Torrance 2026 election

Who funds George Chen's campaign?

Donor data for the mayoral race, comparing George Chen and Sharon Kalani.

Itemized donations ($100+) filed through December 31, 2025³

Where do the donors live?

45% of Chen's donors are Torrance residents. 85% of Kalani's are.

Chen Kalani

Donors at the legal maximum

Torrance caps individual donations at $1,000 per election. Percentage of each candidate's maxed-out donors who are from outside Torrance:

Chen's maxed-out donors from outside Torrance

Kalani's maxed-out donors from outside Torrance

Where do the donor dollars come from?

Each candidate's donor dollars grouped by occupation as reported on their filings.¹

Chen Kalani

Occupation comparison

The two occupation groups from the chart above shown side by side: business owners, professionals, and their family² vs. teachers, public servants, and service workers.

Chen Kalani

Additional findings

8% of Chen's donor dollars from shared-surname donors

23 Chen donors filed as not employed and share a last name with at least one other Chen donor.² Torrance limits individual donations to $1,000. Kalani has zero donors in this category.

Out-of-state donors

Chen received contributions from donors in Maryland, Texas, Ohio, and Nevada. Kalani's filings show none from out of state.

Real estate industry donors

Real estate and property professionals contributed to Chen's campaign. Donors include Aurelio Mattucci, a real estate broker who is also running for City Treasurer.

Average donation by geography

Chen's non-Torrance donors averaged 24% more per person than his Torrance-based donors.

Verify it yourself

All data comes from public campaign finance filings. Download the underlying donor records below.

¹ "Business owners, professionals, and their family" includes donors with filed titles of: business owner, president, CEO, CFO, founder, executive, engineer, programmer, physician, doctor, attorney, real estate broker/agent/developer, property investor, financial planner, finance manager, CPA, architect, director, manager, consultant, pharmacist, banker, insurance agent, and accountant — as well as family members (see note 2). "Teachers, public servants, and service workers" includes: teacher, professor, librarian, police officer, mayor, mechanic, bank teller, pastoral assistant, sales, instructor, and similar titles. "Retired" and "not employed" are reported as filed. Two Chen donors (under 1% of dollars) did not fit any category and are excluded.

² "Their family" identifies donors who (a) filed a job title of unemployed, housewife, or homemaker and (b) share a last name with at least one other donor to the same candidate. Shared last names do not prove a family relationship — common surnames may produce false matches. This grouping surfaces a pattern, not an assertion of specific relationships.

³ All data from $100+ contributions filed with the City of Torrance through December 31, 2025 via Torrance NetFile. Contributions under $100 are not required to be itemized and are not included.