Many questions have surrounded the election of new Orange Unified School District Trustee Madison Miner in November 2022.
Total donations to the Madison Miner 2022 election were $228,878, excluding donations below $100.
83% of the donations came from outside of cities serviced by OUSD as shown below.
Three Largest Donors to Madison Miner’s Campaign
- William Klovstad (Madison’s Dad) donated $50,000. He lives in Brea.
- Lincoln Club of Orange County State PAC donated $44,245. It is based in Irvine.
- Timothy Surridge for School Board 2022 donated $29,893. Mr. Surridge was not elected to the Orange School Board.
These three donations totaled $124,138, which amounted to 54% of the total reported donations.
Largest Donors to Madison Miner’s Campaign
Below, is a tabulation of the donations for the Madison Miner 2022 election over $1,000. 37 donors were reported.
| Madison Miner 2022 Donor | Outside OUSD | Inside OUSD | City (Self-Reported) |
| Total | $150,565 | $31,750 | |
| Percentage | 83% | 17% | |
| William Klovstad (Madison’s Dad) | $50,000 | – | Brea |
| Lincoln Club of Orange County State PAC | $44,245 | – | Irvine |
| Timothy Surridge for School Board 2022 | – | $29,893 from various sources not analyzed here | |
| Aunika Hugo | – | $19,800 | Santa Ana |
| Ledesma for School Board 2022 | – | – | $16,670 from various sources not analyzed here |
| Family Action PAC | $14,820 | – | Newport Beach |
| John Warner | $10,000 | – | Newport Beach |
| Kurt Hamilton | – | $7,000 | Orange |
| Angela Williams for School Board 2022 | $5,000 | – | Tustin |
| Daniel Elefante | $5,000 | – | San Clemente |
| Janet Ronnenberg | $5,000 | – | Newport Beach |
| Zion Enterprises LLC (Charles Zhang) | $5,000 | – | Laguna Niguel |
| Jeffrey Barke | $4,000 | – | Newport Beach |
| Michael Capaldi | $2,000 | – | Newport Beach |
| Robert Loewen | $2,000 | – | Laguna Beach |
| Noriel Zuazo | – | $1,050 | Villa Park |
| Charter Public Schools PAC | $1,000 | – | Sacramento |
Additional Information
This information can be found online on the Orange County Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure by searching for the campaign “Madison Klovstad Miner for School Board 2022.”
The Family Action PAC is discussed further in relation to Mark Bucher. Madison’s contributors reappeared in the 2024 No on Recall of Madison Miner and Rick Ledesma.
