California House District 24 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
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Salud Carbajal (Democrat) and Bob Smith (Republican) are the nominees for California's 24th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Salud Carbajal is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Salud Carbajal's campaign had raised $1.9 million (through October 14, 2026) and Bob Smith's campaign $347,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $1,000 for Salud Carbajal and $0 against.
Salud Carbajal (DEM, incumbent), Bob Smith (REP).
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Salud Carbajal (DEM, incumbent)
- Raised
- $1.9M through 2026-10-14
individuals $1.2M · PACs $745K · cash on hand $3.3M
- Outside spending
- $1,043 supporting Carbajal · latest reported 2026-06-01
- Largest outside spenders
- SOUTH COUNTY COALITION SUPPORTING PAULDING AND DANTONA FOR SUPERVISOR
— $647 supporting Carbajal
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
— $386 supporting Carbajal
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
— $10 supporting Carbajal
- Bundled through PACs
- $1,250 through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)
— $1,000 from 2 gifts
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
JSTREETPAC
— $250 from 1 gift
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
181 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
- ACROSS THE AISLE PAC $10K
- AECOM PAC $1,000
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
- AIRBUS GROUP, INC. PAC $1,500
- AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL-NORTH AMERICA PAC $5,000
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AGSH&F CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE) $1,500
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
- ALLISON TRANSMISSION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $2,500
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES, INC. SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) $3,500
- AMEREN CORPORATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMEREN FEDPAC) $1,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) $1,000
- AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. PAC $3,000
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE (AAJ) PAC $7,500
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $5,000
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $2,000
- AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION CLEANPOWER PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE LLC PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES PAC (ACEC/PAC) $7,000
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC $10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO (AFT) $5,000
- AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC') $2,500
- AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND $2,000
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) $2,000
- AMERICAN PILOTS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $5,000
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC. PAC $3,000
- AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS-PAC $5,000
- ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $3,000
- APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARAPAC) $10K
- ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC $2,000
- BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) $5,000
- BLESSEY MARINE SERVICE, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- BLUE ORIGIN LLC PAC $5,500
- BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA PAC (SHIELD PAC) $2,500
- BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (BNSF RAILPAC) $2,500
- BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK $1,000
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $2,500
- CACI INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('CACI PAC') $2,500
- CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FUND TO PROTECT THE FAMILY FARM (FARM PAC ) $1,000
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE - UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
- CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) $2,500
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) $2,500
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. PAC (CHARTERPAC) $3,500
- CHC BOLD PAC $5,000
- CIGNA PAC $2,500
- COMMERCIAL SPACE FEDERATION PAC $2,500
- COMMITTEE ON LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL EDUCATION (LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND) $2,500
- COMMITTEE ORGANIZED FOR THE TRADING OF COTTON PAC OF THE AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS ASSOCIAT $2,000
- COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA (CWA) - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $1,000
- COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. $10K
- CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $2,500
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $5,000
- CUMMINS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CIPAC) $1,000
- DAVITA INC. PAC (DAPAC) $4,000
- DEERE & COMPANY PAC (AKA JOHN DEERE PAC) $2,500
- DEFEND THE DREAM $2,500
- DEFEND THE VOTE $5,000
- DELTA AIR LINES PAC $1,500
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY $500
- DISTRICT NO. 1-PCD, MARINE ENGINEERS BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION - POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF) $5,000
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS, ACTION, UNITY, LEADERSHIP PAC (DR RAUL PAC) $2,000
- DOMINION ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - DOMINION PAC $1,000
- DULCICH INC DBA PACIFIC SEAFOOD GROUP EMPLOYEE PAC $1,000
- EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC $6,000
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $3,500
- EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,000
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $2,500
- ENTERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC) $1,000
- FAA MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $2,000
- FIRST COMMAND FINANCIAL PLANNING INC. PAC $2,500
- FIRST FIVE ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FIRST FIVE ACTION PAC) $500
- FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION PAC (FLORIDA CRYSTALS PAC) $1,000
- FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA PAC $1,500
- GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC (GDC PAC) $5,000
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY PAC $2,000
- GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENWORTH PAC) $1,000
- GOOGLE INC. NETPAC $4,000
- GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC. EMPLOYEE PAC - GRANITEPAC $6,000
- GRAYROBINSON P.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,516
- GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- HEALTH JOBS JUSTICE $2,000
- HERZOG PAC $2,000
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $1,000
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $10K
- HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) $1,000
- INDEPENDENT PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IPAC) $5,000
- INGRAM BARGE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION FRESH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FRESH PAC) $1,000
- INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC) $3,000
- JONES WALKER L.L.P. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DC) $1,000
- KIRBY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- L3HARRIS CORPORATION PAC $2,500
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
- LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- LKQ CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' PAC $3,000
- LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS (IAMAW) $5,000
- MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTITUTE (MHI) PAC $5,000
- MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC. EMPLOYEE PAC (MASTERCARD PAC) OR (MASTERCARD EMPLOYEE PAC) $1,000
- MASTERS, MATES, AND PILOTS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FUND $5,000
- MATSON, INC. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC (MAXARPAC) $2,000
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $1,000
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC $1,000
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC $2,000
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (NARFE) PAC $1,000
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION (NATCA) PAC $5,500
- NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAPA-PAC) $4,500
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION (NADA) $1,000
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $1,500
- NATIONAL INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC FUND $1,000
- NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC) $1,000
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $4,000
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC $5,000
- NATIONAL TANK TRUCK CARRIERS INC. PAC $5,000
- NATSO INC. NATSO PAC $5,000
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $4,000
- NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE $2,000
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $1,000
- NO LABELS PAC $2,500
- NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND $1,000
- NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- PG&E CORPORATION EMPLOYEES ENERGY PAC $5,000
- PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC $1,000
- POWERPAC OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE $2,500
- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT FEDERAL PAC (PECG FED-PAC) $1,000
- RELATIVITY SPACE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RELATIVITY PAC) $1,000
- ROCKET LAB USA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ROCKET LAB PAC) $1,000
- ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) $1,000
- SANTA BARBARA WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE $500
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $2,500
- SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEES PAC $4,000
- SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS (SMART) $6,500
- SMART TD PAC $3,500
- SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC $2,500
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $2,000
- SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC $2,500
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC) $1,000
- TEAMSTERS (D.R.I.V.E. COMMITTEE) $5,000
- TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $2,000
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL PAC $2,500
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. PAC $5,000
- THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY PAC (SMUCKER PAC) $3,500
- TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- TRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $2,500
- TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO PAC (TTD/PAC) $2,000
- TRUCKING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. $2,500
- UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) $5,000
- UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $8,500
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC (UPS) $5,000
- UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND $2,500
- VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VARDA PAC) $2,000
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB (VERIZON PAC) $4,000
- VISTRA EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF VISTRA CORP. $2,500
- VOTEVETS, INC. $10K
- VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $8,500
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- WITH HONOR PAC $5,000
- XCEL ENERGY EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (XPAC) $1,000
- ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC) $1,000
All filings at the FEC ↗
Bob Smith (REP)
- Raised
- $347K through 2026-10-14
individuals $304K · PACs $2,500 · party $6,286 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $24K · cash on hand $57K
- Outside spending
- none reported
- Bundled through PACs
- none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
All filings at the FEC ↗
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