Elections · U.S. House, District 14 · California
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Raised for this seat
$2.0M
Through September 7, 2026
Cash on hand
$81K
Through September 7, 2026
On the November ballot
Hernandez faces Aisha Wahab for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded October 12, 2026, not a prediction. Certified list: California Secretary of State. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 4%$75K
- Large donors
- 90%$1.8M
- PACs
- 5%$111K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$12K
Separately, $4.1M 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 September 7, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in California
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 15 days before, or same-day through Election Day at your county office or polling place.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 739K
- Median household income
- $143K
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Living below the poverty line
- 7.0%
- Without health insurance
- 3.7%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Aisha Wahab$874K
- Melissa Hernandezthis page$2.0M
- Wendy Huang$41K
- Rakhi Israni$2.4M
- Matt Ortega$38K
- Sheriene Ridenour$39K
- Eric Swalwell$1.7M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 7 of the 10 campaigns that hold the seat, are on the ballot, or have $25,000 raised or outside spending; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$3.9M- Bold America$1.8M
- United Democracy Project$825KPro-IsraelPro-Israel
- Project 218$500K
- SD 2026$399K
- Pro-Choice Majority Action$200K
The top 5 committees of the $3.9M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$210K- American Priorities$210K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through August 13, 2026. 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.
Record in office
Hernandez does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
What the campaign says, on melissahernandez2026.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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