California House District 3 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
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Ami Bera (Democrat) and Robb Tucker (Republican) are the nominees for California's 3rd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Ami Bera is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Ami Bera's campaign had raised $1.5 million (through October 14, 2026) and Robb Tucker's campaign $305,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $24,000 for Ami Bera and $0 against; $200 for Robb Tucker and $6,000 against.
Ami Bera (DEM, incumbent), Robb Tucker (REP).
4 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy.
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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.
Ami Bera (DEM, incumbent)
- Raised
- $1.5M through 2026-10-14
individuals $690K · PACs $771K · party $2,000 · cash on hand $1.7M
- Outside spending
- $24K supporting Bera · latest reported 2026-10-30
- Largest outside spenders
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES
— $13K supporting Bera
PROTECT OUR WINTERS ACTION FUND
— $10K supporting Bera
ACTIVATE AMERICA
— $771 supporting Bera
Largest donors:
Bruce Alexander Gaguine $900K (54%), Retired
- Bundled through PACs
- $1,250 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
JSTREETPAC
— $1,250 from 2 gifts
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
194 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
- 150PAC.ORG $1,000
- 314 ACTION FUND $3,500
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
- AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) $1,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) $10K
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AAEM PAC $4,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY BRAINPAC $7,500
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $7,500
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $7,500
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY PAC (AACAP-PAC) $1,000
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEUROSURGERYPAC) $5,000
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $2,500
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC (HEARTPAC) $7,500
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $2,500
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC $10K
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY (RHEUMPAC) $5,000
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC') $5,000
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) $1,000
- AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,500
- AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC) $2,000
- AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC) $5,000
- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY PAC (''ASTRO-PAC'') $2,500
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $10K
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC $2,500
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $3,000
- AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AUAPAC) $1,000
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC $250
- AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- ASCO ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC) $5,000
- ASIAN AMERICAN ACTION FUND $2,000
- ASPIRE PAC $10K
- ASTELLAS US LLC PAC (ASTELLAS PAC) $1,000
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC $2,000
- AVANGRID POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
- BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) $2,000
- BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
- BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BSC PAC) $2,500
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMS PAC) $1,000
- BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $8,408
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC) $3,000
- CALIFORNIA RICE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FUND (CALIFORNIA RICE FUND) $5,000
- CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND $1,000
- CAREFIRST BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD ASSOCIATES FEDERAL PAC $2,500
- CARGILL, INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $10K
- CENCORA, INC. PAC $2,500
- CENTENE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CENTENE PAC) $2,500
- CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL PAC $2,500
- CONQUERING CANCER PAC $2,500
- CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- COUPANG, INC. COMPANY PAC (COUPAC) $10K
- COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. $1,000
- CVS HEALTH PAC $1,000
- D.R.I.V.E. DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) $1,000
- DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC) $1,000
- DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- DEMOCRACY FOR ALL NOW PAC $4,000
- DEMOCRATIC DOCTORS PAC (DEM DOC PAC) $3,500
- DEMOCRATS VOTE $5,000
- DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $1,000
- DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE $1,000
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES PAC $1,000
- ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS PAC $500
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) $5,000
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC (ENGPAC) $10K
- EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $2,500
- ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- EYEPAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY $2,500
- FAIR SHOT PAC $5,000
- FEDEX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
- FINSECA PAC $2,000
- FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC) $1,000
- FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC. $1,000
- FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC) $5,000
- GAP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC $2,000
- GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENWORTH PAC) $1,000
- GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $2,500
- GLAUKOS IPAC $5,000
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC $1,000
- GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC. EMPLOYEE PAC - GRANITEPAC $5,000
- GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. PAC $1,000
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY PAC $2,500
- HILTON WORLDWIDE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
- HOOPER, LUNDY, & BOOKMAN PC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- HUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- INTEL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IPAC) $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICSC PAC) $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC $10K
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS $2,000
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PAC $5,000
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- KIND FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $1,000
- KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS & EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $5,000
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- LUNDBECK LLC EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- MAKE IT IN AMERICA PAC $1,000
- MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- MCDONALD'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $1,000
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC $2,000
- MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. PAC $2,000
- NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) $3,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ( $2,500
- NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION $2,000
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $10K
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $1,000
- NEWMONT CORPORATION PAC (NEWPAC) $1,500
- NOVARTIS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- NOVOCURE INC. PAC (A.K.A. NOVOCURE PAC) $1,000
- PACIFIC SEAFOOD PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PSPAPAC) $1,000
- PAKISTANI AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAK-PAC $2,500
- PEOPLE FOR DEREK KILMER $4,000
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000
- PFIZER INC. PAC $1,500
- PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- PHYSICIAN-LED HEALTHCARE FOR AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PHA PAC) $2,500
- PIM BRANDS INC. EMPLOYEE PAC $1,500
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS $6,000
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PAC $10K
- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT FEDERAL PAC (PECG FED-PAC) $1,000
- PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PTC-PAC) $3,000
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
- SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. PAC (SAZERACPAC) $5,910
- SCHWAN'S COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PAC $2,000
- SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
- SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC $3,500
- TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM) $1,000
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS $1,000
- THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $1,000
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- THE KROGER CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC) $4,500
- TONY VARGAS FOR CONGRESS $1,000
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $3,000
- TRIED-AND-TRUE PAC $2,000
- U.S. ANESTHESIA PARTNERS, INC. PAC D/B/A/ USAP PAC $2,500
- U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) $10K
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $2,500
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC $5,000
- UNITED PILOTS PAC/AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION $2,500
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) $2,500
- US ONCOLOGY INC. NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- VISA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- VSP HOLDING COMPANY INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VSP - PAC) $1,000
- WALGREEN CO. PAC $1,000
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $2,000
- WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WABPAC) $1,000
- YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC $3,500
- ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC) $2,500
All filings at the FEC ↗
Robb Tucker (REP)
- Raised
- $305K through 2026-10-14
individuals $93K · PACs $0 · party $5,000 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $205K · cash on hand $16K
- Outside spending
- $6,101 opposing Tucker · $200 supporting Tucker · latest reported 2026-08-30
- Largest outside spenders
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES
— $6,101 opposing Tucker
REFORM LEADERS PAC
— $200 supporting Tucker
- Bundled through PACs
- none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
All filings at the FEC ↗
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