Money in politics Track the special interest spending fueling this year's local campaigns

By Casey Miller, Maloy Moore and Anthony Pesce contact the reporters

About $4 million has been raised so far for the two candidates running to replace termed-out L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky -- Sheila Kuehl and Bobby Shriver. Hilda Solis, who won the race to replace county supervisor Gloria Molina in District 1, raised more than $825,000. These totals include donations given directly to candidates as well as money from independent contributors that can raise and spend unlimited sums. Here's a look at the contributions made so far, categorized by sector.

Sheila Kuehl
District 3 - Runoff

Bobby Shriver
District 3 - Runoff

Hilda Solis
District 1 - Elected

Top union contributions

# Union Kuehl Shriver Solis Total
1. Working for Working Americans Sponsored by United Brotherhood of Carpenters $0 $100,000 $0 $100,000
2. California Nurses Association PAC (CNA PAC) $75,000 $0 $0 $75,000
3. California Association of Professional Employees (CAPE PAC) $12,825 $0 $12,875 $25,700
4. California Federation of Teachers COPE $5,500 $0 $1,500 $7,000
5. Local 770 United Food & Commercial Workers Union PAC (UFCW 770) $5,000 $0 $1,500 $6,500
6. Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association PAC $6,500 $0 $0 $6,500

Contributions by sector

Kuehl
Shriver
Solis

Sources: Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder / County Clerk, Times research

Credits: Lily Mihalik, Isabella Sayyah