2026 elections · California

California U.S. House, district 24

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 2 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Democrat Incumbent

Salud Carbajal

Raised
$1,882,112
From individuals
$1,133,360
From PACs and other committees
$732,710
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$3,501,724
Debts
$25,735

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

No independent spending for or against this candidate in FEC filings.

PAC and committee money

191 committees reported giving $639,982 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Defense contractorsPAC checks $13K
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $6K
  • Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $5K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Republican

Bob Smith

Raised
$203,264
From individuals
$169,882
From PACs and other committees
$0
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$22,492
Cash on hand
$47,128
Debts
$29,373

FEC, campaign committee totals through June 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

No independent spending for or against this candidate in FEC filings.

PAC and committee money

2 committees reported giving $8,785 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Money in this race (FEC)
Salud CarbajalDemocrat$1,882,112$3,501,724$0$0
Bob SmithRepublican$203,264$47,128$0$0

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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