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CA2018 Election Cycle

Campaign finance in CA during 2018

Total Raised

$270,155,246

Total Donated

$550,704,787

Candidates

264

Individual Donors

75,454

Party Receipts in 2018

DEM $202,107,484
REP $66,141,090

Top Candidates in CA (2018)

Top federal candidates in CA during the 2018 election cycle.
NamePartyOfficeTotal Raised
FEINSTEIN, DIANNEDEMSenate$18,618,682
NUNES, DEVIN GERALDREPHouse$12,690,863
CISNEROS, GILBERTDEMHouse$12,265,194
JANZ, ANDREWDEMHouse$9,233,869
ROUDA, HARLEY E JRDEMHouse$8,749,390
HILL, KATHERINE LAURENDEMHouse$8,569,626
HARDER, JOSHDEMHouse$8,441,529
KERR, PAULDEMHouse$8,182,262
MCCARTHY, KEVINREPHouse$8,018,575
PORTER, KATHERINEDEMHouse$6,975,218
SCHIFF, ADAMDEMHouse$6,268,995
LEVIN, MIKEDEMHouse$6,055,213
WALTERS, MIMIREPHouse$4,937,509
DENHAM, JEFFREPHouse$4,911,909
PELOSI, NANCYDEMHouse$4,622,035
CAMPA-NAJJAR, AMMARDEMHouse$4,079,158
MORSE, JESSICADEMHouse$3,813,237
VALADAO, DAVIDREPHouse$3,285,165
RUIZ, RAUL DRDEMHouse$3,168,051
THORBURN, ANDYDEMHouse$3,161,419
SWALWELL, ERIC MICHAELDEMHouse$3,120,879
COX, TERRANCE JOHN (TJ)DEMHouse$2,975,996
BERA, AMERISHDEMHouse$2,960,892
KIM, YOUNGREPHouse$2,907,666
JACOBS, SARADEMHouse$2,905,006

Top Donors in CA (2018)

Top individual donors in CA during the 2018 election cycle.
#NameTotalEmployer
1ADELSON, MIRIAM$53,058,500JEWELRY BUYER
2JURVETSON, KARLA$7,755,314STANFORD U HOSPITAL
3MOSKOVITZ, DUSTIN$5,614,750ASANA
4SIMON, DEBORAH$4,885,800
5SABAN, HAIM$4,651,900SABAN PRODUCTIONS
6Hoffman, Reid$4,317,608PayPal Inc./Executive VP - Business
7SCHWAB, HELEN$4,167,400HOUSEWIFE
8SIMONS, ELIZABETH$2,887,090EDUCATOR PROFESSOR
9CHEVRON CORPORATION$2,662,500
10SCHWAB, HELEN O'NEILL$2,595,300N/A
11SIMON, DEBORAH J$2,449,060MELVIN SIMON PRODUCTIONS
12SANDLER, HERBERT M$2,352,700WORLD S & L
13MOSKOWITZ, CHERNA$2,282,100HOMEMAKER
14TUNA, CARI$2,053,480GOOD VENTURES
15GERSHON, PERRY$2,003,375
16SPIELBERG, STEVEN$1,730,660SELF-EMPLOYED
17NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE$1,726,000
18MANDEL, SUSAN$1,656,253MD
19SHENKER, SCOTT$1,408,800XEROX
20KARPLUS, BARBARA$1,299,803BARBARA KARPLUS
21LINDBERG, GREG$1,205,000CUBIK MEDIA, INC.
22RUFER, CHRIS$1,147,852THE MORNING STAR CO
23CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL OF LABORERS PAC$1,126,285
24KATZENBERG, JEFFREY$1,088,700PARAMOUNT PICTURES
25MARCUS, GEORGE$1,060,500