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Live tracker · updated October 24, 2026
The 2026 race — total contributions since each campaign began
District 2, City of Oceanside · every committee opened at a different time, so these are full-campaign totals, not just this calendar year — includes independent expenditures and in-kind donations alongside direct contributions, reported via the City's eFile system
Ricky James$4,374
No PACs, No Developers, No Organizations, No Vendors, No Clubs. No Conflicts-of-Interest. Committee formed 2026.
Rick Robinson$77,397
Re-Elect Rick Robinson City Council 2026 committee — total contributions since the committee formed 03/06/2025
Emily Gonzales$28,314
Gonzales for Oceanside Council D2 2026 committee — total contributions since the committee formed 11/12/2025
Rick Robinson — full-campaign breakdown, since 03/06/2025
Robinson — Candidate LoansLoanRobinson to his own committee, outstanding — $4,000 (05/23/25) + $10,000 (06/30/26)$14,000.00
Protect Our Quality of Life PACIndependent ExpenditureImperial Beach, CA — campaign literature in support of Robinson: three mailers on 10/06/26 ($632, $1,310, $700) reported on Form 496 Filing ID 1087 (filed 10/07/26), plus a fourth piece on 10/22/26 for $10,326.50, reported on Form 496 Filing ID 1132 (filed 10/23/26). Two separate reports for separate mailers, so both count. Spent independently, with no coordination with Robinson's committee.$12,968.50
Jeff McDermottInvestor, McDermott Investments — New York, NY — 10/13/26, reported as a 24-hour contribution$5,000.00
Ashley McDermottHomemaker — New York, NY — 10/13/26, reported as a 24-hour contribution and confirmed on his Form 460$5,000.00
Howard JacobsPrincipal, Oceanside-Nevada LP — 06/25/25$5,000.00
Fred WilliamsonWilliamson Produce — 06/19/25$3,000.00
Peter Weiss for City Council 2026Committee08/26/25$2,500.00
Building A Stronger WestPACWestern States Regional Council of Carpenters PAC — 09/16/26$2,500.00
California Apartment Association PACPACSacramento, CA — 10/03/26, reported as a 24-hour contribution$2,500.00
Oceanside Chamber of Commerce PACPACCommittee ID 1260474, Oceanside — 10/05/26, listed on his Form 460 as “Oceanside Chamber Advance PAC.” A 24-hour report filed 10/01/26 also showed a $2,000 gift, but his Form 460 for the period lists only this one, so it’s counted once$2,000.00
Building Industry Assoc of San Diego Co PACPACCommittee ID 790708, San Diego, CA — 10/17/26, reported as a 24-hour contribution$1,500.00
Robinson — Nonmonetary (In-Kind)In-KindFundraiser refreshments (George & Kim Murray, Neil & Debbie Nagata, $800 in 2025) + Oceanside Firefighters Association walk cards ($501.52 in 2026)$1,301.52
Dustin CampbellCampbell Farms — 10/26/25$1,000.00
Molly CampbellCampbell Farms — 10/30/25$1,000.00
Mike Ogden10/30/25$1,000.00
Donal YasikochiYasikochi Family Farm — 10/30/25$1,000.00
Lynn Jepsen06/26/25 & 11/03/25$1,000.00
Avalon Mgt. Group, Inc.08/03/26$1,000.00
California Real Estate PACPAC08/13/26, reported as a 24-hour late contribution$1,000.00
San Diego Electrical Contractors PACPACCommittee ID 802088, San Diego, CA — 10/22/26, reported as a 24-hour contribution$1,000.00
Debra Dugan06/30/25 & 09/21/26, $500 each$1,000.00
Terry Johnson06/26/25 & 10/14/25$750.00
John Franklin for Central Committee 2024Committee06/18/25$500.00
Jim Myers06/30/25$500.00
Craig Wickman08/22/25$500.00
David FischbachCEO, Beachfront Only Vacation Rentals — 10/30/25$500.00
William BirnieFrontwave Credit Union — 09/10/26$500.00
Sally Sporrer08/18/26$500.00
Dawna & Jon CornDel Mar / Cardiff by the Sea — 02/25/26, $250 each$500.00
Ward LewisInvestor, Lewis Real Estate Investments — Oceanside — 10/05/26$500.00
Jerry Harder06/26/25 & 12/08/25$400.00
Rick RobinsonSelf — transferred from his 2022 committee, 03/27/25$308.37
Vickie Prosser06/26/25$300.00
Tom MorrisseyMorrissey Construction Company — 10/30/25$300.00
Laura Bassett06/26/25$250.00
