California 28th District 2026

The money race

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

D★Judy ChuIncumbent
$1.38M
+$15 for
RApril Verlato
$700

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
Judy Chu	D	$1,375,778	$15	$0	1%
April Verlato	R	$700	$0	$0	—

$1.38M

Raised by candidates

$1.31M

Spent by candidates

$15

Outside spending

2 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Judy Chu (D)	$1.38M^†	$550K	$380K	1%	93%	$1.30M^†	498
April Verlato (R)	$700^†	$250	$0	—	—	$8K^†	0

† The FEC's official total. Poliscope's figure disagreed (usually a report it has not loaded yet), so the other columns for that candidate may cover an earlier period.

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.Provisional

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION C00483693	Judy Chu	Support	$10 1 filing		—
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES PASADENA AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY PAC C00884049	Judy Chu	Support	$5 7 filings		—

Candidates

Judy Chu

D★ Democrat · Incumbent

Raised: $1.38M
Small-dollar: 1%
In-state: 93%
Outside for / against: $15 / $0

Backed byEnd Citizens United Union PAC Realtors PAC Traded stocks in office

April Verlato

R Republican

Raised: $700
Small-dollar: —
In-state: —
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 Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.