California 26th District 2026

The money race

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

DJacqui Irwin
$822K
+$366K for
RSam Gallucci
$377K

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
Jacqui Irwin	D	$822,382	$366,028	$0	20%
Sam Gallucci	R	$377,078	$0	$0	80%

$1.20M

Raised by candidates

$870K

Spent by candidates

$366K

Outside spending

1 spender

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Jacqui Irwin (D)	$822K	$652K	$164K	20%	89%	$527K	468
Sam Gallucci (R)	$377K	$145K	$0	80%	80%	$343K	76

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.

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
PROTECT PROGRESS C00848440	Jacqui Irwin	Support	$366K 3 filings	Crypto super PACs	—

Candidates

Jacqui Irwin

D Democrat

Raised: $822K
Small-dollar: 20%
In-state: 89%
Outside for / against: $366K / $0

Backed by crypto super PACs Backed by 314 Action Union PAC money Realtors PAC money

Sam Gallucci

R Republican

Raised: $377K
Small-dollar: 80%
In-state: 80%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Small-dollar funded

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 Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.