Elections · U.S. House, District 14 · California
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Raised for this seat
$33K
Through June 30, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Elam is not on the November ballot for this seat. Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez are.
A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Elam's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 7%$2K
- Large donors
- 12%$4K
- PACs
- --
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 77%$25K
- Other
- 4%$1K
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.
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.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Carin Elamthis page$33K
- Melissa Hernandez$1.5M
- Wendy Huang$41K
- Rakhi Israni$2.4M
- Matt Ortega$38K
- Sheriene Ridenour$39K
- Aisha Wahab$632K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. Showing 7 of 9 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
In their own words
What Elam's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Elam's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Choosing Between Groceries and Rx Medications, That's not Right”
- “Wild, Reckless Spending with Our Tax Dollars”
- “The Anger Economy Is Breaking Our Politics”
- “Voting Rights Policy Statement”
Quoted from carinforcongress.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
Elam 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. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.