TOPIC
Following the Money: Yuma’s 2026 Campaign Finance Audit
A record-based review of publicly posted campaign-finance filings for Douglas Nicholls and Carlos Adams, with calculations and unresolved questions clearly distinguished.
Detailed overview
This Topic reviews publicly posted campaign-finance filings for Douglas Nicholls and Carlos Adams, the two Yuma mayoral committees covered here. It compares figures reported in the filings with Yuma Informed’s independent arithmetic checks and records questions the available documents do not resolve.
Filed figures, Yuma Informed’s calculations, unresolved questions, and official legal determinations are distinct. A difference or blank field alone does not establish an error or a legal violation. This review makes no official compliance determination.
Yuma Informed has not contacted the City Clerk for additional records. Records not shown online are not treated as proof that a required filing was never made. The audit will be updated if additional records are obtained.
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- Primary source · Government recordA.R.S. § 16-926: Campaign finance reports; contents
Arizona statute specifying campaign-finance report contents, including itemized receipt source, amount, and date fields, and how dates are treated for reporting.
- Primary source · Government recordArizona Secretary of State: Campaign Finance Reporting Dates
Official campaign-finance reporting calendar. The 2026 candidate schedule lists the Quarter 2 and Post-Primary reporting periods.
- Primary source · Campaign filingCarlos Adams 2026 July Post-Primary campaign-finance report
Original City-filed report for July 1 through July 21, 2026. Supports the July cash and in-kind entries and the amended-Q2-to-July cash-balance continuity.
- Primary source · Campaign filingCarlos Adams 2026 Quarter 2 campaign-finance report (amended)
Amended City-filed report for April 1 through June 30, 2026. Preserved separately from the original and used as the prior balance for the July report.
- Primary source · Campaign filingCarlos Adams 2026 Quarter 2 campaign-finance report (original)
Original City-filed report for April 1 through June 30, 2026. Preserved separately from the amendment for report reconciliation and transaction comparison.
- Primary source · Government recordCity of Yuma: PC2017-06 Elect Douglas Nicholls committee folder
City Clerk public folder listing campaign-finance filings for committee PC2017-06 Elect Douglas Nicholls. The online listing describes posted records only; it does not establish whether unlisted records were filed or exist elsewhere.
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- Primary source · Government recordCity of Yuma: PC2026-03 Adams for Yuma Mayor committee folder
City Clerk public folder listing campaign-finance filings for committee PC2026-03 Adams for Yuma Mayor. The online listing describes posted records only; it does not establish whether unlisted records were filed or exist elsewhere.
- Primary source · Campaign filingDouglas Nicholls 2022 Post-General Election (Q4) campaign-finance report
Original City-filed report for October 23 through December 31, 2022. The audit compares its cover cash summary with Schedule B and preserves both reported disbursement figures.
- Primary source · Campaign filingDouglas Nicholls 2026 July Post-Primary campaign-finance report
Original City-filed report for July 1 through July 21, 2026. Its cover prints cash receipts as `---`; the filing does not state numeric zero. The reported opening cash, disbursements, and closing cash are arithmetically consistent with zero net cash receipts. A separate $612.40 in-kind equity receipt is not cash.
- Primary source · Campaign filingDouglas Nicholls 2026 Quarter 2 campaign-finance report
Original City-filed report for April 1 through June 30, 2026. Supports the reported cover and schedule totals, itemized receipt dates, Chris Miller entry, and Echo Canyon schedule detail.
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