Margaret D’Arrigo

District 3 · Dec 2024 - Dec 2026

Incumbent District 3

2026 filings: data as of 2026-10-17

2026 monetary contributions: $96,199; Data as of 2026-10-17; 2026 Filings ↓

2026 Filings

Data as of 2026-10-17. From the campaign statements committees filed with the City of Salinas; coverage differs by committee.

Committee: Committee to Re-Elect Margaret D'Arrigo for Salinas City Council - District 3 - 2026 · ID 1478897 · Statement coverage: 2026-01-01 to 2026-10-17

Monetary contributions: $96,199
Later reported receipts: $2,000
Payments: $87,858
Ending cash: $12,072

New loans received (gross): $0
In-kind: $2,250
Itemized unpaid bills: $5,291
Outstanding debt: $5,291

Each measure is reported separately and never added to another. Ending cash, unpaid bills and outstanding debt are balances at the end of the coverage period; later receipts were reported after the committee’s latest full statement.

The 2024–2025 history on this page is a separate dataset with different periods and labels; the two are not added together.

This candidate in 2026 Money → 2024–2025 history ↓

2026 Contributors and Payees

Data as of 2026-10-17. Names and amounts are copied from the campaign statements this candidate’s committee filed with the City of Salinas. Each table is its own measure and is never added to another.

Largest contributor groups
Reported party	Amount
Foxy/The Nunes Company, Inc.	$5,900
Keith Tanimura	$5,900
Steinbeck Country Produce	$5,900
Salinas Valley Leadership Group	$5,900
Tanimura & Antle Fresh Foods Inc.	$5,900

Largest payees
Reported party	Amount
CleanSweep Campaigns/TBWBHL, Inc.	$26,947
Saul Cardenas-Ibarra dba Cardenas Video	$20,000
Grindstone Field Solutions	$18,578
Deane & Company	$11,144
Pacific Printing	$7,123

Tables list reported parties in the order the source tables use. Individual contributors below the disclosure threshold are pooled into one row, names withheld.

Where the money came from (2026) — Funding breakdown
Funding breakdown	Amount	Share of itemized monetary contributions
Reported individual contributors	$29,601	30.80%
Reported organizations / committees	$66,499	69.20%
Salinas postal codes	$75,801	78.88%
Other postal codes	$20,299	21.12%
Unknown postal codes	$0	0.00%
Largest five matched contributor groups	$29,500	30.70%

Shares are the source table’s own percentages. Geographic categories use reported postal codes (Salinas vs. outside Salinas), not residency verification.

Independent spending by other committees

Spending another committee reported on Form 496 (independent expenditure reports) as supporting or opposing this candidate. It is not money this candidate’s committee raised or spent and is never added to the tables above.

Independent expenditures by other committees (2026, Form 496)
Committee	Committee ID	Reported position	Amount	Form 496 reports	Expenditure dates
SAFE Salinas	1496733	Support	$4,666	1	2026-09-28 to 2026-10-05

Reported separately from contributions

Monetary contributions exclude new loans and in-kind support; later reported receipts remain separate. These tables are never added to the contributions above.

Later reported receipts (2026, Form 497)
Reported party / pooled group	Amount	Records
Richard Scherer	$2,000	1

In-kind support (2026)
Reported party / pooled group	Amount	Records
Davi Family Partnership, LP	$2,250	1

More 2026 detail: committee 1478897 in 2026 Money →

2024–2025 History

Earlier campaign finance filings from this site’s snapshot through May 17, 2026. A separate dataset from the 2026 filings above.

Earlier campaign finance filingsTotal Raised · Contributions · Distinct Filing Names

$135,190 Total Raised

105 Contributions

94 Distinct Filing Names

Top Filing-Name Totals, 2024–2025

Antle, Brian$5,500
Braga Fresh Family Farms, Inc.$5,500
California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC)-All Purpose Account$5,500

2024–2025 history and donors →

The race

Data as of 2026-10-17. Monetary contributions each committee reported in its 2026 campaign statements. Coverage differs by committee.

Monetary contributions

Bar lengths use one scale for this list.

Margaret D'Arrigo$96,199
Cary Swensen$16,647
Brenton BagleyPaper-filed $225Read from the committee's paper-filed Form 460 statement (filing 217503619, received 2026-09-23), not from the City's e-filed data.

Candidates appear in the order of the source table. Each figure is one measure, reported separately and never added to another; loans, in-kind support and later receipts are not included in these figures. “Unavailable” means no committee in the City’s e-filed exports used here was matched to that candidate; it is not zero.

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About

Margaret D'Arrigo is the incumbent District 3 council member. She was elected in the District 3 special election held with the November 5, 2024 general election and took office in December 2024.

Office and term information: City of Salinas District 3 profile, checked July 12, 2026.

At a Glance

Seat District 3

Status Incumbent

Term Dec 2024 - Dec 2026

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Candidate Questionnaire

Invited March 30, 2026. Awaiting response.

This candidate has been invited to complete the Transparent Salinas candidate questionnaire. Their responses will be published here when received.

Timeline

November 2024

Elected to District 3

December 2024

Took office

March 30, 2026

Invited to Transparent Salinas candidate questionnaire

November 2026

Election Day

Questionnaire responses retain their substance; clearly marked formatting or safety redactions may be made. Candidates the project contacts in the same covered race receive the same questions, but not necessarily on the same date; the invitation and response status above reflects the project’s outreach log. Unless submitted in Spanish, text on Spanish pages is a Transparent Salinas translation; if it differs, the original-language response controls. Compare this full 2026 field.

Terms on this page

Plain-language meanings from the site glossary. The official labels stay as filed.

Monetary contributions: Money a committee reported receiving as contributions: the Schedule A total, itemized plus unitemized amounts (Summary line 1). New loans and in-kind contributions are not included. It can include loan forgiveness, so it is not always all new cash.
Later reported receipts: Contributions reported on Form 497 that are dated after a committee’s latest full statement. They are counted separately and are not added to that statement’s totals.
Payments: Money a committee reported paying out (Summary line 6): itemized and unitemized payments plus loan interest (Schedule E). Subvendor details are informational and are not added to payments again.
Ending cash: The cash a committee reported at the end of the coverage of its latest full statement (Summary line 16). It is a balance on one date, not a total over time.
Itemized unpaid bills: Bills a committee listed as still unpaid on Schedule F, as of the end of its statement coverage. It can omit smaller unitemized obligations, and it is not added to outstanding debt.
Outstanding debt: The total debt a committee reported owing at the end of its statement coverage (Summary line 19). It includes loans and unpaid bills, so it is never added to them.

About these numbers

Each 2026 figure is its own measure. The 2026 figures are not added together, within a committee or across committees.
Unavailable (not zero): Shown when a figure could not be established from the filings used here, such as when no committee was matched to a candidate or a committee has no 2026 full statement. It does not mean zero dollars.
Names withheld: individual contributors below the disclosure threshold are pooled into one row. Pooled amounts remain in funding totals.
Loans, in-kind support and contributions reported after a committee’s last full statement are shown separately from monetary contributions.
Reports filed after the export date may be missing. Check the City’s NetFile portal for newer filings.
Positions of ballot-measure committees are as their filings or the City’s portal state them. They are not endorsements by Transparent Salinas.

2026 filings

2024–2025 record