California House District 46 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
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Lou Correa (Democrat) and David Pan (Republican) are the nominees for California's 46th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Lou Correa is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Lou Correa's campaign had raised $1.5 million (through October 14, 2026) and David Pan's campaign $104,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $107,000 for Lou Correa and $0 against.
Lou Correa (DEM, incumbent), David Pan (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.
Lou Correa (DEM, incumbent)
- Raised
- $1.5M through 2026-10-14
individuals $494K · PACs $839K · from the candidate's other committees $19K · cash on hand $2.3M
- Outside spending
- $107K supporting Correa · latest reported 2026-05-20
- Largest outside spenders
- PROTECT PROGRESS
— $107K supporting Correa
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)
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PAC
— $14 supporting Correa
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
— $10 supporting Correa
- Bundled through PACs
- $58K through 3 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND
— $29K from 52 gifts
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
— $16K from 24 gifts
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND
— $12K from 4 gifts
187 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
- AAJ PAC $5,000
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE PAC $3,500
- ABBVIE PAC $6,000
- ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS PAC $2,500
- ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSN $2,500
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INT'L $3,500
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. PAC $1,000
- AMALGAMATED BANK PAC $4,000
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,000
- AMAZON PAC $1,000
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC $7,500
- AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC- OKLAHOMA (APAC) $2,000
- AMERICAN AIRLINES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $2,000
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES $4,000
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY $10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS $5,000
- AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION $9,000
- AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION HOTEL PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,004
- AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION TITLE INDUSTRY PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE $1,000
- AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC $5,000
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE $3,000
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC $3,000
- ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNER ASSOCIATION $5,000
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
- AXON ENTERPRISE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- BALLARD SPAHR LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $2,500
- BASF CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
- BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY PAC $2,500
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC $1,000
- BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLACKROCK PAC) $2,500
- BLUE DOG PAC $10K
- BLUE DOG VICTORY FUND $1,000
- BMO FINANCIAL CORP GOOD GOVERNANCE FUND: FEDERAL (BMO PAC) $2,500
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY $2,000
- BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK PAC $2,000
- BUILD PAC $2,500
- CALIFORNIA COTTON GINNER AND GROWERS ASSN PAC $1,000
- CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
- CALIFORNIANS FOR FREEDOM PAC $10K
- CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION $5,000
- CARNIVAL PRINCESS/HOLLAND AMERICA LINE INC. PAC (HALPAC) $7,500
- CARPENTERS' LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE $5,000
- CATERPILLAR INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC PAC $7,500
- CHC BOLD PAC $5,000
- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC PAC $5,000
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES PAC $7,500
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC $2,500
- CONSUMER CREDIT INSURANCE ASSOCIATION DBA CONSUMER CREDIT INDUSTRY ASSOC PAC (CCIA PAC) $500
- DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, INC. PAC $1,000
- DEFEND THE DREAM PAC $2,500
- DELL TECHNOLOGIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- DELTA AIR LINES PAC $2,500
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $4,500
- DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $779
- DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $10K
- DOORDASH, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
- EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC $5,000
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES PAC $6,000
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY PAC $5,000
- EMD SERONO, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- ERNST & YOUNG PAC $5,000
- EXXONMOBIL PAC $1,000
- FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- FEDEX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC PAC $1,000
- FIREFIGHTERS FOR ANAHEIM $2,000
- FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEE $5,000
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY PAC $1,000
- GENERATION GO $4,000
- GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $4,500
- GOODYEAR GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
- GOOGLE NETPAC $6,500
- GOOGLE NETPAC $1,000
- GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $750
- GRIDIRON-PAC $2,500
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $2,000
- HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND PAC $1,000
- IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $5,000
- IHEARTMEDIA, INC. PAC $2,000
- INSPIRE BRANDS, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL, TRANSPORTATION POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC. PAC $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING PAC $10K
- INTERNATIONAL FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION FRESH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FRESH PAC) $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER PAC $10K
- INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INTA PAC) $1,000
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 12 $5,000
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON PAC $2,000
- LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION SERVICE PAC $5,000
- LIUNA PAC $7,500
- LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT INC PAC $2,500
- LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL $5,000
- MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE $5,000
- MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTITUTE PAC $10K
- MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC $1,000
- MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- MEDTRONIC INC. PAC $1,000
- MERCK EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- META PLATFORMS INC PAC $6,000
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $1,000
- MICROSOFT CORPOARATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC $1,500
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE $1,000
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- NAPOLITANO FOR CONGRESS $2,000
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC $1,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS PAC $500
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC $5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS PAC $2,500
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGERS INC PAC $1,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANGERS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NARPM PAC) $1,000
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
- NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION RETAILPAC $1,000
- NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION $1,500
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COPE $5,000
- NATSO INC., NATSO PAC $5,000
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
- NEW DEMOCRATIC COALITION FUND PAC $2,500
- NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $250
- NGA GROCERS PAC $1,000
- NO LABELS PAC $5,000
- NOSSAMAN LLP PAC $2,000
- NOVARTIS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PAC $2,500
- ORANGE CITY FIREFIGHTER PAC $1,000
- OSI SYSTEMS INC PAC $10K
- PAC FOR GOOD $1,000
- PEOPLE FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF THE YUHAAVIATAM OF SAN MANUEL NATION $3,500
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000
- PFIZER PAC $7,500
- PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $2,000
- PHILLIPS 66 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PAC $10K
- RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- SANOFI US SERVICES INC EMPLOYEES' PAC $2,000
- SCHOOLSFIRST FCU EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC $5,000
- SCHWAN'S PAC $2,000
- SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEE POLITCAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,000
- SMAC PAC $5,000
- SOLVENTUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO FREEDOM FUND $1,000
- SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION & PERFORMANCE RACING INC $1,000
- STATE FARM FEDERAL PAC $2,000
- SYLVAMO CORPORATION PAC $5,000
- THE GAP, INC. PAC $2,500
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. PAC $5,000
- THE WALT DISNEY COMAPNY EMPLOYEES PAC $2,500
- THREE RIVERS PAC $1,000
- TRANSDIGM GROUP INC EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- TYSON FOODS INC PAC $2,000
- U.S. VENTURE INC. PAC $1,000
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC $5,000
- UNION PACIFIC COPROATION FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $2,000
- UNITED AIRLINES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
- UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL $1,000
- UPSPAC $5,000
- US CHAMBER PAC $2,000
- US ENERGY PAC $2,500
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. PAC $4,000
- VISA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- WALMART INC PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $5,000
- WELLS FARGO & CO EMPLOYEE PAC $2,000
- WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WABPAC) $1,000
- WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
- WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA $1,000
- ZENECA INC PAC $3,500
All filings at the FEC ↗
David Pan (REP)
- Raised
- $104K through 2026-10-14
individuals $92K · PACs $2,250 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $9,000 · cash on hand $1,856
- Outside spending
- none reported
- Bundled through PACs
- none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
1 PAC gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
- SYLVESTER FOR DALY CITY COUNCIL 2024 $250
All filings at the FEC ↗
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