California House District 38 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
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Hilda Solis (Democrat) and Pedro Casas (Republican) are the nominees for California's 38th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. By their latest FEC reports, Hilda Solis's campaign had raised $1.5 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $368,000 for Hilda Solis and $0 against.
Hilda Solis (DEM), Pedro Casas (REP).
2 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.
Hilda Solis (DEM)
- Raised
- $1.5M through 2026-10-14
individuals $1.2M · PACs $219K · cash on hand $285K
- Outside spending
- $368K supporting Solis · latest reported 2026-06-02
- Largest outside spenders
- PROTECT PROGRESS
— $368K supporting Solis
Largest donors:
FAIRSHAKE $33.0M (>99%) (its largest donors: RIPPLE LABS INC. $48.0M, an organization; COINBASE $25.0M, an organization; COINBASE COMMERCE (EXCHANGE) $8.2M, an organization); RIPPLE LABS INC. $250K (1%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)
- Bundled through PACs
- none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
38 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
- ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB GENERAL FUND $2,500
- AFSCME PEOPLE $5,000
- AFT COPE-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS $5,000
- AT&T INC EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC $1,000
- ATU COPE VOLUNTARY ACCOUNT $5,000
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE $5,000
- COPE SEIU $5,000
- CPC PAC - CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS $5,000
- DRIVE COMMITTEE $3,000
- ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $5,000
- FAIR SHOT PAC $2,000
- HEALTH JUSTICE PAC $5,000
- IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $3,500
- INT'L UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL #12 $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS $2,500
- IUPAT POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER PAC $5,000
- JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC $5,000
- JERRY VELASCO FOR EL MONTE CITY CLERK 2026 $500
- JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESS $2,000
- LATINO VICTORY FUND $1,000
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS $2,500
- LIUNA PAC $5,000
- LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL $2,500
- MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE $5,000
- MEDICARE FOR ALL $5,000
- MIKE ENG FOR SGV MUNICIPAL WATER DIST 2028 $999
- MIKE FONG FOR ASSEMBLY 2026 $500
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COPE $5,000
- PAC FOR GOOD $1,000
- PODER PAC $5,000
- POLLY LOW FOR ROSEMEAD $500
- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CA $1,500
- SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL PAC $3,500
- TOGETHER WE RISE $2,000
- TURQUOISE PAC $3,500
- UAW $2,500
- UNITE HERE TIP $5,000
- VICTOR PRECIADO POMONA CITY COUNCIL DIST 2 2022 ELECTION COMMITTEE $250
All filings at the FEC ↗
No 2025–26 FEC reports or outside spending found for Pedro Casas.
No campaign ads analyzed for this race yet.
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