Szalai for Salinas Mayor 2026
Money this committee reported in its filed statements: where it came from, where it went, balances and filing history.
Data as of 2026-09-19. Figures cover campaign statements for periods through that date; coverage differs by committee.
Committee ID: 1488922.
Latest retained full statement for this committee: 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19 (2 retained Form 460 statements in the City's NetFile exports used here).
Monetary and payment figures come from full statements and are checked against each statement's own summary page.
Money in and out — 2026
Statement coverage: 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-19. Loans and in-kind support are kept separate from monetary contributions.
| Measure | Amount |
|---|---|
| Monetary contributions, including unitemized amounts | $5,546 |
| Itemized monetary contributions | $5,396 |
| Unitemized monetary contributions | $150 |
| New loans received (Schedule B1, gross; repayments and forgiveness not netted) | $17,791 |
| Loans received net of repayments and forgiveness (Summary line 2) | $17,500 |
| In-kind contributions | $0 |
| Reported since last full statement — eligible late receipts | $0 |
| Payments made — Schedule E summary | $18,859 |
| Itemized payments | $18,014 |
| Reported ending cash | $4,265 |
| Itemized unpaid bills at latest period end | $0 |
| Reported total outstanding debt — includes loans and unpaid bills | $17,500 |
Amounts are rounded to whole dollars; the downloadable data keeps exact cents. Itemized unpaid bills can omit smaller unitemized obligations; outstanding debt comes from Summary line 19 and is not added to itemized unpaid bills.
Monetary contributions follow the reported Schedule A measure and may include loan forgiveness; they are not necessarily all new cash deposits. Payments include unitemized payments and reported loan interest. Subvendor details are not added again.
Latest reported balances
| Balance at a point in time (never added across periods) | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Ending cash (Summary line 16) | $4,265 | 2026-09-19 |
| Itemized unpaid bills (Schedule F ending balances) | $0 | 2026-09-19 |
| Total outstanding debt (Summary line 19; includes loans and unpaid bills) | $17,500 | 2026-09-19 |
Latest retained full statement 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19 in either year's export (ending cash comes from the latest retained Form 460 statement). These balances are not added together.
Where the money came from (2026)
| Reported party / pooled group | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Other individual contributors/lenders (names withheld) | $1,450 | 11 |
| Kathy Seltzer | $1,000 | 1 |
| Brad Seltzer | $1,000 | 1 |
| Peter Szalai | $846 | 6 |
| Mary Heck | $600 | 2 |
| Yolanda Hayes | $500 | 1 |
| Funding breakdown | Amount | Share of itemized monetary contributions |
|---|---|---|
| Reported individual contributors | $5,396 | 100.00% |
| Reported organizations / committees | $0 | 0.00% |
| Salinas postal codes | $1,746 | 32.36% |
| Other postal codes | $3,650 | 67.64% |
| Unknown postal codes | $0 | 0.00% |
| Largest five matched contributor groups | $3,946 | 73.13% |
Geographic categories use reported postal codes (Salinas vs. outside Salinas), not residency verification. Contributor groups are conservative matches, not a certified count of distinct people.
Where the money went (2026)
| Reported party / pooled group | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Stewart | $3,402 | 7 |
| MATV Billboards | $2,095 | 1 |
| SMG Monterey | $2,000 | 1 |
| City of Salinas | $1,892 | 2 |
| Patti Worth | $1,350 | 5 |
| Yard Signs Plus | $1,028 | 4 |
| Fiverrinc | $918 | 24 |
| Bill Lipe | $750 | 2 |
| Cal Newspaper Advertising | $690 | 1 |
| Monterey County Weekly | $654 | 1 |
| Reported code | Purpose category | Itemized payments |
|---|---|---|
| PRO | Professional services | $3,852 |
| PRT | Print advertisements | $3,439 |
| WEB | Information technology | $2,561 |
| CMP | Campaign materials / miscellaneous | $2,124 |
| RAD | Radio advertisements | $2,000 |
| (none) | No expenditure code reported | $1,892 |
| CNS | Campaign consultants | $1,650 |
| LIT | Literature and mailings | $215 |
| OFC | Office expenses | $157 |
| CTB | Contributions | $125 |
Definitions: FPPC Form 460 ↗. No purpose is inferred from vendor identity.
Lenders (2026) — separate from contributions
| Reported party / pooled group | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Szalai | $17,791 | 8 |
Later reported receipts (2026, Form 497)
No selected records in this category in the current-year data used here; coverage limitations above still apply.
In-kind support (2026)
No selected records in this category in the current-year data used here; coverage limitations above still apply.
Subvendor details (2026) — not additional spending
No selected records in this category in the current-year data used here; coverage limitations above still apply.
Other increases to cash (2026, Schedule I) — not contributions
No selected records in this category in the current-year data used here; coverage limitations above still apply.
Reported connections
No cross-committee contributor match met the disclosure and identity rules for this committee in the selected current-year monetary records.
These are transaction relationships; no affiliation, ownership, family relationship or coordination is inferred.
| Year | Reported sender | Reported recipient | Amount | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Szalai for Salinas Mayor 2026 | Vote to Protect Salinas Renters 2026 | $125 | Payment reported by the sender (Schedule E); no matching entry by the other committee was identified in these exports |
Each row is one committee's own report, described in the last column; a matching entry by the other committee is not assumed, and sender and recipient reports are never added together.
Filing history in the City's NetFile exports used here
| Period start | Period end | Amendment | Monetary contributions | Payments | Check status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | 000 | $1,646 | $4,365 | Reconciled |
| 2026-07-01 | 2026-09-19 | 000 | $3,900 | $14,495 | Reconciled |
Download: statements.csv.
Sources and limits
- Individual donor names below the disclosure threshold are pooled by year and recipient. Organization names are shown as reported; mechanical spelling normalization does not establish ownership.
- Street addresses, contact details, and free-text descriptions that could contain such details are omitted.
- Public transaction exports omit below-threshold individual details; pooled amounts remain in funding totals. Each figure can be traced to a filing and transaction ID in the City's export.
- Download dates and post-export filings are unverified. A candidate without a matched committee is not assigned zero fundraising.
- This profile is a computed analysis of the filed statements.
Sources and method
Figures come from campaign statements that committees filed with the City of Salinas, as exported from its NetFile portal. Each measure is kept separate, and amounts are rounded to whole dollars.
Sources and method → How to read these numbers → City of Salinas NetFile portal ↗