Donors
Who gives to many of the 2026 state candidates: 17,356 donors gave to two or more, 680 to ten or more, and 1,457 to both Democrats and Republicans; 305 are registered lobbyist employers.
Where the money comes from
Every itemized contribution to the 2026 state candidates ($536.6M), by kind of donor.
All 2026 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
All 2026 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholdersTheir own money and committees
Individuals
$136.0M 46% of outside money · 144,222 donors
- Patty Quillin $626,300
- Elizabeth D. Simons $436,300
- Reed Hastings $421,300
- Andrew Schwartzberg $290,200
- Jaime Schwartzberg $278,400
Businesses
$53.6M 18% of outside money · 6,378 donors
- First Foundation Bank $820,381
- Airbnb, Inc. $709,650
- Anheuser Busch Companies $663,400
- Comcast Financial Agency Corporation $609,500
- Blue Shield of California $500,290
Trade, professional and issue groups
$38.8M 13% of outside money · 2,348 donors
- California New Car Dealers Association PAC $862,117
- California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC) $757,300
- Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee $723,700
- Association of California School Administrators PAC $643,469
- CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC $525,400
All trade, professional and issue groups funding 2+ candidates →
Labor unions
$37.2M 13% of outside money · 1,204 donors
- SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee $826,700
- United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund $785,936
- California Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee $697,799
- California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship $678,000
- United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee $641,174
Tribal governments
$7.3M 2% of outside money · 90 donors
- Pechanga Band of Indians $1,182,400
- Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation $756,200
- Morongo Band of Mission Indians $546,800
- Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians $534,000
- Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation $472,250
Political parties
$12.6M 4% of outside money · 71 donors
Other candidates and officeholders
$7.5M 3% of outside money · 464 donors
- Carl DeMaio for State Assembly 2026 $197,654
- Tri Ta for Assembly 2024 $166,000
- Patrick Ahrens for Assembly 2026 $163,300
- Alexandra Macedo for Assembly 2026 $150,000
- Re-Elect Rick Chavez Zbur for Assembly 2026 $137,539
All other candidates and officeholders funding 2+ candidates →
Their own money and committees
$243.6M 45% of all · 238 donors
- Tom Steyer $220,605,302
- Jesse Gabriel for Assembly 2024 $2,467,225
- Robert Rivas for Assembly 2024 $1,544,715
- Brian Goldsmith $1,500,000
- Phillip Chen for Assembly 2024 $1,124,042
Kinds of donor are read from the contributor's name and type as reported: “Band of… Indians”, “Rancheria” and tribal names are tribal governments; unions and labor councils, labor; associations, chambers and PACs, groups; party committees, parties; other candidates' committees, candidates. A candidate's own money is contributions in their name and transfers from their earlier campaigns' committees. Names can mislead, so treat each kind as approximate.
| Donor | Candidates | Total | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | 90 | $418,900 | |
| Airbnb, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 87 | $709,650 | |
| Anheuser Busch Companies Business · Saint Louis · registered lobbyist employer | 81 | $663,400 | |
| Fresenius Medical Care Business · Waltham | 75 | $438,200 | |
| FanDuel, Inc. Business · New York · registered lobbyist employer | 65 | $335,000 | |
| Calpine Corporation Business · Houston · registered lobbyist employer | 65 | $267,900 | |
| Blue Shield of California Business · Oakland · registered lobbyist employer | 59 | $500,290 | |
| First Foundation Bank Business · Irvine | 57 | $820,381 | |
| Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Business · Philadelphia | 53 | $609,500 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. Business · Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer | 53 | $305,600 | |
| E & J Gallo Winery Business · Modesto · registered lobbyist employer | 52 | $273,700 | |