Ken AltmanChairman, Altman Specialty Plants — 09/22/25$250.00
Louise Balma10/09/25$250.00
David Heering10/26/25$250.00
Donna ClearyCalifornia State Legislature staff — 10/30/25$250.00
Hugh DykesVP Community Development, Frontwave Credit Union — 10/30/25$250.00
Tonya DaniellyExecutive Director, Ivy Ranch Park Assoc. — 12/22/25$250.00
Jeffrey CavignacInsurance sales, San Diego — 02/20/26$250.00
Michelle GoldbergUtility design consultant, Carlsbad — 02/23/26$250.00
Troy ReistGeologist, San Diego — 02/23/26$250.00
Ryan Keim for Mayor 2024Committee06/09/26$250.00
Bruce Howe08/26/26$250.00
Jon CornLawyer, Aannestad, Andelin & Corn Attorneys — Cardiff by the Sea — 09/30/26 (separate from the joint gift with Dawna above)$249.00
Beverley Shapiro06/17/25 & 08/26/26$200.00
Joe Valenti Jr.06/19/25 & 10/12/25$200.00
Jerry Kern06/26/25$200.00
Colleen O'Harra06/26/25$200.00
Patti Siegmann06/26/25 & 10/30/25$200.00
John Todd09/09/26$200.00
Contributions of $100 or lessBruce May, Diane Holloway, Jordan Marks, and smaller gifts, plus a small filing-reconciliation difference$620.00
Total Contributions — since 03/06/2025$77,397.39
Cash on hand: $28,450.16, straight from his committee's own ending-cash-balance line as of 10/17/26 (his most recent Form 460), not an estimate. This is Robinson's committee's ENTIRE fundraising history, not just this calendar year — his "Re-Elect Rick Robinson City Council 2026" committee filed its Form 410 on 03/06/2025, more than a year before mine, and had already raised $27,818.37 by the end of 2025. Direct-contribution figures pulled from all five of his Form 460s (214600778, 215505013, 217118682, 1050, 1123) plus Form 497 24-hour reports: Filing ID 1067 (filed 10/03/26, $2,500 from the California Apartment Association PAC), Filing ID 1079 (filed 10/05/26, $2,000 from the Oceanside Chamber committee, filed as “Oceanside Chamber Advance PAC”), Filing ID 1101 (filed 10/13/26, $5,000 from Jeff McDermott, an investor at McDermott Investments, and $5,000 from Ashley McDermott, listed as a homemaker, same New York address, same day), Filing ID 1109 (filed 10/17/26, $1,500 from the Building Industry Association of San Diego County PAC), and Filing ID 1128 (filed 10/22/26, $1,000 from the San Diego Electrical Contractors PAC). His latest Form 460 (Filing ID 1123, covering 09/20–10/17/26) lists $17,359 in contributions for that period. Two earlier 24-hour reports did not hold up against it: Filing ID 1064 (10/01/26) showed a $2,000 Chamber gift that isn’t on the 460 (only the 10/05/26 one is), and Filing ID 1095 (10/13/26) showed a separate $5,900 from Ashley McDermott that isn’t on the 460 either (only her $5,000 is). Both have been taken out of his total. The 460 also added a second $500 gift from Debra Dugan, a new $249 gift from Jon Corn on his own, and $500 from a new donor, Ward Lewis — everything else in that filing (the Chamber PAC, Apartment Association PAC, McDermotts, and Building Industry PAC gifts) had already been added here from its own 24-hour report. The rows highlighted in green above — his candidate loans, an in-kind donation, and the independent expenditure — aren't ordinary monetary contributions, so they're called out separately even though they're folded into the Total Contributions figure. The independent expenditure is pulled from Form 496 filings by Protect Our Quality of Life (Imperial Beach): $2,642 in campaign literature mailed 10/06/26 (Filing ID 1087, filed 10/07/26), then a separate $10,326.50 mailer on 10/22/26 (Filing ID 1132, filed 10/23/26), for $12,968.50 in all. The 10/23 report calls $10,326.50 its “cumulative” total, but that is the amount of its one new line item, and it lists the candidate as “Rick Robinson” where the first report said “Richard Robinson,” so the two expenses are added together here. Spent on its own, with no coordination with Robinson's committee. We'll keep updating that line as more come in.
