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.
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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.
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).