CAMPAIGN FILING
PC2026-03 Adams for Yuma Mayor, Statement of Organization
About this source
S030: A filed campaign Statement of Organization.
- Publisher/custodian: City of Yuma City Clerk. - Source date/status: 2026-04-28. - Prior review: accessed and rendered 2026-10-01. - Original deep link withheld from this public package where source privacy or authentication review is needed. Use the source title, custodian and source ID for attribution; no claim that the original is inaccessible to everyone.
Context in the linked claims: - The City filing identifies the candidate, committee and treasurer fields. - Campaign and trademark signatures support a strong applicant-candidate match. - Recurring business history supports a strong match between the 2021 profile and candidate.
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Publisher / issuing organization 1
Related claims 6
- Needs ContextFour City-posted committee documents reviewed do not name Romas, Kripaitis, Kirpaitis or Top Shine Metal Polishing in officer, contribution, loan, in-kind or vendor fields/schedules.
Four committee filings contain no located Romas or Top Shine entry.
- Mostly SupportedHigh-confidence identity link: the official campaign filing identifies candidate Carlos Adams with signature Carlos G. Adams; USPTO serials 88802175 and 88802213 show printed signatory Carlos G. Adams and signature /Carlos G Adams/ for individual applicant Adams, Carlos Gil, while serial 86654837 bears /Carlos Gil Adams/. KAWC reports the candidate founded Adams Boxing, matching the USPTO applicant's AdamsBoxing mark context; 2020 USPTO forms use a Yuma mailing address. Together the recurring signature form, business-role bridge and Yuma context materially exceed a name-only match.
Campaign and trademark signatures support a strong applicant-candidate match.
- Mostly SupportedMultiple source convergence supports a high-confidence same-person match: the 2021 profile’s Carlos Adams is described as the Adams footwear creator who began his business in 2015 and had worked with Cleto Reyes; an earlier feature identifies Carlos Adams as Adams Boxing shoe creator with a February 2014 boxing injury, East San Diego gym context and former Cleto Reyes representative role; a 2018 bylined profile describes Carlos Adams, Adams Boxing and a business start more than three years earlier; a 2020 El Pugilato listing identifies Carlos Adams as creator of Adams Footwear; KAWC reports candidate Carlos Adams, age 33 in 2026, founded Adams Boxing in 2015. Age 27 on 2021-04-15 and age 33 on 2026-06-02 are compatible but not uniquely identifying.
Recurring business history supports a strong match between the 2021 profile and candidate.
- UnverifiedThe 2000 deed names Jacqueline Adams as Carlos G. Adams co-grantee and wife. The 2026 SOO displays Vanessa Adams, treasurer physical address [street address withheld] and signature appearing Jacqueline Adams; Q2 Original prints Jacqueline Vanessa Adams and has a Jacqueline Adams signature. Same name/signature wording and property-address context strengthen the Jacqueline Vanessa Adams (P020)/Jacqueline Adams (P028) comparison, but do not establish identity across the 26-year interval.
The deed and campaign treasurer share name and address clues, but no verified identity bridge.
- VerifiedThe City-hosted Statement of Organization filed 2026-04-28 names the candidate and committee chair as Carlos Adams; candidate signature appears Carlos G. Adams. Committee is Adams for Yuma Mayor, PC2026-03, Mayor, 2026 nonpartisan cycle. Chair employer/occupation are Self/Self. Treasurer line reads Vanessa Adams with visible overwrite/crossout; employer/occupation read Student/Student.
The City filing identifies the candidate, committee and treasurer fields.
- UnverifiedThe deed grantee Jacqueline Adams versus campaign treasurer Jacqueline Vanessa Adams comparison is strengthened but unresolved after the SOO address/signature correction and the 2004 trustor-name review.
The Jacqueline comparison is stronger, but still unresolved.
Timeline events 3
- City receives Adams for Yuma Mayor's organization statement
City of Yuma receives PC2026-03 Statement of Organization naming candidate and chair Carlos Adams; candidate signature appears Carlos G. Adams. Mayor, 2026 nonpartisan cycle. Filed name remains exactly Carlos Adams.
- Treasurer field and signature add to the Jacqueline comparison
The Statement of Organization (SOO) treasurer field displays Vanessa Adams, a physical address at [street address withheld] and a signature appearing as Jacqueline Adams. Relevant campaign field omitted in prior extraction; corrects baseline. Employer and occupation Student; declared physical address not independently verified residence.
- Business-history comparison supports the profile-candidate match
The business and reported-age chronology supports a strong match between the 2021 profile subject Carlos Adams (P016) and the Yuma candidate (P017); see R033. Identity assessment from independent source record convergence; not based on the family headline or photographs.
People 5
- Carlos Adams (April 2021 press reference)
The April 2021 Yo Amo Tijuana feature describes a Carlos Adams associated with the footwear business. Recurring business-history details support a strong analytical match to the Yuma candidate, but its unnamed-mayor nephew claim remains unverified.
- Carlos Gil Adams (USPTO applicant; linked to Yuma candidate)
The trademark applications name Carlos Gil Adams as an individual applicant. Signature wording and separate business reporting support a strong analytical match to the Yuma candidate, without a unique government identifier; citizenship entries remain the applicant's declarations.
- Jacqueline Adams (Yuma deed grantee / Assessor owner-index reference)
The 2000 Yuma deed names Jacqueline Adams as Carlos G. Adams's wife and joint grantee; the 2004 deed of trust names her again. The possible match to campaign treasurer Jacqueline Vanessa Adams remains unresolved across the intervening years.
- Jacqueline Vanessa Adams (campaign treasurer filing reference)
The campaign filings name Jacqueline Vanessa Adams, use Vanessa Adams in the treasurer field and show a signature appearing as Jacqueline Adams. Those campaign references do not yet identify her as the Jacqueline Adams in the older property deeds or transfer that deed's spouse relationship to her. Evidence references: R031.
- Romas Vytas Kripaitis (supplied public Facebook account reference)
The retained social-media material uses the name Romas Vytas Kripaitis. The account's legal identity and any formal campaign role or coordinated relationship remain unverified.
Organizations 1
- Top Shine Metal Polishing (Yuma profile business-name reference)
Top Shine Metal Polishing is a business-name reference associated with the reviewed Yuma profile lead. Its legal operator and any formal campaign relationship remain unresolved.