| BNSF Railway Company Business · Fort Worth · registered lobbyist employer | 51 | $205,200 | |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 50 | $418,500 | |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. Business · Raleigh · registered lobbyist employer | 49 | $205,200 | |
| Diageo North America Business · Washington | 48 | $193,300 | |
| Deloitte Services LP Business · Hermitage | 47 | $169,300 | |
| Pfizer, Inc. Business · Memphis · registered lobbyist employer | 47 | $115,100 | |
| KPMG, LLP Business · Dallas · registered lobbyist employer | 46 | $144,600 | |
| American Traffic Solutions, Inc. Business · Mesa | 45 | $144,500 | |
| Ember Education Business · Visalia | 45 | $108,000 | |
| Zurich American Insurance Company Business · Schaumburg · registered lobbyist employer | 45 | $101,200 | |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Business · Englewood | 44 | $178,500 | |
| Phillips 66 Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | 43 | $339,600 | |
| McDonald's USA, LLC, including McDonald's Corporation Business · Chicago | 43 | $206,300 | |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Business · Exton | 43 | $80,000 | |
| PG&E Corporation Business · Oakland | 42 | $353,600 | |
| Genentech USA Business · South San Francisco | 42 | $149,000 | |
| VSP Vision Business · Rancho Cordova · registered lobbyist employer | 42 | $113,700 | |
| Novartis Services, Inc. Business · East Hanover · registered lobbyist employer | 41 | $108,900 | |
| Paramount Global Business · Los Angeles | 41 | $23,010 | |
| Zenith Insurance Company Business · Woodland Hills · registered lobbyist employer | 40 | $104,000 | |
| Anthropic PBC Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 39 | $156,900 | |
| Populus Financial Group, Inc. Business · Irving · registered lobbyist employer | 39 | $78,197 | |
| Turo, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 38 | $348,200 | |
| Google, LLC and Affiliated Entities Business · Mountain View | 38 | $264,549 | |
| Sempra Energy Business · San Diego | 38 | $239,700 | |
| Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. Business · Rosemead · registered lobbyist employer | 38 | $132,800 | |
| Davita Business · Federal Way · registered lobbyist employer | 37 | $321,100 | |
| Walmart Inc. Business · Bentonville · registered lobbyist employer | 37 | $253,900 | |
| Amazon.com Services, LLC Business · Washington · registered lobbyist employer | 36 | $237,300 | |
| Harbor Distributing, LLC Business · Huntington Beach | 36 | $169,600 | |
| Cox Communications, Inc. Business · San Diego | 36 | $72,385 | |
| StubHub, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 35 | $180,000 | |
| Amarok Business · Columbia · registered lobbyist employer | 35 | $95,700 | |
| Granite Construction Company Business · Watsonville · registered lobbyist employer | 33 | $95,000 | |
| Sempra Business · San Diego | 32 | $238,400 | |
| California Dairies, Inc. Business · Visalia · registered lobbyist employer | 32 | $157,807 | |
| Visa, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 32 | $118,950 | |
| FOX Corporation Business · Washington · registered lobbyist employer | 32 | $97,200 | |
| Molson Coors Beverage Company Business · Chicago | 31 | $73,500 | |
| Western Dental Services, Inc. Business · Orange · registered lobbyist employer | 30 | $216,700 | |
| Lyft, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 30 | $163,400 | |
| Sierra Pacific Industries Business · Anderson · registered lobbyist employer | 30 | $77,000 | |
| Dart Container Business · Mason · registered lobbyist employer | 30 | $69,500 | |
| CalPortland Company Business · Las Vegas · registered lobbyist employer | 29 | $89,900 | |
| Maplebear Inc. dba Instacart Business · San Francisco | 29 | $67,900 | |
| Southern California Edison Business · Rosemead | 28 | $203,038 | |
| Clean Energy Business · Newport Beach · registered lobbyist employer | 28 | $134,600 | |
| Nossaman, LLP Business · Los Angeles | 28 | $84,877 | |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP Business · Miramar | 28 | $77,300 | |
| Edwards Lifesciences, LLC Business · Irvine · registered lobbyist employer | 28 | $73,400 | |
