Tony Thurmond

Office

Office

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Body

California's statewide elected offices

Website

Official site ↗

Source

Last verified Oct 5, 2026.

Record

Superintendent of Public Instruction, elected statewide. ThePillory tracks the President's and the Governor's executive orders and bill actions; other executive offices have no separate record here yet.

Totals

• Raised

  10 statements, Summary Page line 5
  $1,363,988
• Spent

  Summary Page line 11
  $906,301
• From individuals (itemized)

  1,159 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
  $708,385 52%

Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.

Top contributing industries (approximate)

• Labor unions
  $263,950
• Tribal governments
  $82,900
• Education
  $78,755
• Issue and advocacy groups
  $53,536
• Real estate
  $44,149
• Construction and engineering
  $25,800
• Finance, insurance and banking
  $24,900
• Health care
  $14,785

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 57% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

Top employers of individual donors

• JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES

  4 donors · Not classified
  $36,400
• WAREHAM DEVELOPMENT

  3 donors · Not classified
  $15,000
• OUR FAMILY COALITION

  8 donors · Issue and advocacy groups
  $13,450
• WINNING RESULTS

  4 donors · Not classified
  $11,000
• BRYANT STIBEL

  5 donors · Not classified
  $10,400
• APEX REALTY

  4 donors · Real estate
  $6,250
• LOCKHEED MARTIN

  3 donors · Defense and aerospace
  $5,500
• PUTNAM AUTOMOTIVE

  3 donors · Transportation
  $4,000
• CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

  25 donors · Education
  $3,850
• THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT

  3 donors · Not classified
  $3,750

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $237,946 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

• Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake (HPUL Project Operations)

  2 contributions · organization · Issue and advocacy groups
  $36,400
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 302

  5 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $36,400
• Kamilos Companies, LLC(Gerry Kamilos)

  2 contributions · organization · Not classified
  $36,400
• Pala Band of Mission Indians

  3 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
  $36,400
• All City Management Services, Inc.

  1 contribution · organization · Not classified
  $36,000
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 617

  3 contributions · committee · Labor unions
  $30,000
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers Local 549 PAC

  2 contributions · committee · Labor unions
  $22,500
• Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 398

  5 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $21,000
• Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians

  1 contribution · organization · Tribal governments
  $20,000
• Union of American Physicians and Dentists

  3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $20,000

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Tony Thurmond's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spending on ads and outreach about Tony Thurmond by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.