California U.S. House District 51

The count.

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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.

• PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST PACSuper PAC$7 for Sara Jacobs

Each campaign.

• Sara JacobsFEC filing: Sara Jacobs · H8CA49074 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Sara Jacobs

  In the U.S. House (CA-51) since 2021 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Armed Services, Foreign Affairs · 4 subcommittees
  • 60 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 1 committee reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H8CA49074) 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

  $1.7M

  Spent

  $1.6M

  Cash on hand

  $317K

  Debts

  $350K

  • Individuals 30% $525K
  • PACs & other committees 15% $267K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 54% $934K
  • Other receipts 0.4% $6,177

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $133K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $7 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST PACSuper PAC $7

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  2. INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERSUnion PAC · Int'L Union Of Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers $10K
  3. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PACUnion PAC · Laborers' International Union Of North America $10K

  Where the money went $888K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $888K of the $1.6M 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 4% $35K
  • Consultants & strategy 23% $203K
  • Staff & payroll 22% $198K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 28% $245K
  • Travel, meals & events 7% $59K
  • Office, technology & overhead 8% $72K
  • Legal & compliance 7% $65K
  • Other or unclassified 1% $9,147

  Largest payees

  1. SUNNY DAY STRATEGIES $201K
  2. GUSTO $198K
  3. THE FROST GROUP $155K
  4. ORLATTLE LLC $96K
  5. NGP VAN $50K

  Paid to individuals: $30K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (526 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.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Stan Caplan, Stan Caplan, Stan Caplan, John-Samuel Etheridge Williams, Michael Bucy, Michael Bucy, Ricardo Cabrera.