Who Keeps Sending These Aggressive Campaign Mailers?
A simple search of PAC campaign finance reports provides clarity on where these partisan attack mailers are coming from.
In the second Grand Prairie election of the year, divisive partisan mailers were sent to voters in District 4 by a PAC outside of Grand Prairie. Faces of Grand Prairie reported on the first wave of mailers on April 29, 2025 in the GPISD Trustee Place 6 election, from the New American PAC, which received a donation of $75,000 in 2024 from Dallas Attorney Domingo Garcia. This time, the mailers are being sent to voters in District 4, the location of a city council run off between incumbent John Lopez and challenger Marketta Nimo. Two separate messages were sent to voters, both with highly charged, aggressive, partisan rhetoric intended to scare Democratic voters.
The mailer says “Pol. ad paid for by GOTV Texas PAC, 6333 E. Mockingbird Dallas, TX 75214.”
Marketta’s Campaign issued a statement on her official candidate Facebook page:
“Recently, misleading claims have been made about me, and I want to take a moment to speak directly to the people of Grand Prairie District 4.
Let me be clear: my primary voting history—like every candidate’s—is a matter of public record. There is nothing secret or hidden about it. I stand by my civic engagement and the choices I’ve made as a voter and as a community leader.
But this campaign was never about personal attacks or distractions. While others choose to run on distortions and division, we’re running on facts, public records, and a vision rooted in service.
I believe Grand Prairie deserves leadership that doesn’t just talk about integrity—it lives it. Our community deserves a representative who will rise above political pandering and petty tactics and instead focus on the real issues impacting our families, small businesses, and neighborhoods.
This is a nonpartisan race, and yet partisan politics have been used to divide us. I refuse to let that define this campaign or our community.
I will continue to lead with honesty, transparency, and respect. That’s what I believe public service should look like—and that’s what I’ll bring to the table.
I humbly ask for your vote in the June 7th runoff election. Let’s move forward together, with dignity and with purpose.
— Marketta Nimo”
Amber Moffitt, President of the GPISD Board of Trustees and Marketta’s sister, issued the following statement on her Facebook page:
“Today, many of you received a mail piece filled with falsehoods—a blatant misrepresentation and an attack on Marketta Nimo’s character. This is not just disappointing; it’s disheartening.
Marketta is not only a mother, a small business owner, and a respected community leader—she is also someone who has chosen to run a campaign grounded in integrity, facts, and a genuine love for this community. She has led with her values, not vitriol.
As an elected official, a public servant, and Marketta’s sister, I find the use of partisan attacks in a nonpartisan race both inappropriate and damaging. These tactics diminish the dignity of the office and distract from the real issues that matter to our neighbors.
I urge her opponent to publicly denounce the lies and divisive rhetoric being circulated. Silence in the face of dishonesty is complicity, and our community deserves leaders who stand up for truth—even when it’s inconvenient.
To the residents of Grand Prairie District 4: I ask you to stand with integrity. Cast your vote for someone who reflects the best of who we are. Vote for Marketta Nimo for Grand Prairie City Council District #4 in the runoff election on June 7th.
Let’s choose leadership rooted in truth, not tactics fueled by fear.”
Neither John Lopez nor his campaign has not issued a statement about these mailers.
Where did these mailers come from?
The address listed on the mailers, 6333 Mockingbird Dallas, TX 75214 is the address for Mockingbird Commons shopping center in Dallas TX, It’s also the address of Attorney Carol Donovan, who served as the Dallas County Democratic Party Chair for 6 years and is now the treasurer for the Texas Justice Democrats PAC at 6333 Mockingbird, Dallas TX, according to the PAC’s campaign finance report for 2024 on the Texas Ethics Commission website.
Carol and Dr. Elba Garcia, Dallas County Commissioner and wife of Domingo Garcia, both shared a picture on their socials at a Christmas party for the Dallas Founder Lions Club in December 2024.
The name of the PAC listed on the mailer is GOTV Texas PAC. Both the committee address and treasurer address listed on the finance report are for David Bradley at 2504 Summit Drive, Irving TX. Mr. Bradley is currently serving as the treasurer for 7 PACs in North Texas:
Senate District 16 PAC (Senate seat held by Nathan Johnson (D)
The Honorable Kenneth H. Molberg (Judge Molberg lost his race in Nov 2024)
Congressional District 24 - Dallas County PAC
According to their Facebook accounts, Carol Donovan and David Bradley, along with his wife Susan, have been long-time Democrat political activists and have served together in various capacities for over 10 years.
