Campaign money: State Senate District 26
$1,264,649itemized, 918 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $158,400 in 53 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).
CA Real Estate PAC $11,800 2026-09-23 · Professional Engineers in CA Government $11,800 2026-10-01 · American Pistachio Growers CA PAC $5,900 2026-10-05 · CA Council for Affordable Housing PAC $5,900 2026-09-26 · CALPAC-CA Medical Association PAC $5,900 2026-09-22 · Comcast Financial Agency Corp $5,900 2026-10-07 · IUPAT Political Action Togther Legislative Education Committee $5,900 2026-09-29 · Steve Mehr $5,900 2026-10-07 · Unitedag State PAC $5,900 2026-09-23 · Good Neighbor Housing LLC $5,000 2026-10-07
Where their outside money comes from
47%11%16%22%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $921,022
Consultants$357,556
Literature and mailings$354,682
Polling$76,037
Other (described)$51,608
Legal and accounting$34,314
Internet and email$21,061
Office expenses$18,668
TV and cable$5,000
Filing and ballot fees$1,347
Civic donations$750
Largest payees: Press Print, Inc. $286,628 Literature and mailings · Sente Strategies $88,000 Consultants · Goodwin Simon Strategic Research , Inc. $76,037 Polling · Chris Rodriguez $70,075 Office expenses · Daily Consulting LLC $67,500 Consultants · Chase Card Services $50,347 Other (described) · Leiderman & Associates, Inc. $34,314 Legal and accounting · Political Data Intelligence, Inc. $32,675 Literature and mailings
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 |
|---|
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees-CA People
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $23,600 |
CA Teachers Assn/Assn For Better Citizenship
Burlingame | Small contributor cmte | $23,600 |
United Nurses Association of CA/Union of Health Care Professionals PAC
Long Beach | Small contributor cmte | $23,600 |
Local Union 11, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Pasadena | Small contributor cmte | $20,000 |
CA Federation of Teachers COPE
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $16,800 |
Jeffrey Jaeger
Investor · Standard Companies · Los Angeles | Person | $12,400 |
Union of American Physicians and Dentists
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $11,900 |
21st Century Alliance Good Government PAC
Oakland | Committee | $11,800 |
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Washington | Small contributor cmte | $11,800 |
Association of CA School Administrators PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $11,800 |
Building A Stronger Future for California PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $11,800 |
CA Association of Professional Employees PAC
Norwalk | Committee | $11,800 |
CA Real Estate PAC
Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $11,800 |
CA-NV Conference of Operating Engineers PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $11,800 |
Consumer Attorneys of CA PAC
Sacramento | Committee | $11,800 |
Committees: Sara Hernandez for State Senate 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.