Moneyballing
June Primary Campaign Finance Special Edition
☕️MORNING BUZZ
Vol. VI, No. 1,187
—Fresh filings reveal where the money is already moving ahead of the 2026 election cycle and where pressure points are emerging.
Oakland labor groups and PG&E are in signature-gathering mode, emptying the tank to qualify the city’s parcel tax for the June ballot.
Mayor Barbara Lee posts modest campaign fundraising but a busy officeholder account.
At the county level, the Alameda County DA’s race shows a widening cash gap, and a supervisor is piling up a six-figure war chest.
In the governor’s race, late-entering Eric Swalwell has vaulted himself into the upper tier of candidates in the polls, and now in the money race in just under two months.
—Subscribers get the full breakdown, including campaign finance capsules for all June Primary races, top donor lists, and what it all signals next.
Plus: The East Bay State Senate race is becoming a north versus south race, while a former East Bay assemblymember makes an endorsement in the race, and an East Bay Insiders Podcast guest host is planning a run for the city council.
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