Pontiac Times

Pending: Cherukuri Sreenivas spent the most out of all the political committees based in cities associated with Oakland County during February, 2021, according to the Michigan Department of State.

The committee paid $32,610 to two vendors.

The largest expense was $1,725 paid to Michigan-Bureau of Elections based in Novi for late filing fees.

The second largest political spend from a committee operating in a city within Oakland County during the month came from Friends of Jody Lamacchia. It spent $7,000 during that period on two different vendors.

What’s known as “dark money,” which comes from political non-profits and shell corporations, has greatly increased expenditures and donations in recent elections to record-breaking highs.

The amount raised and spent by candidates in the 2020 election cycle paled in comparison to the amounts raised in the 2016 election. Data from Transparency USA showed candidates in 2020 spent only roughly one-quarter ($136 million) of what was spent in 2016 ($445 million).

Political campaign financial data is often updated, leading to a sometimes incomplete picture of a committee or candidate's finances.

Committee	Expenditures	Paid Vendors
Pending: Cherukuri Sreenivas	$32,610	2
Friends of Jody Lamacchia	$7,000	2
Friends of Barb Anness	$4,184	6
Maddock Leadership Fund	$3,067	12
Vote Kelly Breen	$2,779	12
For Our Future Michigan (Super PAC)	$2,262	6
Kyra Harris Bolden for State Representative	$1,500	2
Committee to Elect Brenda Carter	$975	4
Mallory McMorrow for Michigan	$580	6
Jim Ellison for State Representative	$482	3
Committee to Elect Padma Kuppa	$375	7
Friends of Matt Maddock for State Representative	$350	1
Rosemary Bayer for Senate	$279	3
Democrats of Greater Novi	$230	2
Tami Carlone for State Board of Education	$101	6
Fems for Dems PAC	$88	1
Friends of Brendan Johnson	$48	1
Friends of Mari Manoogian	$24	2
A More Perfect Michigan PAC	$22	2
Committee to Elect Adrienne Young	$7	1
Committee to Elect Regina Weiss	$6	1
Jeremy Moss for State Senate	$3	1