Rob Bonta
By KALYN STRALOW
BALLOTPEDIA VIA THE CENTER SQUARE
In California, state-level candidates have raised $227.4 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and May 21, 2022. Democratic candidates have raised $140.6 million and Republican candidates have raised $68.7 million.
In the 2022 election cycle, 257 state-level Democrats have filed campaign finance reports with the California Secretary of State. The 10 Democratic candidates who have raised the most are: Gavin Newsom ($9,378,324.45), Rob Bonta ($8,666,465.12), Yvonne Yiu ($5,968,301.23), Phil Ting ($3,752,241.43), Eleni Kounalakis ($2,930,582.96), Steven Glazer ($2,513,334), Jim Cooper ($2,194,933.27), Marc Levine ($1,958,906.76), Brian Malenschein ($1,924,849.06) and Fiona Ma ($1,781,399.90).
During the same time period, 137 Republicans have filed campaign finance reports with the California Secretary of State. These are the 10 Republican candidates with the highest reported donations for the 2022 election cycle so far: Larry Elder ($17,034,480.38), John Cox ($12,130,020.92), Kevin Faulconer ($4,899,723.59), Lanhee Chen ($2,420,121.44), Nathan Hochman ($2,218,950.42), James Gallagher ($1,754,039.63), Brian Dahle ($1,493,967.90), Kevin Kiley ($1,391,335.76), Jenny Rae Le Roux ($1,336,283.66) and Frank Bigelow ($1,328,175.62).
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.
