Madrid Raised $4,675 for Mayoral Race in Last Weeks of Campaign; Lothian Late

Art Madrid raised nearly 40 percent of his campaign war chest in the last 10 days of the 2010 mayoral campaign, collecting $4,675 from seven donors, according to his state-required financial disclosure statement.

The bulk of that came from two donors—$2,000 from Mee Ching Lim Goh of San Gabriel, who listed herself as "homemaker" but owns property valued at $2 million, and $1,000 from Randall Lamb of La Mesa. Both were reported previously.

Madrid, who defeated challenger Laura Lothian by 5.6 percentage points Nov. 2, paid a $10 late fee this week after missing Monday's 5 p.m. deadline to file his Form 460 with the City Clerk's Office, a receipt showed. 

In an e-mail Thursday morning, Lothian said she filed her Form 460 Wednesday afternoon. (La Mesa Patch will report on the disclosure Thursday night.) A City Clerk's Office representative said she had sent out reminders on the deadline.

Madrid raised a total $12,053 in 2010, according to the statement signed by  campaign treasurer Debbie McElravy, president of the Grossmont Healthcare District board.

Other major donors to Madrid's campaign were Scott Sanders, a neighbor of his, who gave $500; Hal Drew, construction supervisor with E.F. Brady Co. of La Mesa, who gave $250; and the Brady Co. itself, which gave $250. Donations of $100 each came from Mary McBride of La Mesa and attorney Kristine Alessio of La Mesa.

In the period Oct. 24 to Dec. 31, Madrid spent $834 on stamps for campaign mailers ($72), "data file consulting" with Elevate LLC ($469) and "mailing file" with Political Data Inc. of Burbank ($294).