Direct Contributions to Candidates

Candidates must disclose large donors if they give $100 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
$3.37M▶
Michael E. Gates M. GatesR, Republican Party
$1.88M▶
Small donors
$NaN
Self-funded
$NaN
ContributorTotal

Independent Expenditures

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

CandidatePositionSpenderAmount
Rob BontaSupportLos Angeles County Democratic Party State Candidate Committee$1.7K
Rob BontaSupportCourage California State Pac$11.2K
Rob BontaSupportUnited Domestic Workers Of America Independent Expenditure Pac$4.2K
Rob BontaSupportGrowsf Voter Guide$4.8K
Rob BontaSupportSan Diego Labor Coalition Sponsored By Laborers International Union Of North America Local 89$1K
  • 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, October 9, 2026.
  • Source: California Secretary of State