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.

  • Self-funded
  • Large donors
  • Small donors
Tom Steyer T. SteyerD, Democratic Party
$134M
Matt Mahan M. MahanD, Democratic Party
$13.8M
Steve Hilton S. HiltonR, Republican Party
$7.41M
Katie Porter K. PorterD, Democratic Party
$6.57M
Chad Bianco C. BiancoR, Republican Party
$5.30M
Xavier Becerra X. BecerraD, Democratic Party
$4.01M
Antonio Villaraigosa A. VillaraigosaD, Democratic Party
$3.98M
Leo Samuel Zacky L. ZackyR, Republican Party
$537K
Tony K. Thurmond T. ThurmondD, Democratic Party
$319K
Lewis Herms L. HermsN, No Party Preference
$179K
Thunder Parley T. ParleyD, Democratic Party
$127K
Raji Rab R. RabD, Democratic Party
$42.5K
Jon Henderson J. HendersonN, No Party Preference
$35.9K
Ramsey Robinson R. RobinsonP, Peace and Freedom Party
$33.7K
Derek Grasty D. GrastyD, Democratic Party
$23.1K
LivingForGod AndCountry DeMott L. DeMottN, No Party Preference
$12K
Elaine Culotti E. CulottiN, No Party Preference
$11K
Dawit Kellel D. KellelN, No Party Preference
$10K
Nancy D. Young N. YoungN, No Party Preference
$5.7K
Tim Nelson T. NelsonR, Republican Party
$5K
Reza Safarnejad R. SafarnejadN, No Party Preference
$2.8K
Small donors
$NaN
Self-funded
$NaN
ContributorTotal

Independent Expenditures

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

CandidatePositionSpenderAmount
Tom SteyerOpposeCalifornia Is Not For Sale No On Steyer For Governor 2026 A Coalition Of Housing Advocates Labor And Small Business$13.9M
Matt MahanOpposeOpportunity Pac A Coalition Of Teachers Health Care Workers Nurses Faculty Members School Employees And Public And Private Labor Organizations$61K
Matt MahanSupportCalifornia Back To Basics Supporting Matt Mahan For Governor 2026$11.3M
Matt MahanSupportDeliver For California Matt Mahan For Governor 2026$2.70M
Katie PorterSupportTeamsters California Pac$100K
Chad BiancoSupportReform Local Government Pac$14K
Antonio VillaraigosaSupportAntonio Villaraigosa For Governor 2026 Straight From The Heart Of California$711K
  • 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, April 24, 2026.
  • Source: California Secretary of State