| 1-800 Contacts, Inc. Business · Draper · registered lobbyist employer | 28 | $55,300 | |
| Chevron Business · San Ramon | 27 | $251,600 | |
| DoorDash, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 27 | $210,250 | |
| Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, LLC Business · Miami · registered lobbyist employer | 27 | $112,538 | |
| Nike, Inc. and Affiliates Business · Beaverton · registered lobbyist employer | 27 | $67,455 | |
| Green Diamond Resource Company Business · Seattle · registered lobbyist employer | 27 | $67,000 | |
| The Travelers Indemnity Company Business · Hartford | 27 | $48,000 | |
| Kalshi, Inc. Business · New York · registered lobbyist employer | 26 | $156,200 | |
| Tenet Health Business · Dallas | 26 | $71,800 | |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Business · San Diego · registered lobbyist employer | 26 | $45,400 | |
| Edison International and Affiliated Entities Business · Rosemead | 25 | $169,225 | |
| The Gardens Casino Business · Hawaiian Gardens | 25 | $148,550 | |
| National Vision, Inc. Business · Duluth | 25 | $127,500 | |
| Holistic Alternative Recovery Trust Inc. Business · Lexington · registered lobbyist employer | 25 | $81,300 | |
| Tenet Healthcare Corporation Business · Dallas · registered lobbyist employer | 25 | $75,000 | |
| Elevance Health, Inc. and its affiliate Anthem Blue Cross Business · Cincinnati | 25 | $57,550 | |
| Intuit Business · San Diego · registered lobbyist employer | 25 | $55,111 | |
| California Water Service Company Business · San Jose · registered lobbyist employer | 24 | $140,200 | |
| SA Recycling Business · Orange · registered lobbyist employer | 24 | $126,999 | |
| Pepsico Business · Purchase | 24 | $104,350 | |
| Centene Management Company, LLC and its affiliate Health Net Business · St. Louis | 24 | $104,000 | |
| PwC US Group, LLP Business · Tampa | 24 | $97,100 | |
| United Airlines Business · Chicago · registered lobbyist employer | 24 | $78,819 | |
| Molina Healthcare, Inc. Business · Long Beach | 24 | $55,500 | |
| Yum Brands, Inc. Business · Louisville · registered lobbyist employer | 24 | $47,000 | |
| Philip Morris USA Inc. and its Affiliates Business · Sacramento | 23 | $214,700 | |
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and its Affiliates Business · Winston-Salem | 23 | $170,200 | |
| PBF Holding Company, LLC Business · Parsippany · registered lobbyist employer | 23 | $95,500 | |
| Intersect Power, LLC Business · Beaverton | 23 | $61,700 | |
| Marathon Petroleum Corporation and its Subsidiaries Business · San Rafael · registered lobbyist employer | 22 | $136,800 | |
| IPX Power USA, LLC Business · Beaverton | 22 | $94,700 | |
| Republic Services/LE03-Awin Management, Inc. Business · Phoenix | 22 | $93,900 | |
| Waste Management and Affiliated Entities Business · San Rafael · registered lobbyist employer | 22 | $93,900 | |
| Walgreens Family of Companies Business · Deerfield | 22 | $81,400 | |
| The Kroger Co. Business · Cincinnati · registered lobbyist employer | 22 | $79,500 | |
| Encore Capital Group, Inc. Business · San Diego · registered lobbyist employer | 22 | $56,000 | |
| Continental Casualty Company Business · Chicago | 22 | $43,750 | |
| Edison International and Affiliated Entities/Southern California Edison Business · Rosemead | 21 | $212,450 | |
| CVS Health/CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Business · Woonsocket | 21 | $172,100 | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC(Andrea Fava) Business · Washington | 21 | $140,400 | |
| Athens Services Business · City Of Industry | 21 | $64,025 | |
| MN8 Energy, LLC Business · New York · registered lobbyist employer | 21 | $59,000 | |
| Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. Business · Burbank | 21 | $55,000 | |
| Eli Lilly and Company & Subsidiaries Business · Indianapolis | 21 | $51,300 | |
| Southwest Airlines Business · Dallas · registered lobbyist employer | 21 | $47,421 | |
| Singleton Schreiber, LLP Business · San Diego | 20 | $150,300 | |
| GMRI, Inc. Business · Orlando | 20 | $81,200 | |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Business · Washington · registered lobbyist employer | 20 | $76,350 | |
| Administrative Services Cooperative, Inc. Business · Torrance | 20 | $69,400 | |
