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Valarie Bachelor

Valarie Bachelor
Education Union Organizer | COALITION TO ELECT VALARIE BACHELOR FOR SCHOOL BOARD 2022
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Contributions: $39,211
Expenditures: $38,096
Loans: $100
Current balance: $1,015
Money coming in

Contributions

$39,211
Committee
$7.8K
$7.8K
Individual
$24K
$24K
Unitemized
$5.8K
$5.8K
Self Funding
$101
$101
Other (includes Businesses)
$1.6K
$1.6K

See all contributions

Money going out

Expenditures

$38,096
Not Stated
$8.1K
$8.1K
Fundraising Events
$525
$525
Campaign Consultants
$5.2K
$5.2K
Campaign Workers' Salaries
$1.0K
$1.0K
Campaign Literature and Mailings
$7.0K
$7.0K
Professional Services (Legal, Accounting)
$13K
$13K
Information Technology Costs (Internet, E-mail)
$1.6K
$1.6K
Money coming in

Contributions

$39,211
Out of State
15%
15%
Within Oakland
36%
36%
Within California
32%
32%

Money coming in

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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
Self-Employed
$5.0K
$5.0K
Oakland Unified School District
$1.7K
$1.7K
UC Berkeley
$900
$900
Siegel, Yee, Brunner, & Mehta
$899
$899
California Federation of Teachers
$826
$826
Homemaker
$500
$500
Inova
$500
$500
Service Employees International Union, Local 1021
$350
$350
University of Maryland
$350
$350
California Teachers Association
$300
$300
Top occupations
Attorney
$3.7K
$3.7K
Retired/Not Employed
$3.2K
$3.2K
Teacher
$1.6K
$1.6K
Lab Tech
$900
$900
Writer
$900
$900
Professor
$800
$800
Organizer
$751
$751
Administrator
$500
$500
Client Tech
$500
$500
Stay at Home Mom
$500
$500
Independent expenditures supporting candidate $52,570 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
$50,984
$51K
$51K
See all contributions to this committee
Oakland Rising Committee sponsored by Center for Empowered Politics
$1,585
$1.6K
$1.6K
See all contributions to this committee
In opposition of the candidate

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