California has a top-two primary system. There is no U.S. Senate race in California.
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. No women are running in the race. Randy Villegas, the Democratic nominee, has raised the most with nearly $2.4M followed by Republican Representative David Valadao; he has raised over $1.3M.
Three U.S. House seats are open: CA-11, CA-26, and CA-38. All are considered “Solid Democratic” by The Cook Political Report. CA-11 is the seat of former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, who is retiring. Connie Chan (D), who is Asian American, has raised $935,030. She is competing against Scott Wiener (D) who has raised over $4.3M. Thirteen percent of Chan’s funds come from small contributions, much higher than that of Wiener (4%). Democrat Jacqui Irwin, who is white and has raised $649,632, leads the money race in CA-26. In CA-38, Hilda Solis (D), who is also white, has raised $852,535. Campaign finance information is not available for the Republican nominee running in CA-38.
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, who is Asian American, has raised the most with over $5.3M; 37% of her funds take the form of small contributions. Democratic Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), with over $12M, has raised the most of all California incumbents.
In challenger races, Democratic men running as challengers have the highest average total raised (nearly $2.2M). The average proportion of funds from small contributions is highest for Republican women challengers of the candidate gender and party groups: 44%. Republican men running as challengers have the highest average proportion of funds from self-financing (24%).
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including 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.
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.