During the Place 6 election with Veronica Lopez and Emily Liles, voters received the following text from David’s wife Susan representing the New American PAC.
In 2017, David led a session called “How to Create a PAC,” which he shared a year later on his Facebook with the caption “Campaign Finance is where it’s at.”
Is any of this wrong?
There’s nothing unethical or illegal about running a partisan race in a local election, nor is there anything unethical about a PAC backing a candidate.
However, both the Federal Election Commission and Texas Ethics Commission have clear rules regarding political advertising for PACs (Political Action Committees) and laws in Texas exist under the Texas Election Code. The individuals sending these mailers are intentionally violating them both, or at the very least, intentionally deceiving voters by misspelling PAC names and using the wrong address for PACs in mailers.
“The law provides that political advertising that contains express advocacy is required to include a disclosure statement. The person who causes the political advertising to be published, distributed, or broadcast is responsible for including the disclosure statement. The law does not define the term “express advocacy.” However, the law does provide that political advertising is deemed to contain express advocacy if it is authorized by a candidate, an agent of a candidate, or a political committee filing campaign finance reports. Therefore, a disclosure statement is required any time a candidate, a candidate’s agent, or a political committee authorizes political advertising.”
According to the law, the responsibility of following these rules lies with the treasurer listed on the campaign finance reports. They receive the following paragraph from Texas Election Code when filing for the position of treasurer for a candidate or PAC, when encourages them to adhere to the following basic principles of decency:
“It is the intent of the legislature that every candidate and political committee that subscribes to the Code of Fair Campaign Practices will follow the basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair play to encourage healthy competition and open discussion of issues and candidate qualifications and to discourage practices that cloud the issues or unfairly attack opponents.”
“CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair play that every candidate and political committee in this state has a moral obligation to observe and uphold, in order that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted campaigns, our citizens may exercise their constitutional rights to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the people may be fully and clearly expressed on the issues.
THEREFORE:
(1) I will conduct the campaign openly and publicly and limit attacks on my opponent to legitimate challenges to my opponent's record and stated positions on issues.
(2) I will not use or permit the use of character defamation, whispering campaigns, libel, slander, or scurrilous attacks on any candidate or the candidate's personal or family life.
(3) I will not use or permit any appeal to negative prejudice based on race, sex, religion, or national origin.
(4) I will not use campaign material of any sort that misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts, nor will I use malicious or unfounded accusations that aim at creating or exploiting doubts, without justification, as to the personal integrity or patriotism of my opponent.
(5) I will not undertake or condone any dishonest or unethical practice that tends to corrupt or undermine our system of free elections or that hampers or prevents the full and free expression of the will of the voters, including any activity aimed at intimidating voters or discouraging them from voting.
(6) I will defend and uphold the right of every qualified voter to full and equal participation in the electoral process, and will not engage in any activity aimed at intimidating voters or discouraging them from voting.
(7) I will immediately and publicly repudiate methods and tactics that may come from others that I have pledged not to use or condone. I shall take firm action against any subordinate who violates any provision of this code or the laws governing elections.I, the undersigned, candidate for election to public office in the State of Texas or campaign treasurer of a political committee, hereby voluntarily endorse, subscribe to, and solemnly pledge myself to conduct the campaign in accordance with the above principles and practices.”
Multiple mailers have contained errors that are intentional, including misspelling PAC names and switching addresses of the PAC. According to the law, this is called a Misrepresentation of Identity or Source.
A person violates the law if, with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election, the person misrepresents the source of political advertising or a campaign communication or if the person misrepresents his or her own identity or the identity of his or her agent in political advertising or in a campaign communication. (If someone else is doing something for you, that person is your agent.) For example, you may not take out an ad in favor of your opponent that purports to be sponsored by a notoriously unpopular group.
Based on their repeated messaging in these mailers, these people clearly despise the President, republicans, and people who voted for him. Because of that, they seem to believe it’s their right to violate campaign laws, disparage candidate’s reputations, and interfere with any election they see fit. They appear to hope Grand Prairians will be fearful of one another and hate one another based on who they voted for in a Presidential election. However, sentiment is growing stronger from many Grand Prairians of all races and political party affiliations that they are fed up with this type of partisan and divisive messaging, and the more aggressive the messaging on these mailers gets, the stronger the sentiment grows.