Emily Gonzales — full-campaign breakdown, since 11/12/2025
Progressive Labor AlliancePACSacramento, CA — 09/27/26, reported as a 24-hour late contribution$5,000.00
San Diego Democratic PartyPACSan Diego, CA — 10/10/26, reported as a 24-hour contribution$3,000.00
Future Democrats PACPACWashington, DC — 03/27/26$1,900.00
Kenneth DalpeOceanside — recurring donor, $100 gifts throughout 2026$1,900.00
Gonzales — Candidate LoanLoanGonzales to her own committee, via The Collective Consultancy — 12/26/25$1,000.00
Larry WarnerOceanside — recurring donor, throughout 2026$900.00
Steven BurrellRetired, Oceanside — 03/07/26$800.00
Diane NygaardOceanside — 03/07/26 & 09/04/26$800.00
Democratic Club of Carlsbad Oceanside02/28/26$800.00
Daniel DominguezRetired, Oceanside — 03/07/26$800.00
McCarty for Mayor 2028CommitteeSacramento — 07/20/26$750.00
Emily GonzalesCandidate self-fund/offset — 06/30/26$621.82
Nonmonetary (In-Kind)In-Kinddemocrats.com (Bob Fertik) — email list to Oceanside activists$524.60
Sarah MaianiArtist, Santa Barbara — 01/10/26$500.00
OMHA — Oceanside Manufactured Homeowners Alliance06/26/26 & 07/30/26$500.00
Mica HashimotoChief Financial Officer, The Swell Collective — 03/15/26 & 08/18/26$500.00
Tina ValinOceanside — 04/02/26$500.00
Kim StoneRetired, Oceanside — 02/13, 06/22, 07/24, 08/26 & 09/24/26$500.00
Karen GloverProfessor, CSU San Marcos — 03/08 & 06/16/26$400.00
Mike TenhoverOceanside — 07/09 & 09/15/26$400.00
Tim CookeNot Employed, Bonsall — 10/07/26$250.00
Carol BroelandNot Employed, Oceanside — 10/15/26$250.00
Kyle Krahel-FrolanderDistrict Director, U.S. House of Representatives — 05/13/26$250.00
Brian Simmons, OFSMarina, CA — 01/02/26$250.00
Mathew MeyerRetired, Vista — 09/28/26$200.00
Barbara CollinsManaging Director, ERH West — Oceanside — 10/02/26$200.00
Debra WanamakerOceanside — 10/15/26$200.00
Mike BullockOceanside — 03/09/26$200.00
Ann CampbellRetired, Davis — 05/29/26$200.00
Michelle LustigEd. Admin, LACOE — 03/07/26$200.00
Dennis MartinekFallbrook — 03/08/26$200.00
Shelly ParkerRetired, Oceanside — 03/07/26$200.00
Judy StoneRetired, Oceanside — 03/31/26$200.00
The Carol H. McCall TrustOceanside — 08/18/26$200.00
Dino GregorichIT consultant, Oceanside — 05/31/26$200.00
Jill LaughlinRN, Davita Healthcare Partners — recurring, throughout 2026$200.00
Leticia MadrilOceanside, self-employed — recurring, throughout 2026$200.00
Amber NiuatoaProfessor, MiraCosta — 09/09/26$111.00
Dale DisharoonNot Employed, Oceanside — 10/09/26$100.00
Mike RuizNot Employed, Bakersfield — 10/15/26$100.00
Emily GonzalesCandidate seed money, before 2026 — 12/13/25 & 12/23/25$55.00
Contributions of $100 or lessMichele Cyr, Mike Kosec, John MacDowell, Valarie McCourtney, Chris Waidelich, Ron Dwyer-Voss, Lesa Thode, Warren Troy, Amanda-Dawn Natalia, and smaller gifts$2,251.91
Total Contributions — since 11/12/2025$28,314.33
Cash on hand: $14,614.75, straight from her committee's own ending-cash-balance line as of 10/17/26 (her most recent Form 460), not an estimate anymore. Gonzales's committee filed its Form 410 on 12/15/2025, about two and a half months before mine, so this is close to a calendar-year total — the only pre-2026 activity was $55 in seed contributions and the $1,000 loan in December 2025. The rows highlighted in green above — her candidate loan and an in-kind donation — aren't ordinary monetary contributions, so they're called out separately even though they're folded into the Total Contributions figure. Pulled from all four of her Form 460s (215560084, 217113002, 1049, 1133) plus Form 497 24-hour reports: Filing ID 1057 (received 09/27/26, filed 09/28/26) for the $5,000 Progressive Labor Alliance contribution, and Filing ID 1088 (received and filed 10/10/26) for the $3,000 San Diego Democratic Party contribution — both confirmed on her latest Form 460 (Filing ID 1133, covering 09/20–10/17/26), which also added $1,800 in smaller gifts: a second $100 from Kenneth Dalpe, a second $50 from Larry Warner, a second $25 from Jill Laughlin, a second $50 from Leticia Madril, a fifth $100 from Kim Stone, and new gifts from Mathew Meyer, Barbara Collins, Tim Cooke, Dale Disharoon, Mike Ruiz, Debra Wanamaker, Carol Broeland, and Michele Cyr.
