California House District 37 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
Sydney Kamlager-Dove won · 61.1% to 38.9%, with an estimated 91% of the vote counted · Called by AP on Nov 4
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Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democrat) and Samantha Mota (Democrat) are the nominees for California's 37th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Sydney Kamlager-Dove is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Sydney Kamlager-Dove's campaign had raised $1.6 million (through October 14, 2026) and Samantha Mota's campaign $13,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $10 for Sydney Kamlager-Dove and $0 against.
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (DEM, incumbent), Samantha Mota (DEM).
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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.
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (DEM, incumbent)
- Raised
- $1.6M through 2026-10-14
individuals $1.2M · PACs $489K · party $1,392 · cash on hand $185K
- Outside spending
- $10 supporting Kamlager-Dove · latest reported 2026-01-09
- Largest outside spenders
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
— $10 supporting Kamlager-Dove
- Bundled through PACs
- $17K through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
JSTREETPAC
— $16K from 32 gifts
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)
— $1,000 from 1 gift
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
139 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
- 150PAC.ORG $1,000
- ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
- AKERMAN LLP PAC $2,500
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,000
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION COPE $5,000
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) $10K
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE PAC (AAJ PAC) $10K
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $1,000
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $5,000
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $2,000
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC $5,000
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA - TEMPO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HOTELPAC) $1,500
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $3,000
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION LTD. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARI PAC) $2,500
- ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $5,000
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PAC (AAP PAC) $2,000
- AT&T INC EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC $1,000
- BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA PAC (SHIELD PAC) $7,500
- BMI POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- BNSF RAILWAYS COMPANY RAILPAC $1,000
- BOILERMAKERS-BLACKSMITHS LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION ACTION PROGRAM CAF $3,000
- BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK PAC $2,000
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE $5,000
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PAC $8,000
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC $1,000
- COMCAST CORPORATION AND NBCUNIVERSAL PAC $4,000
- CONGRESS MAJORITY PAC $200
- COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $2,500
- COVINGTON AND BURLING LLC PAC $1,000
- CVS HEALTH PAC $1,000
- DAVITA INC PAC (DAPAC) $1,000
- DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- DEMAND JUSTICE PAC $5,000
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $4,500
- DEMOCRATIC ACTION NETWORK $1,000
- DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $1,000
- DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC PAC $1,000
- DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $892
- EBAY INC.-COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE INTERNET COMMERCE, (EBAY PAC) $2,500
- EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC $1,000
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $1,500
- ENDEAVOR GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. PAC $2,500
- FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC. $1,000
- FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC) $6,000
- GILEAD SCIENCES INC. HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $2,500
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC $3,000
- GREENBERG TRAURIG PA PAC $2,500
- GRIDIRON PAC $2,500
- HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC $6,000
- HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $1,500
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $2,500
- INTERDIGITAL, INC., PAC $1,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC (FIREPAC) $7,500
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS, INC. PAC $1,000
- INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INTA PAC) $1,000
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL NO. 12 VOLUNTARY LEGISLATIVE FUND $5,000
- INTUIT INC. 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP FUND $1,000
- JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC $2,500
- JBS USA FOOD COMPANY PAC $3,000
- JSTREETPAC $700
- KINECTA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION FEDERAL PAC $1,500
- LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $1,050
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC $1,000
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $1,000
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC $2,000
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC $1,000
- MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC. PAC (MPA AMERICA PAC) $3,500
- MUSIC SPEAKS: THE SOUNDEXCHANGE, INC. LEGISLATIVE FUND $2,000
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. GRAMMY FUND FOR MUSIC CREATORS) $2,500
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE PAC) $2,500
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $3,500
- NATIONAL ASSOC. OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND $5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS PAC (NABPAC) $3,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $4,000
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $2,500
- NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $1,000
- NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
- NEWS CORPORATION PAC $2,000
- NOSSAMAN LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NOSSAMAN PAC) $1,000
- OHIO SOCIETY OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS $1,000
- PARAMOUNT GLOBAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES $5,000
- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT FEDERAL PAC $2,000
- RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. PAC $500
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $5,000
- SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEE PAC $2,000
- SHONTEL BROWN FOR CONGRESS $1,000
- SMART TD PAC $5,500
- SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND $2,000
- SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC PAC $5,500
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $2,000
- SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA PAC $1,000
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC) $1,000
- TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM $1,000
- THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS $2,500
- THE DOCTORS COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $1,000
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIIFICATION $2,000
- THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC $4,000
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. PAC (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $2,000
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $2,000
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC $5,000
- UAW-V-CAP $2,500
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION $3,500
- UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL $2,000
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND $2,000
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC PAC $3,000
- WARNER MUSIC INC. PAC $2,000
- WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES BETTER GOVERNMENT FUND $1,500
- WE BELONG HERE FEDERAL PAC $1,500
- WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY EMPLOYEES GOOD GOVERNMENT FEDERAL FUND II $2,500
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERAL ACCOUNT $5,000
All filings at the FEC ↗
Samantha Mota (DEM)
- Raised
- $13K through 2026-10-14
individuals $5,421 · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $7,158 · cash on hand $328
- 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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