💰 Money & Special Interests
Audrey Denney
Refuses all corporate PAC money. Every dollar comes from individual grassroots donors — not a single cent from special interests or corporations.
Mike McGuire
Accepted $134,000 from ag industry corporations and PACs. His "Progress for California" committee amassed over $850,000 from unions, tribes, businesses, and PACs — and never donated a single dollar to any ballot measure.
🍾 Living Like a Billionaire on Donor Money
Audrey Denney
No personal spending from campaign or donor funds. Zero ethics complaints.
Mike McGuire
$40,000
Spent from his donor-funded committee on a 3-day Super Bowl trip to Las Vegas — luxury lodging, meals, and tickets billed through the committee. Then separately pocketed $33,750 in additional ticket packages from Anheuser-Busch as personal gifts. Donors funded his party. They got nothing.
⚖️ Ethics & Legal Scrutiny
Audrey Denney
No investigations. No complaints. No regulatory review. A clean record.
Mike McGuire
$175,700
Currently under FPPC review for allegedly spending this amount from his Insurance Commissioner campaign fund on digital ads unrelated to that race — after he'd already dropped out of it.
🏡 Roots & Connection to District
Audrey Denney
Grew up on a ranch in Northern California. Bartended to put herself through Chico State. An educator and nonprofit strategist who has lived this district — and twice ran against LaMalfa in it.
Mike McGuire
Doesn't live in the district he's running in. His own campaign manager admitted it — calling the move "political opportunism, exploiting rural communities for personal political gain."
📊 Fundraising Record
Audrey Denney
$3.5 Million
Raised across past campaigns without a single PAC dollar — powered entirely by small-dollar grassroots donors.
Mike McGuire
Fundraising depends on the corporations and PACs who expect access and favors in return. His committee took money from all sides — and spent it on himself.
🌿 Environment
Audrey Denney
Committed to protecting environmental regulations and sustainable land stewardship — values she grew up with on a working ranch.
Mike McGuire
Voted alongside Republicans to gut environmental regulations benefiting big agriculture — the same ag corporations that fund his campaign.
🗳️ Who They Are
Audrey Denney
Educator. Nonprofit strategist. Ranch kid who worked her way up. Not a career politician — someone who actually lives the values she campaigns on.
Mike McGuire
In public office since age 19. A career establishment politician who has never held a private-sector job — now parachuting into a district he doesn't live in for his next political move.