Inglewood elections are in full swing and drawing millions of dollars in campaign spending from billboard companies, stadium interests, real estate developers and others.
The LA Local filed a series of requests with the Inglewood City Clerk’s Office for city campaign finance records from this year and pulled other school board campaign documents from the county’s NetFile portal.
Ballot measures are drawing the most intense spending, the new records show. Billboard-and stadium-backed campaigns have spent a combined $5.6 million.
Inglewood’s mayoral race is the next-most expensive contest, records show, including a $750,000 Hollywood Park campaign to block Mayor James Butts from reelection.
Take a look through the records below.
Records show Butts is the best-funded mayoral candidate, followed by Gray
Butts is running for a fifth term against five other candidates. He is the best-funded candidate among the four who have filed reports. The city clerk’s office said Fre’Drisha Dixon and Arturo Martinez did not file financial statements.
The LA Local reached out to both candidates. Martinez shared a link to his campaign GoFundMe and said he plans to submit financial statements. During the Inglewood mayoral candidate forum earlier this month, he said that he took the money donated by WOW Media and gave it to the family of Bryan Bostic.
Here are the basics for each mayoral candidate for the calendar year through Sept. 19. Some candidates began the year with money already in their campaign accounts:
James Butts
Total contributions received: $368,145.00
Total expenditures: $264,085.98
Raina Carrillo
Total contributions received: $1,320.00
Total expenditures: $547.83
Gloria Gray
Total contributions received: $58,410.00
Total expenditures: $37,663.26
Joseph Soto
Total contributions received (July 1 through Sept. 19): $9,250
Total expenditures: Not included in documents
Arturo Martinez (GoFundMe)
Total contributions received: $3,790
Total expenditures: Not included on GoFundMe
Childress and Padilla lead City Council races in fundraising, documents say
There are a total of six people running for City Council Districts 1 and 2.
In the District 1 race, Keokia Childress has raised significantly more campaign money than Leonard Redway, the only other candidate to submit campaign finance statements.
The Inglewood City Clerk’s office said William Perez and Yolanda Davidson did not file statements. The LA Local reached out to both candidates. Davidson said she is working on her paperwork. Perez said he’d look into the documents, and that his campaign is self-funded.
Here are the basics for each City Council District 1 candidate through Sept. 19:
Keokia Childress
Total contributions received: $70,202.28
Total expenditures: $43,237.15
Leonard Redway
Total contributions received: $21,725.00
Total expenditures: $5,733.31
In District 2, Longtime Councilmember Alex Padilla is running for a fourth term against Subrina Miller. He began the year with money already in his campaign account.
Here are the basics for each City Council District 2 candidate through Sept. 19:
Alex Padilla
Total contributions received: $36,012.40
Total expenditures: $60,503.55
Subrina Miller
Total contributions received: $17,820.00
Total expenditures: $11,853.73
Bowers is top spender in Board of Education races, documents say
Three seats on the Inglewood Unified School District Board of Education are up for election, each with two candidates competing.
Here are the basics for each candidate running for Trustee Area 1 through Sept. 19:
Joyce Randall
Total contributions received: $3,027
Total expenditures: $3,764
Cheryl Shaw Williams
Total contributions received: $9,370
Total expenditures: $5,203
Here are the basics for each candidate running for Trustee Area 2:
Joe W. Bowers Jr.
Total contributions received: $9,679
Total expenditures: $6,679
Shelby Richardson
Total contributions received: $1,150
Total expenditures: $1,430
Here are the basics for each candidate running in Trustee Area 3:
Brandon George Myers
Total contributions received: $2,349
Total expenditures: $1,016
Yaritza Gonzalez
Total contributions received: $6,889
Total expenditures: $3,336
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