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Ali Taj
Assembly Member, State Assembly
Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 67 (June 2) “Councilmember/Small Businessman”
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Candidate Assembly Member, State Assembly | 2026-03-04 | 3 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 6 income, 1 travel |
Findings
None.
Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 67
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $779,062
Largest payees: Corazon Media & Print Inc. $482,952 Internet and email · Goodwin Simon Strategic Research, Inc. $37,500 Polling · Wagaman Strategies $33,890 Internet and email · New Nation Strategies, LLC $32,833 Staff travel and meals · Leticia Ramirez $22,894 Staff travel and meals · Nordstrom Card Services $22,382 Office expenses · River City Business Services $19,635 Legal and accounting · Ted Angel, Inc. $14,825 Internet and email
Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|---|---|
| MindHYVE.ai Inc. Newport Beach | Business/other | $11,800 |
| Orange County Professional Firefighters Association, Local 3631 PAC Tustin | Committee | $11,800 |
| Sharon Quirk-Silva for Assembly 2024 Sacramento | Committee | $11,800 |
| Muhammad Khilji Business Owner · CFO-Tax Solutions · Coto De Caza | Person | $11,400 |
| KAB Medical Group Inc Chula Vista | Business/other | $10,000 |
| Mohammad Yaqoob Business Owner · Quick Shipping LLC · Emeryville | Person | $6,000 |
| California Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $5,900 |
| Sayed Monis Physician · Sayed Monis, M.D. · Anaheim | Person | $5,900 |
| P3 Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Ontario | Business/other | $5,900 |
| Samira Rafiq Homemaker · n/a · Anaheim | Person | $5,900 |
| Sumera Raoof Physician/Scientist · Sumera Raoof · Coto De Caza | Person | $5,900 |
| Mohammad Sattar Owner · Management & Operations, LLC · Fair Oaks | Person | $5,900 |
| Manahar Shah Retired · n/a · Orange | Person | $5,900 |
| Iqbal Singh Owner · Arco Gas Station · Artesia | Person | $5,900 |
| Jasvir Singh Owner · ARCO Gas Station, Artesia · Artesia | Person | $5,900 |
Committees: Taj for Assembly 2026, Taj For Senate 2018 Special, Taj For Senate 2018. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.
Outside spending for and against them
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| Opportunity PAC -- A coalition of teachers, health care workers, nurses, faculty members, school employees, and public and private labor organizations primary · latest report | against | $325,112 |
| Statewide California Coalition Political Action Committee, sponsored by nonprofits, business leaders, innovation companies, and civic organizations primary · latest report | for | $5,618 |
| CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY ENERGY PAC, SPONSORED BY SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM primary · latest report | for | $5,000 |
| ACLU California Action Votes primary · latest report | for | $1,000 |
Independent expenditures reported within 24 hours (Form 496), from 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Quirk-Silva for Assembly 2024 Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento | $11,800 | 8 | |
| Orange County Professional Firefighters Assn. Local 3631 PAC Labor union · Tustin | $11,800 | 10 | |
| Sayed Monis Physician, Sayed Monis, M.D. · Anaheim | $5,900 | 2 | |
| California Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee Labor union · Sacramento | $5,900 | 69 | |
| Kuldip Thusu Consultant, Kuldip Thusu · Dinuba | $5,500 | 2 | |
| Sana Khan Doctor, ExpertMRI · Orange | $5,000 | 4 | |
| Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Labor union · Sacramento | $5,000 | 32 | |
| Maqsood Ali Civil Engineer, TSI Engineering Inc. · Loomis | $4,750 | 2 | |
| Statewide California Coalition PAC, sponsored by nonprofits, business leaders, innovation companies, and civic organizations Group or PAC · Sacramento | $4,000 | 3 | |
| Californians for Safer Neighborhoods Group or PAC · Norwalk | $3,500 | 17 | |
| Phillips 66 Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | $3,500 | 43 | |
| Rakesh Patel Hotelier, Rakesh Patel · Los Angeles | $3,001 | 4 | |
| United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria Tribal government · Sacramento | $3,000 | 37 | |
| Mandeep Rupal Lawyer, Mandeep Rupal · Pomona | $2,500 | 2 | |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Tribal government · Coachella · registered lobbyist employer | $2,500 | 54 |