| Walgreens Business · Deerfield | 20 | $67,000 | |
| Ernst & Young US, LLP Business · Dallas | 20 | $61,300 | |
| Alaska Airlines Business · Seattle | 20 | $53,727 | |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc. Business · Bellevue | 20 | $52,500 | |
| NextEra Energy Resources Development, LLC Business · Juno Beach | 19 | $77,300 | |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Business · Omaha · registered lobbyist employer | 19 | $70,565 | |
| Republic Services Business · Phoenix · registered lobbyist employer | 19 | $56,499 | |
| First American Title Insurance Company Business · Scottsdale | 19 | $41,500 | |
| Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC Business · Calpella · registered lobbyist employer | 19 | $32,500 | |
| Worthington Enterprises Business · Columbus · registered lobbyist employer | 19 | $19,000 | |
| AMR Holdco, Inc. Business · Greenwood Village | 18 | $192,100 | |
| Irvine Management Company Business · Newport Beach | 18 | $121,893 | |
| CEMEX Materials, LLC Business · West Palm Beach | 18 | $85,450 | |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | 18 | $74,911 | |
| Stripe, Inc. Business · South San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer | 18 | $74,500 | |
| ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Business · San Diego · registered lobbyist employer | 18 | $37,500 | |
| Kindred Healthcare Operating, LLC Business · Louisville | 18 | $34,000 | |
| DaVita, Inc. and Affiliated Entities Business · Denver | 17 | $114,100 | |
| Google LLC and Affiliated Entities(Rob Biederman) Business · Mountain View | 17 | $89,900 | |
| Centene and its affiliate Health Net Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | 17 | $73,575 | |
| Cigna Holding Company Business · Washington | 17 | $66,500 | |
| GEICO Business · Washington | 17 | $60,300 | |
| Ebay, Inc. Business · San Jose · registered lobbyist employer | 17 | $52,000 | |
| San Gabriel Valley Water Company Business · El Monte · registered lobbyist employer | 17 | $33,400 | |
| TELACU Industries, Inc. Business · Los Angeles | 16 | $176,909 | |
| West Coast University, Inc. Business · Irvine · registered lobbyist employer | 16 | $158,400 | |
| E-W Services, Inc. Business · Pasadena | 16 | $147,100 | |
| PG&E Corporation and Affiliated Entities Business · Oakland | 16 | $145,700 | |
| DaVita Inc. Including Aggregated Contributions Business · Tacoma | 16 | $137,500 | |
| Providence Administrative Consulting Services, Inc. Business · Farmington | 16 | $83,800 | |
| SidePrize, LLC and its Affiliates dba PrizePicks Business · Atlanta | 16 | $45,500 | |
| Prime Therapeutics, LLC Business · Eagan · registered lobbyist employer | 16 | $32,500 | |
| Rocket Business · Detroit · registered lobbyist employer | 16 | $32,500 | |
| Paypal, Inc. Business · San Jose · registered lobbyist employer | 16 | $31,000 | |
| Oportun, Inc. Business · San Mateo · registered lobbyist employer | 15 | $135,094 | |
| Allstate Insurance Company Business · Northbrook · registered lobbyist employer | 15 | $85,300 | |
| Foster Poultry Farms, LLC Business · Livingston | 15 | $72,400 | |
| Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. Business · Signal Hill · registered lobbyist employer | 15 | $57,400 | |
| PepsiCo, Inc. and Affiliated Entities Business · Purchase · registered lobbyist employer | 15 | $55,000 | |
| Amarok Ultimate Perimeter Security Business · Columbia | 15 | $47,900 | |
| Golden State Water Company Business · San Dimas | 15 | $38,100 | |
| Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. Business · Washington · registered lobbyist employer | 15 | $24,500 | |
| San Jose Water Business · San Jose · registered lobbyist employer | 15 | $21,500 | |
| Sempra 'formerly Sempra Energy' Business · San Diego | 14 | $101,400 | |
| Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP Business · Burlingame | 14 | $69,600 | |
| HCA Management Services Business · Nashville | 14 | $62,000 | |
| Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. and Affiliated Entities Business · Burbank | 14 | $58,600 | |
| General Atomics Business · San Diego · registered lobbyist employer | 14 | $41,500 | |
