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Who funds Jasmeet Bains?

California U.S. House District 22DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6CA22208
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The money.

Jasmeet BainsFEC filing: Jasmeet Bains · H6CA22208 ↗
Raised
$1.6M
Spent
$1.5M
Cash on hand
$44K
Debts
$15K
  • Individuals 79% $1.2M
  • PACs & other committees 16% $246K
  • Party committees 0.3% $5,000
  • Other receipts 5% $79K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $19K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $2.6M supporting · $564K opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROJECT 218Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $999K
  2. 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $894K
  3. WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $164K
  4. COOPERATIVE OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEESuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $159K
  5. EDW ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $153K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP)Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $330K
  2. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $233K
  3. FORWARD BLUESuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1,192

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers $10K
  2. NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONUnion PAC · National Union Of Healthcare Workers $10K
  3. NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDPAC with no sponsoring organization $7,500
  4. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Union Of Painters And Allied Trades $5,000
  5. DCCCDemocratic party committee $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $1.2M from individuals

14% in small-dollar gifts

$170K of $1.2M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $881K of the $1.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 17, 2026 for this campaign.

66% from California · 34% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

66% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $580K
  2. New York $68K
  3. Massachusetts $38K
  4. Washington $30K
  5. District of Columbia $18K
  6. Florida $17K
  7. Texas $17K
  8. Colorado $14K

Top employers named by donors

  1. GOOGLE $11K
  2. KAISER $9,250
  3. SUTTER HEALTH $9,150
  4. STATE OF CA $3,000
  5. CHAPA-DE INDIAN HEALTH $1,250

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $340K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $507K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 9, 2025 to Jun 17, 2026, net of refunds (1,537 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $2.6M for / $939K against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $375K more than the $3.1M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$784K of the $3.7M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 32% $1.2M
  • Digital ads 22% $812K
  • Ads, medium not stated 33% $1.2M
  • Mail, print & signs 9% $310K
  • Phones & texts 4% $154K
  • Ad production 1% $38K

Largest late spenders for

  1. 314 ACTION FUND $1.2M
  2. PROJECT 218 $999K
  3. WELCOMEPAC $235K
  4. EDW ACTION FUND $153K
  5. PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION $100K

Largest late spenders against

  1. PROGRESSIVE PROMISE $375K
  2. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP) $330K
  3. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC $233K

Latest dissemination on these reports: May 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (42 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $1.3M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.3M of the $1.5M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 62% $809K
  • Consultants & strategy 4% $56K
  • Staff & payroll 6% $73K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 11% $143K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $34K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.8% $11K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $61K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $53K
  • Other or unclassified 6% $73K

Largest payees

  1. MOORE CAMPAIGNS $246K
  2. EVOLVE MEDIA LLC $227K
  3. GREENSTRIPE MEDIA $149K
  4. MOMENTUM CAMPAIGNS $105K
  5. GUSTO $72K

Paid to individuals: $32K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jul 16, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (344 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.