May 2015 30-day Report Analysis District 1

Author’s note: Those that have being following recent political commentary at the national level know that the issue of campaign financing has been a subject of much discussion. As you likely know, El Paso has had its share of political campaign contribution scandals most recently with various individuals being sentenced to incarceration for “bribes disguised as campaign contributions.” Because of this, I believe it is important to follow the money, as the saying goes. For some time now, I have been developing a database of candidates and campaign contributions. I recently finished inputting the latest campaign contributions into my database.

I have been sharing some of the results with you in each of the candidate profiles and today I am going to start sharing more information from my analysis. Since I have finished the candidate profiles for District 1, in today’s installment I am going to present you some of my findings for District 1.

Tomorrow, after I publish the last candidate profile in District 5 I will publish my findings for that district. Next week, on Monday and on Wednesday I will publish the analysis for Districts 6 and 8 after I finish their respective candidate profiles. On Thursday, I will publish my findings tying the data for all four districts together. I hope that the data I am sharing with you is useful for your quest on deciding whom to vote for in the upcoming election.

Total campaign contributions raised in this district: $63,127.26
This district’s percentage of all monies raised in this reporting period: 37.78%

Ranking of candidates by contributions:
1. Peter Svarzbein $24,188.70
2. Bertha Gallardo $11,362.88
3. Albert Weisenberger $18,550.00 plus $10,000 in a personal loan
4. Richard Bonart $8,320.68
5. Daniel Lopez $705.00
6. Manuel Hinojosa $0

The five highest contributors:
1. Jack Winton $5,000 (Bertha Gallardo)
2. Woody & Gale Hunt $2,000 (Al Weisenberger & Peter Svarzbein, $1,000 each)
3. Stanley P. Jobe $2,000 (Al Weisenberger)
4. Scott Schwartz $2,000 (Peter Svarzbein)
5. Louise Alpern $2,000 (Peter Svarzbein)

Top ten contributor zip codes:
1. 79912 $28,098.56
2. 79902 $9,677.60
3. 79932 $4,681.80
4. 79922 $4,389.25
5. 79925 $2,350.00
6. 79901 $2,146.80
7. 79928 $2,000.00
8. 79913 $2,000
9. 79935 $1,820.70
10. 79905 $1,000.00