro Bay residents Barry and Vivian Branin, retired Bakersfield resident Raymond Katz and San Luis Obispo resident and the Sea Pines Golf Resort owner John King.
Many of the largest donations to Dantona’s campaign come from political action committees and local Democratic clubs.
His biggest donors — gifting the $5,900 contribution limit — include Dantona’s mother Bonnie Galvin, San Luis Ambulance, and Patrick Arnold, a broker at Covelop Inc., a major SLO-based developer.
He’s also received $5,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ political action committee.
