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California House race, District 44

Nanette Barragán holds this seat and is running to keep it against Genevieve Angel.

The November ballot

Barragán
$786K
Angel
$14K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Nanette Barragán

Democrat · Holds the seat now

5
Trades disclosed
$65K
Estimated volume
Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in California

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop two advance

The primary · 109,971 votes

  • Nanette BarragánAdvanced77.01%84,690
  • Genevieve AngelAdvanced22.98%25,276
  • Mark Stewart Greenstein0%5

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$800K
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Barragán$10
Opposing Barragán-
Supporting Angel-
Opposing Angel-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$3.8KSmall donors$1.7K12%
21%$167KLarge donors$9.2K66%
77%$607KPACs--
--Self-funding$3K22%
1%$8.2KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 2 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

How this seat voted last time

D+43 in 2024

  • Nanette Diaz BarragánWon71.4%
  • Roger Groh28.6%

230,852 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
745K
Median household income
$86K
Unemployment
7.2%
Living below the poverty line
13.6%
Without health insurance
10.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.