There is no U.S. Senate race in California. California will elect 52 members to its U.S. House delegation. 

Only one U.S. House seat in California is considered to be competitive: CA-22. It is rated “Toss Up Republican” by The Cook Political Report. Only one woman reported campaign finance data in CA-22: Democrat Jasmeet Bains, who has raised $927,937. Randy Villegas, also a Democrat, has raised the most with $1.2M followed by Republican Representative David Valadao; he has raised over $1.1M.

Five U.S. House seats are open: CA-1, CA-11, CA-14, CA-26, and CA-38. All are considered solidly Democratic by The Cook Political Report. In CA-1, Mike McGuire has raised the most with $855,210, outraising the two Democratic women in the race. Saikat Chakrabarti (D), who is running in CA-11, leads the money race for all open-seat contests; he has raised nearly $5.2M by almost exclusively self-financing his campaign. CA-11 is the seat of former Speaker of the U.S. House Representative Nancy Pelosi, who is retiring. Two women have reported campaign finance data for this seat, Connie Chan (D) with $415,277 and Marie Hurabiell (D) with $420,187. A Democratic woman, Rakhi Israni, leads the money race in CA-14 with over $2.1M raised. More than half of her funds (57%) come from self-financing. Another Democratic woman, Jacqui Irwin, with $481,053, leads the money race in CA-26. In CA-38, Hilda Solis (D) has raised the most with $597,680. 

Across the open-seat races, the average raised by Democratic men candidates (over $1.4M) exceeds the average raised by Democratic women candidates ($482,012).

Twelve Democratic women are seeking reelection to the U.S. House from California and only one Republican (Representative Young Kim, CA-40). Of all the women seeking reelection, Kim has raised the most with over $4.5M; 39% of her funds take the form of small contributions. Democratic Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) has raised the most of all California incumbents; he has raised nearly $11M. Representative Kim (CA-40) leads Republican women candidates running for the House nationally in total raised from individuals including self-financing. 

Democrat Esther Kim Varet, who is challenging Representative Kim (CA-40), has raised over $2.6M with about 47% from small contributions. Almost one-quarter of her funds are from self-financing. 

In challenger races, the average proportion of funds from small contributions is highest for Democratic women: 29%. In open-seat races, Democratic men have a higher average proportion of funds from self-financing than Democratic women.