| McDonald's USA, LLC, including McDonald's Corporation(Lauren Aguilar) Business · Chicago | 14 | $41,000 | |
| Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Business · Norwalk | 14 | $40,409 | |
| Niagara Bottling, LLC Business · Diamond Bar · registered lobbyist employer | 14 | $19,857 | |
| Alkermes, Inc. Business · Waltham · registered lobbyist employer | 14 | $15,140 | |
| Paramount Pictures/Paramount Global Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | 14 | $8,793 | |
| TAH Operations, LLC Business · Tustin · registered lobbyist employer | 13 | $56,400 | |
| Knight Law Group, LLP Business · Los Angeles · registered lobbyist employer | 13 | $55,900 | |
| USAA Business · San Antonio | 13 | $53,500 | |
| Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP Business · El Segundo | 13 | $49,900 | |
| Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Business · Culver City · registered lobbyist employer | 13 | $47,600 | |
| Google LLC and Affiliated Entities(William Floyd) Business · Mountain View | 13 | $40,000 | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP Business · Dallas | 13 | $35,000 | |
| Zillow, Inc. Business · Seattle | 13 | $32,500 | |
| Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Business · Houston · registered lobbyist employer | 13 | $31,398 | |
| San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority Business · Pala · registered lobbyist employer | 13 | $29,900 | |
| Carvana, LLC Business · Tempe · registered lobbyist employer | 13 | $29,500 | |
| Genentech, Inc. Business · South San Francisco | 12 | $114,800 | |
| Rizio Lipinsky Heiting PC Business · Tustin | 12 | $97,200 | |
| CVS Health Business · Woonsocket · registered lobbyist employer | 12 | $96,400 | |
| Watson Land Company Business · Carson | 12 | $75,600 | |
| McDonald's Corporation Business · Chicago | 12 | $74,800 | |
| Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. and its Affiliated Entities Business · Burbank | 12 | $68,260 | |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. and its Affiliates Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | 12 | $57,000 | |
| Chun (Stephanie) Yi / AlphaX Re Capital, including aggregated contributions and independent expenditures Business · Cupertino | 12 | $55,406 | |
| Google Client Services LLC Business · Mountain View | 12 | $49,900 | |
| Mayer Brown LLP Business · Chicago | 12 | $45,500 | |
| NRG Energy, Inc. Business · Princeton · registered lobbyist employer | 12 | $42,300 | |
| Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood & Campora, LLP Business · Sacramento | 12 | $42,200 | |
| Pacific Life Business · Newport Beach | 12 | $41,000 | |
| Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling, LLC Business · Niles | 12 | $39,000 | |
| Sightglass Management, Inc. Business · Alameda | 12 | $37,500 | |
| Live Nation Business · Houston | 12 | $26,500 | |
| Kooth USA, LLC Business · Chicago | 12 | $19,500 | |
| Park West Casinos, Inc. Business · Los Angeles · registered lobbyist employer | 11 | $113,000 | |
| 1PointFive USA, LLC Business · Houston | 11 | $71,600 | |
| The Wonderful Company, LLC Business · Los Angeles · registered lobbyist employer | 11 | $67,900 | |
| Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities including NBCUniversal Media LLC(John Mannion) Business · Philadelphia | 11 | $66,800 | |
| Ernst Law Group A Law Corporation Business · San Luis Obispo | 11 | $57,500 | |
| Law Offices of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger Business · San Francisco | 11 | $56,900 | |
| E-W Services, Inc./East West Bank Business · Pasadena | 11 | $52,550 | |
| Pacaso, Inc. Business · Cincinnati · registered lobbyist employer | 11 | $50,068 | |
| Kindred Healthcare Operating, LLC(Steve Albrecht) Business · Louisville | 11 | $49,000 |
From itemized contributions to the 2026 state candidates' controlled committees on Cal-Access reports covering 2025–2026 (latest amendments). A person is a name and ZIP code; anyone else, a name as written, cleaned of spelling differences (“CA”/“California”) and merged where we've checked two spellings are the same donor. A company and its PAC are separate donors. By party: the candidates' parties (blue Democratic, red Republican, gray other parties and nonpartisan offices).