Political ads · 2026 · CA

California House District 31 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Gil Cisneros won · 66.0% to 34.0%, with an estimated 92% of the vote counted · Called by AP on Nov 3

Eric Ching (Republican) and Gil Cisneros (Democrat) are the nominees for California's 31st congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. By their latest FEC reports, Eric Ching's campaign had raised $97,000 (through October 14, 2026) and Gil Cisneros's campaign $853,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $10 for Gil Cisneros and $0 against.

Eric Ching (REP), Gil Cisneros (DEM). 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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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.

Eric Ching (REP)

Raised
$97K through 2026-10-14 individuals $97K · PACs $0 · cash on hand $10K
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Gil Cisneros (DEM)

Raised
$853K through 2026-10-14 individuals $284K · PACs $552K · candidate's own money, incl. loans $9,194 · cash on hand $213K
Outside spending
$10 supporting Cisneros · latest reported 2026-01-09
Largest outside spenders
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION — $10 supporting Cisneros
Bundled through PACs
$53K through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $53K from 41 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC JSTREETPAC — $250 from 1 gift Lobbyist/registrant PAC
121 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • AEROVIRONMENT, INC PAC $4,500
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL PAC $5,000
  • AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $1,000
  • AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) $2,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS (POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR AAOS) $1,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $6,000
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $7,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
  • AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND $2,000
  • AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $9,000
  • AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • APWU COPA $2,500
  • AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) $1,000
  • BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) $2,000
  • BLUE NEVADA PAC $7,000
  • BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA PAC (SHIELD PAC) $2,500
  • BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • BMO FINANCIAL CORP GOOD GOVERNANCE FUND: FEDERAL (BMO PAC) $1,000
  • BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $5,000
  • CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • CHC BOLD PAC $10K
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL $2,000
  • CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC $2,000
  • CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $5,000
  • DADS PAC $1,000
  • DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC) $1,000
  • DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC $2,000
  • DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC) $1,000
  • DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $5,000
  • DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PAC $9,500
  • DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS PAC $5,000
  • EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC $10K
  • ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) $3,000
  • EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $5,000
  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $2,000
  • FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC) $1,000
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) $7,000
  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GM PAC) $4,000
  • GENERATION GO $3,000
  • HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC $2,500
  • HMS SCRAP PAC $10K
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,500
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN $1,000
  • HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $3,500
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $10K
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL NO. 12 VOLUNTARY LEGISLATIVE FUND $5,000
  • LA BAMBA PAC $10K
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
  • LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION SERVICE PAC $10K
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $2,500
  • LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
  • LIFTOFF PAC $4,000
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,000
  • LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) $2,500
  • MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000
  • MARINE FIREMAN'S UNION POLITICAL ACTION FUND $1,000
  • MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
  • NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC) $1,000
  • NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $9,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY OFFICE EMPLOYEES INC PPC AKA NASCOE PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS (NALC) $2,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS' ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
  • NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) $5,000
  • NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $1,500
  • NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $7,900
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $4,000
  • NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $1,000
  • NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS TRANSFORM ELECTIONS (PIRATE) PAC $2,000
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I $2,500
  • REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PAC (RAJA PAC) $5,000
  • SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESS $1,500
  • SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,500
  • SECOND FRONT SYSTEMS INC PAC $1,000
  • SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE- FEDERAL $2,000
  • SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL PAC $500
  • SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) - STATE COUNCIL $5,000
  • SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PAC $6,500
  • SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC $3,000
  • SOLVENTUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC) $1,000
  • TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM) $1,000
  • TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $2,000
  • TRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,500
  • TRI COUNTIES DEMOCRATIC CLUB $500
  • TURQUOISE PAC $10K
  • UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA $5,000
  • UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $2,000
  • UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL $2,000
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC) $4,000
  • VOTEVETS $10K
  • WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $1,000
  • WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,250
  • WITH HONOR PAC $3,500

All filings at the FEC ↗

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