California 24th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

D★Salud CarbajalIncumbent
$1.65M
RBob Smith
$203K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Salud Carbajal	D	$1,650,355	$0	$0	1%
Bob Smith	R	$203,264	$0	$0	3%

$1.85M

Raised by candidates

$1.07M

Spent by candidates

Outside spending

0 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Salud Carbajal (D)	$1.65M	$1.07M	$571K	1%	87%	$911K	492
Bob Smith (R)	$203K	$170K	$0	3%	84%	$156K	136

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.

No independent expenditures reported in this race yet.

Candidates

Salud Carbajal

D★ Democrat · Incumbent

Raised: $1.65M
Small-dollar: 1%
In-state: 87%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Backed by VoteVets Union PAC money Realtors PAC money Accepted gifts or sponsored travel

Bob Smith

R Republican

Raised: $203K
Small-dollar: 3%
In-state: 84%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.