Voters here usually back Democratic candidates by wide margins. Salud Carbajal, a Democrat, has taken $4,000 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Bob Smith, a Republican, shows no AIPAC-linked donations in 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.
Cost of living — Voters consistently rank California's steep cost of living as their top concern.
Housing affordability — Housing affordability ranks far above the national average as a California voter concern.
Billionaire tax proposal — Proposition 40's proposed one-time tax on billionaires' assets divides voters before November.
Immigration enforcement — Immigration and enforcement ranks third among voter concerns in statewide polls.
Healthcare costs — Healthcare costs register as a significant concern in statewide voter polls.
Candidates & funding
Salud Carbajal DemocratNominee
AIPAC-linked $4,000FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, 2022 cycle. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
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)$1,650,355 raised · $910,621 spent · $3,383,604 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Bipartisan problem-solving: open spaces, jobs and infrastructure, clean energy, wildfires and drought, health care
Routed contributions $250individual 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)$203,264 raised · $156,136 spent · $47,128 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Affordability and cost of living, education, energy and water, immigration, defending America
FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
Salud Carbajal D
Bob Smith R
Raised
$1.7M
$203K
Individuals
$1.1M65%
$170K84%
PACs & parties
$571K35%
$1K1%
Self-funded
$0
$22K11%
Other
$14K1%
$10K5%
AIPAC-linked*
$4K
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Outside spending†
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* 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.
Salud Carbajal528 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.7M
Campaign spent$911K
Cash on hand$3.4M
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals65%
PACs / committees35%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
Individual$14K
Individual$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Labor PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Cooperative PAC$10K
PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Labor PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Membership PAC$8K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Organization$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Showing the 50 biggest of 528 donors. The other 478 gave $1.2M combined.
Plus $95K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
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$6K
Individual$5K
Individual$5K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$4K
Individual$3K
Individual$3K
Individual$3K
Individual$3K
Individual$2K
Self-funded$2K
Individual$2K
Individual$2K
Individual$2K
Individual$2K
Individual$2K
Party committee$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Individual$1K
Showing the 50 biggest of 138 donors. The other 88 gave $39K combined.
Plus $32K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
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.