Quick Take

Kim De Serpa and Monica Martinez widened their fundraising advantage over Kristen Brown and Christopher Bradford, respectively, in their campaigns for the District 2 and District 5 seats on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, according to campaign finance reports that were due Thursday. In the District 2 race, De Serpa has cash on hand, while Brown reported spending slightly more money than she has brought in. In the District 5 race, Martinez has a nearly 3-to-1 fundraising advantage over Bradford.

In the race for two seats on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors this fall, District 2 candidate Kim De Serpa and District 5 candidate Monica Martinez reported raising more money than their respective opponents in campaign finance reports that were due Thursday.

De Serpa, a longtime Pajaro Valley Unified School District board member, reported donations totaling $11,246 from Sept. 22 to Oct. 19, bringing her total to $114,878 so far. She reported spending $22,539 in the same period and $72,356 on the campaign to date.

Capitola Mayor Kristen Brown reported donations of $8,220 in the most recent period, for a total of $82,842 to date. She spent $20,529 in the same period, for a total of $75,464.

In the District 5 race, Martinez, CEO of the social service agency Encompass, has a more pronounced fundraising advantage over Christopher Bradford, a software engineer at Joby Aviation.

Martinez reported donations of $6,428 between Sept. 22 and Oct. 19, for a campaign total of $107,334. In the same period, she spent $4,666 on her campaign, bringing the total to date to $88,375.

Bradford raised $5,822 in the same period, and has brought in $35,910 to date. He reported spending $10,025 in the most recent filing period, and $35,556 on the campaign to date.

Almost all of the 22 donors listed on Bradford’s most recent report live in Santa Cruz County, most in District 5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District trustee Robert Fultz, a consultant from Boulder Creek, has donated twice to the campaign, for a total of $1,075.

Bradford reported spending money on signs, postcards, phone banking and food for volunteers.

Among the 26 donors listed on Martinez’s most recent report were Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley ($550) and an arm of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 332 union based in San Jose ($2,000).

Martinez’s expenses in the most recent period included printing costs and a $1,000 payment to campaign manager Rachel Wells.

De Serpa’s donations in the most recent period came from 47 different individuals, including Paul Bailey and Lynette Bailey of Aptos, who added to earlier primary campaign donations for a year-to-date total of $1,050 each.

She spent money in the most recent period on printing and mailing, Facebook ads, a text messaging service and newspaper ads.

Brown’s 27 donors in the most recent reporting period included County Supervisor Justin Cummings ($300), the Pajaro Valley teachers union ($1,000) and the California SMART-TD PAC ($1,000 in the primary and $1,000 for the general election).

In the most recent period, her campaign spent money on printing and postage and digital, newspaper and TV ads.

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