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Who funds Jim Desmond?

California U.S. House District 48RepublicanFiled for an open seatFEC H6CA49128
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The money.

Jim DesmondFEC filing: Jim Desmond · H6CA49128 ↗
Raised
$2.8M
Spent
$2.5M
Cash on hand
$718K
Debts
$3,129
  • Individuals 88% $2.4M
  • PACs & other committees 12% $328K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $532
  • Other receipts <0.1% $238

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $401K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $66K supporting · $3.1M opposing ($2.7M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. MAJORITY PACPAC with no sponsoring organizationSpent mainly in primaries $63K
  2. REFORM LEADERS PACSuper PAC $3,500

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $2.7M
  2. 48TH ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECTSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $338K
  3. ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $305

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PACUnion PAC · Air Line Pilots Association $10K
  2. EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of Ken Calvert $10K
  3. CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC of Tom Cole $10K
  4. AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  5. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $7,500

Who gave.

Who gives $2.4M from individuals

14% in small-dollar gifts

$346K of $2.4M 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 $1.7M of the $2.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

94% from California · 6% from elsewhere

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

12% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $1.6M
  2. Texas $22K
  3. Florida $11K
  4. Virginia $9,587
  5. Utah $6,994
  6. Arizona $5,469
  7. Oregon $5,105
  8. Nevada $4,721

Top employers named by donors

  1. DIAMOND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES $19K
  2. SUDBERRY PROPERTIES $14K
  3. MONSERATE WINERY $13K
  4. KORE ESSENTIALS $5,500
  5. COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL $3,750
  6. DELTA AIRLINES $2,500
  7. EVANS HOTELS $1,500
  8. MIRAMAR KITCHEN AND BATH $1,500
  9. KONE ESSENTIALS $1,497

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: $656K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.0M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 15, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (5,605 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: $311K for / $5.9M against · $306K in the final two weeks

That is $3.0M 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.

$5.3M of the $6.1M 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 41% $2.5M
  • Digital ads 32% $2.0M
  • Mail, print & signs 21% $1.3M
  • Phones & texts 0.8% $48K
  • Canvassing & field 0.1% $4,427
  • Ad production 5% $302K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $9,205

Largest late spenders for

  1. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $134K
  2. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $105K
  3. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ACTION INC $4,906

Largest late spenders against

  1. HMP $4.4M
  2. HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES $847K
  3. 48TH ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT $337K
  4. EQUALITY PAC $135K
  5. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $114K

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (113 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 $994K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $994K of the $2.5M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 21% $208K
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $46K
  • Staff & payroll 3% $28K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 51% $507K
  • Polling, research & data 2% $24K
  • Travel, meals & events 4% $43K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $35K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $13K
  • Other or unclassified 9% $89K

Largest payees

  1. TARGETED VICTORY LLC $337K
  2. DORSEE PRODUCTIONS $163K
  3. RIVIERA LLC $86K
  4. EFUNDRAISING CONNECTIONS $54K
  5. STACY DAVIS & ASSOCIATES $51K

Paid to individuals: $99K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 28, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (331 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.