California 35th District 2026

The money race

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

D★Norma TorresIncumbent
$923K
+$24 for
RMike Cargile
$10K

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
Norma Torres	D	$922,924	$24	$0	2%
Mike Cargile	R	$9,799	$0	$0	83%

$933K

Raised by candidates

$991K

Spent by candidates

$24

Outside spending

1 spender

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Norma Torres (D)	$923K^†	$268K	$499K	2%	57%	$981K^†	331
Mike Cargile (R)	$10K^†	$5K	$0	83%	100%	$10K^†	4

† 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
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PAC C00687848	Norma Torres	Support	$24 12 filings		—

Candidates

Norma Torres

D★ Democrat · Incumbent

Raised: $923K
Small-dollar: 2%
In-state: 57%
Outside for / against: $24 / $0

Backed byAIPAC Union PAC Realtors PAC Accepted gifts or sponsored travel

Mike Cargile

R Republican

Raised: $10K
Small-dollar: 83%
In-state: 100%
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 Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.