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Michael Best Strategies
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$8.8K
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Entity · Individual
Michael Best Strategies
Everything this entity funds across California politics.
Everything they fund
$8.8K
15 recipients · 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Jul 2028
Recipients
By type
Friends Of Nicholas Smith
$1.0K
11%
candidate
Friends Of Barbara Hernandez
$1.0K
11%
candidate
Friends For Celina Villanueva
$1.0K
11%
candidate
Citizens For Elizabeth Hernandez
$1.0K
11%
candidate
Friends Of Bill Cunningham
$1.0K
11%
candidate
Mc Combie For Illinois
$500
6%
candidate
Citizens For Charlie Meier
$500
6%
candidate
Citizens For Marcus C Evans Jr
$500
6%
candidate
Friends Of Kam Buckner
$500
6%
candidate
Friends Of Christopher Belt
$500
6%
candidate
Friends Of Mattie Hunter
$250
3%
candidate
Friends Of Sonya Marie Harper
$250
3%
candidate
Regan For Illinois
$250
3%
candidate
William Davis For State Representative
$250
3%
candidate
Cervantes For Illinois
$250
3%
candidate
Committees
$8.8K
100%
15
Where it goes
Into top recipient
11%
Concentration
low concentration
Footprint
Total given
$8.8K
Recipients
15
Candidates
15
Records
Every figure on this page traces to itemized CalAccess filings — source, target, amount, date, filing ID.
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Method
Contributions resolved to one canonical entity, then every outbound flow followed to its recipient.
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The Current
· money + influence graph
scope
· CA · 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Jul 2028 · latest gift 31 Dec 2025 · ingested 25 Aug 2026
source
· CalAccess