2026 elections · California

California U.S. House, district 4

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

Eric Jones

Raised
$8,378,929
From individuals
$3,007,229
From PACs and other committees
$0
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$5,364,133
Cash on hand
$655,718
Debts
$190,535

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

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $1,254,089 to support and $1,550,000 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 6, 2026.

PAC and committee money

No contributions from PACs or other committees in FEC committee filings.

Democrat Incumbent

Mike Thompson

Raised
$4,204,013
From individuals
$2,282,283
From PACs and other committees
$1,847,811
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$1,075,737
Debts
$37,712

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

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $2,363,317 to support and $3,327,337 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 13, 2026.

PAC and committee money

512 committees reported giving $1,976,146 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
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $29K
  • Defense contractorsPAC checks $11K
  • Oil, gas and private prisonsPAC checks $7K
  • Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $4K

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.

Money in this race (FEC)
Eric JonesDemocrat$8,378,929$655,718$1,254,089$1,550,000
Mike ThompsonDemocrat$4,204,013$1,075,737$2,363,317$3,327,337

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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