Direct Contributions to Candidates

Candidates must disclose large donors if they give $200 or more over the course of the campaign. Small donors give less than $100; we have excluded them from the contributor table. Click on a candidate below to see their contributors.

  • Self-funded
  • Large donors
  • Small donors
CandidatePartyContributionsTotal
Rob Bonta R. BontaD, Democratic Party
$2.59M▶
Michael E. Gates M. GatesR, Republican Party
$1.05M▶
Small donors
$NaN
Self-funded
$NaN
ContributorTotal

Independent Expenditures

Groups not coordinating with candidates must report money they spend to influence elections.

CandidatePositionSpenderAmount
Rob BontaSupportSan Diego Labor Coalition Sponsored By Laborers International Union Of North America Local 89$1K
Rob BontaSupportUnited Domestic Workers Of America Independent Expenditure Pac$4.2K
Rob BontaSupportGrowsf Voter Guide$4.8K
Rob BontaSupportLos Angeles County Democratic Party State Candidate Committee$1.7K
Rob BontaSupportCourage California State Pac$11.2K
  • Note: Candidate contributions listed above do not include transfers from a candidate’s previous campaign committee for a different race. Candidates not listed above have not reported any contributions. Data was last updated on Friday, May 29, 2026.
  • Source: California Secretary of State