Ricky James — full-campaign breakdown, since committee formed 2026
Roy GreenFather-in-Law — Huntington Beach$1,200.00
Chance HardyOwner, Hardy Window Company — Placentia$1,000.00
Rick & Tina JamesMy parents$500.00
Five Star Holdings Investments, Inc.Oceanside — $250 on 09/28/26 and $250 on 10/05/26$500.00
Kyle Carruthers, Maria Melissa Larish, Steven BauerThree new $100 gifts, received 08/24/26$300.00
OsideBBC.com PodcastIn-Kind8 political ads on the Big Buccaneer Channel podcast$250.00
Rose HigueraOceanside — 09/25/26$100.00
All other contributors under $100$524.24
Total Contributions — since committee formed$4,374.24
Cash on hand: -$7.10 (my committee spent more than it had on hand this period — mostly P2P texting costs — and I'm watching that closely). My $100 personal seed loan to the campaign has since been repaid in full. My committee didn't exist before this year, so this figure is already a true full-campaign total.
Tracking the 2026 cycle
We monitor the active District 2 candidates — Rick Robinson, Emily Gonzales, and my own committee — along with the PACs active in the race, capturing monetary and nonmonetary contributions, loans, and late-contribution reports as they post to the City of Oceanside's eFile system. The three committees didn't start on the same day: Robinson's opened 03/06/2025, Gonzales's opened 11/12/2025, and mine opened in 2026, so a fair comparison has to total each one's full history rather than just this calendar year — that's what's shown above. The totals above are each candidate's Total Contributions — everything that's come into their committee: donors, PACs, and committees, plus candidate loans, in-kind donations, and any independent expenditures reported in their support. Candidate loans, in-kind donations, and independent expenditures aren't ordinary monetary contributions, so they're highlighted in green within each contribution list even though they're folded into the total — that's $14,000 in outstanding loans for Robinson and $1,000 for Gonzales. Figures above are pulled from every Form 460 each committee has filed since it opened, through each candidate's most recent report — Robinson's covering through 10/17/26 and Gonzales's covering through 10/17/26 as well — plus any Form 497 24-hour late-contribution reports filed since. Gonzales's latest 460 confirmed her $5,000 Progressive Labor Alliance gift and $3,000 San Diego Democratic Party gift (both already captured from their own 24-hour reports) and added $1,800 in smaller individual gifts on top. Robinson's latest activity added a second Protect Our Quality of Life PAC mailer. We also track independent expenditures — money outside groups spend on their own supporting or opposing a candidate, reported on Form 496 and never coordinated with the candidate's own committee. So far that's just Robinson: Protect Our Quality of Life PAC, which has now spent $12,968.50 on literature for him: $2,642 reported 10/07/26 and another $10,326.50 reported 10/23/26. We expect more of these as the race heats up and will keep this running.
My campaign has raised $4,374.24 since my committee was formed — including $500 from my parents, Rick and Tina James,
$1,200 from a retiree in Huntington Beach, $1,000 from a small-business owner in Placentia, three new
$100 gifts in late August, a $250 in-kind podcast-ad donation, $500 from Five Star Holdings Investments
in two gifts, and a new $100 gift from Rose Higuera. My $100 personal seed loan has
since been repaid in full. I don't solicit contributions, and I pledge not to take money from
developers, vendors, PACs, or any interest seeking to advance an agenda. Robinson's
re-election committee, which has been raising money since March 2025, has reported $67,070.89 in total
contributions since it formed (including $14,000 in candidate loans, a $1,301.52 in-kind donation, $12,968.50 in independent expenditures reported in his support, $2,000 from the Oceanside Chamber PAC plus $2,500 from the California Apartment Association reported between October 3 and October 5, 2026, $10,000 reported October 13, 2026 from a New York family named McDermott, $1,500 from the Building Industry Association of San Diego County PAC reported October 17, 2026, and $1,359 more from his latest filing covering through October 17, 2026, between the three new named gifts above and a handful of small-dollar donations under $100, plus $1,000 from the San Diego Electrical Contractors PAC reported October 22, 2026). Gonzales's committee,
open since November 2025, has reported $26,514.33 in total contributions since it formed, including a $5,000 contribution from the Progressive Labor Alliance reported September 27, 2026 and a $3,000 contribution from the San Diego Democratic Party reported October 10, 2026.
All figures above come from every Form 460 each candidate's committee has filed to date.
