In California, state-level candidates have raised $281.2 billion between Jan. 1, 2021, and Sept. 24, 2022. Democratic candidates have raised $173.9 million and Republican candidates have raised $84.1 million.
California Campaign Finance Snapshot (1/1/2021 – 9/24/2022)
Top 10 Democratic candidates, by donations (1/1/2021 – 9/24/2022)
In the 2022 election cycle, 267 state-level Democrats have filed campaign finance reports with the California Secretary of State. Here are the 10 Democratic candidates who have raised the most.
| Rank | Democratic Candidate | Total Raised |
| 1. | Gavin Newsom | $14,722,126.35 |
| 2. | Rob Bonta | $9,675,598.17 |
| 3. | Yvonne Yiu | $5,983,761.00 |
| 4. | Eleni Kounalakis | $3,710,657.87 |
| 5. | Steven Glazer | $2,844,644.00 |
| 6. | Melissa Hurtado | $2,638,942.64 |
| 7. | Catherine Blakespear | $2,539,929.58 |
| 8. | Malia Cohen | $2,396,866.76 |
| 9. | Phil Ting | $2,287,093.37 |
| 10. | Fiona Ma | $2,276,845.09 |
Top 10 Republican candidates, by donations (1/1/2021 – 9/24/2022)
During the same time period, 149 Republicans have filed campaign finance reports with the California Secretary of State. These are the 10 Republican candidates with the highest reported contributions for the 2022 election cycle so far.
| Rank | Republican Candidate | Total Raised |
| 1. | Larry Elder | $16,793,331.39 |
| 2. | John Cox | $11,945,368.80 |
| 3. | Kevin Faulconer | $4,913,662.29 |
| 4. | Lanhee Chen | $4,053,996.34 |
| 5. | Nathan Hochman | $3,878,605.28 |
| 6. | Brian Dahle | $2,242,090.94 |
| 7. | Matt Gunderson | $1,720,212.75 |
| 8. | Janet Nguyen | $1,666,979.51 |
| 9. | James Gallagher | $1,574,580.24 |
| 10. | Suzette Martinez Valladares | $1,565,125.64 |
In some states, officeholders may accept donations to their campaign accounts when they are not up for election. Those donations are included in candidate campaign finance numbers.
The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active California candidate PACs submitted to the California Secretary of State. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.
| Report Name | Due Date |
| Semiannual | 1/31/2022 |
| 1st Pre-Election – Primary | 4/28/2022 |
| 2nd Pre-Election – Primary | 5/26/2022 |
| Semiannual | 8/1/2022 |
| 1st Pre-Election – General | 9/29/2022 |
| 2nd Pre- Election – General | 10/27/2022 |
| Semiannual | 1/31/2023 |
This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.
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