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Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · California

Mike McGuire

Democrat On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$1.8M

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$153K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

McGuire faces James Gallagher for this seat on November 3, 2026.

James GallagherRepublican · $1.5MMike McGuirethis pageDemocrat · $1.8M

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

26%from small donors
Small donors
26%$483K
Large donors
57%$1.0M
PACs
16%$300K
Party
--
Self-funding
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Other
<1%$137

Separately, $612K in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in California

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 15 days before, or same-day through Election Day at your county office or polling place.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
761K
Median household income
$70K
Unemployment
7.1%
Living below the poverty line
15.7%
Without health insurance
6.6%

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

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$612K
  • Protect Progress$372K
    Cryptocurrency industry (Democratic-directed)
  • Health Care Saves Lives$136K
  • National Nurses United for Patient Protection$102K
  • Sonoma County Democratic Party$2K
  • Sierra Club Independent Action$10

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

In their own words

What McGuire's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities McGuire's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

  • Delivering for Northern California
  • Protecting Our Healthcare
  • Making Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share
  • Holding ICE Accountable
  • Strengthening Fire Protection
  • Lowering Costs for Working Families
  • Protecting Reproductive Freedom
  • Defending Democracy and Our Rights
  • Overturning Citizens United
  • Tackling the Cost of Housing
  • Creating Good Jobs and Investing in Rural Communities
  • Fighting for Climate Action

Quoted from votemikemcguire.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.

Record in office

McGuire has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Official portrait via Open States, official portrait. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.