California U.S. House District 49

The count.

Checking the election sources…

Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTYFiler that is not a political committeeSpent mainly in primaries$4,548 against Mike Levin
• REFORM LEADERS PACSuper PAC$2,500 for Armen Kurdian · $500 for Star L Parker
• ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$392 for Mike Levin
• GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC$86 for Mike Levin
• PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PACSuper PAC$24 for Mike Levin
• SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC$10 for Mike Levin
• PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST PACSuper PAC$8 for Mike Levin

Each campaign.

• Mike LevinFEC filing: Mike Levin · H8CA49058 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Mike Levin

  In the U.S. House (CA-49) since 2019 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 1 committee: Appropriations · 2 subcommittees
  • 124 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 6 committees reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H8CA49058) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $3.3M

  Spent

  $2.5M

  Cash on hand

  $1.4M

  • Individuals 84% $2.8M
  • PACs & other committees 15% $496K
  • Party committees <0.1% $1,687
  • Other receipts 0.8% $28K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $222K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $520 supporting · $4,548 opposing ($404 of it designated for the general election)

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $392
  2. GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC $86
  3. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PACSuper PAC $24

  Biggest spenders opposing

  1. THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTYFiler that is not a political committeeSpent mainly in primaries $4,548

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. ZINC COLLECTIVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  2. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  3. NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONUnion PAC · National Education Association $10K

  Where the money went $1.9M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $1.9M 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 8% $143K
  • Consultants & strategy 4% $79K
  • Staff & payroll 46% $855K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 12% $229K
  • Polling, research & data 0.9% $17K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $33K
  • Office, technology & overhead 15% $287K
  • Legal & compliance 6% $108K
  • Other or unclassified 6% $121K

  Largest payees

  1. RCBS PAYROLL SERVICES $831K
  2. FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST $163K
  3. WESTWEST DIGITAL, LLC $114K
  4. CARD SERVICE CENTER $112K
  5. CAPITOL COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATES $84K

  Paid to individuals: $127K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (639 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.

• Armen KurdianFEC filing: Armen Kurdian · H6CA49169 ↗

  Raised

  $189K

  Spent

  $159K

  Cash on hand

  $30K

  Debts

  $35K

  • Individuals 90% $171K
  • PACs & other committees 1% $2,000
  • Candidate's own money & loans 7% $14K
  • Other receipts 1% $2,618

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  Outside groups: $2,500 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. REFORM LEADERS PACSuper PAC $2,500

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. MAJORITY PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $500

  Where the money went $40K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $40K of the $159K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 36% $14K
  • Consultants & strategy 15% $5,800
  • Fundraising & processing fees 10% $3,957
  • Travel, meals & events 17% $6,856
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $1,715
  • Legal & compliance 15% $5,738
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 2% $749
  • Other or unclassified 2% $622

  Largest payees

  1. 2PRINT.COM $4,503
  2. GROW THE MAJORITY $4,500
  3. FASTBACK MEDIA $4,200
  4. WATER IS LIFE SOLUTIONS $3,189
  5. REGISTRAR OF VOTERS $3,137

  Paid to individuals: $4,444, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Mar 6, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (67 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.

• Julian ArellanoFEC filing: Julian Arellano · H6CA49136 ↗

  Raised

  $3,262

  Spent

  $2,246

  Cash on hand

  $250

  • Individuals 99% $3,221
  • Party committees 1% $42

  Campaign totals through Dec 31, 2025.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Where the money went $2,246 in itemized spending

  • Travel, meals & events 18% $406
  • Office, technology & overhead 82% $1,840

  Largest payees

  1. ARELLANO FOR CONGRESS $2,246

  Payments dated Feb 6, 2025 to Mar 26, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (9 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.

• Star L ParkerFEC filing: Star L Parker · H6CA49151 ↗

  No campaign summary is in the FEC bulk file for this filing yet.

  Outside groups: $500 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. REFORM LEADERS PACSuper PAC $500

  No itemized operating expenditures from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC bulk file yet.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Eli Stern.