With one day to go before the November 3rd election, the latest campaign finance reports show that two dark money groups have surfaced during the last days of the election for four open city council seats. There are 16 candidates running for city council, including the four incumbents.
In total, the candidates have spent $518,884.74 and have reported raising $198,997.65 in campaign contributions. Additionally, two organizations jumped into the election spending a combined $157,361.44, or 30.3% of the total spent so far in this election cycle in the council races. The bulk of the dark money, 81% went to the three incumbents, Alejandra Chávez (D1), Art Fierro (D6) and Ivan Niño (D5), in addition to District 8 challenger Matthew Guzman…