Melissa Hernandez

The campaign

Raised

$1,990,729

From individuals

$1,868,550

From PACs and other committees

$110,500

From the candidate (gifts + loans)

$0

Cash on hand

$80,576

Debts

$3,663

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 7, 2026. FEC record

Outside groups

Outside groups spent $4,286,570 to support and $410,300 to oppose.

• BOLD AMERICAfor $1.8M
• UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')for $825K
• PROJECT 218for $500K
• SD 2026for $399K
• ALAMEDA COME TOGETHER PACfor $356K
• AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP)against $210K
• PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTIONfor $200K
• PROGRESSIVE PROMISEagainst $200K
• FOR OUR VALUES PACfor $86K
• SAFER ALAMEDA COUNTY PACfor $71K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Aug. 14, 2026.

PACs and committees

22 committees reported giving $86,500 in all.

• INNOVATION FOR GOOD PAC$15,000
• CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)$10,000
• CHC BOLD PAC$10,000
• CEMEX INC. EMPLOYEES PAC$5,000
• ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN$5,000
• SD PAC$5,000
• HINDU AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
• DMFI PAC$5,000
• PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS$4,000
• NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
• NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND$2,500
• D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$2,500
• ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC)$2,500
• JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESS$2,000
• SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS$2,000

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

• Pro-Israel groupsPAC checks $5K · spent to help $825K
• Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $6K

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.