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2026 California District 12 House Election

Lateefah Simon (D)

About this race

This is one of the most strongly Democratic districts in the country. Nobody in this race has donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, according to available records.

Key issues in California

Major issues facing California, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

Lateefah Simon Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$1,449,191 raised · $957,256 spent · $777,590 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: A fighter for folks without a voice
Campaign site ↗

Jamie Joyce Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Routed contributions $18Kindividual donors via conduits
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$31,247 raised · $22,447 spent · $8,800 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: AI governance, democratic accountability, housing, sustainability, fair taxes, ending war
Campaign site ↗
View the full funding breakdown for this race on OpenSecrets ↗

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Lateefah Simon DJamie Joyce D
Raised$1.4M$31K
Individuals$1.1M78%$31K99%
PACs & parties$261K18%$0
Self-funded$0$2471%
Other$60K4%$0
AIPAC-linked*——
Outside spending†——

* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.

† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.

“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.

Who are the biggest donors?

Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.

Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.

Lateefah Simon 843 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.4M
Campaign spent$957K
Cash on hand$778K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals78%
PACs / committees18%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Cooperative PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Individual$8K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Individual$7K
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Showing the 50 biggest of 843 donors. The other 793 gave $938K combined.

Plus $91K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Lateefah Simon’s full FEC filings →

Jamie Joyce 18 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$31K
Campaign spent$22K
Cash on hand$9K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals99%
PACs / committees0%
Self-funding1%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
Total routed through conduits$18K
Share of individual giving57.4%
Individuals gave through these conduits. Conduit is routing layer, not legal donor. General platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are payment processors, not networks. How conduits work →
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$1K
  • Corporate PAC$1K
  • Individual$500
  • Individual$500
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  • Individual$500
  • Individual$350
  • Individual$300
  • Individual$250
  • Individual$250
  • Individual$250
  • Self-funded$24

Plus $2K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Jamie Joyce’s full FEC filings →

These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.

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