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Mike Hutchinson - elected

Mike Hutchinson
Educator | Mike Hutchinson for Oakland School Board 2020
This candidate has agreed to voluntary spending limits. The maximum contribution this candidate can accept is $900 from any individual, business entity, committee or other organization and $1,700 from a qualified broad-based committee. If the candidate does not accept spending limits then: The maximum contribution this candidate can accept is $200 from any individual, business entity, committee or other organization and $400 from a qualified broad-based committee. A question mark in circle indicating additional information

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Contributions: $27,381
Expenditures: $27,431
Current balance: ($50)
Money coming in

Contributions

$27,381
Committee
$5.8K
$5.8K
Individual
$18K
$18K
Unitemized
$3.7K
$3.7K
Other (includes Businesses)
$115
$115

See all contributions

Money going out

Expenditures

$27,431
Print Ads
$325
$325
Phone Banks
$500
$500
Contribution
$1.3K
$1.3K
Office Expenses
$4.2K
$4.2K
Campaign Paraphernalia/Misc.
$2.6K
$2.6K
Candidate Filing/Ballot Fees
$950
$950
Campaign Literature and Mailings
$5.2K
$5.2K
Professional Services (Legal, Accounting)
$11K
$11K
Money coming in

Contributions

$27,381
Out of State
4%
4%
Within Oakland
52%
52%
Within California
29%
29%

Money coming in

Where individual contributors work A question mark in circle indicating additional information

Based on the employer and occupation that individual contributors report on itemized contributions. Different spellings of the same employer or occupation are grouped together. Some similar reported occupations are grouped together. E.g. Realtor, Real Estate Broker, etc. Contributions reporting neither an employer nor an occupation are not shown. Retired people often put Not Employed so we group those together.

Top employers
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
$900
$900
Siegel Yee Brunner & Mehta
$900
$900
Oakland USD
$825
$825
CA State University Sacramento
$500
$500
Greg Jobin-Leeds
$500
$500
Mei Fong & Associates
$500
$500
Peralta Community College District
$400
$400
UC Berkeley
$400
$400
CSU East Bay
$300
$300
HR Management
$200
$200
Top occupations
Retired/Not Employed
$10K
$10K
Attorney
$1.9K
$1.9K
Teacher
$1.3K
$1.3K
Educator
$900
$900
Professor
$900
$900
Social Worker
$500
$500
Project Manager
$300
$300
Software Engineer
$225
$225
Chief Executive Officer/President
$200
$200
Director
$200
$200
Independent expenditures supporting candidate $65,809 A question mark in circle indicating additional information

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Spending breakdown by committee

In support of the candidate
Oakland Education Association Political Action Committee
$63,626
$64K
$64K
See all contributions to this committee
Oakland Rising Committee sponsored by Center for Empowered Politics
$2,183
$2.2K
$2.2K
See all contributions to this committee
In opposition of the candidate

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