Special Interest Dollars Flood Merced City Council Race - Fresno Bee

“…The Merced candidate with the highest total in contributions and campaign spending to date is District 6 incumbent Delray Shelton, whose finance reports indicate contributions of more than $76,000 and expenditures of almost $40,000 in his re-election bid. Challenger Fue Xiong’s campaign reports show contributions of almost $36,000, while the campaign had spent more than $15,000 through Oct. 22.

Fifteen contributors to Shelton’s campaign have donated at least $2,500 or more. The maximum donations, at $2,867 each, came from TransCounty Title Company, the Merced City Fire Fighters Political Action Committee, Merced Booster Club, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 442 PAC, UA Local 246 Plumbers and Pipefitters COPE Committee, and Lorenzi Steward & Larson.

None of the contributors to Xiong’s campaign have donated $2,500 or more…”

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