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Elections · U.S. House, District 25 · California

Joe Males

Republican On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$936K

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$15K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Males faces Raul Ruiz for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Raul RuizDemocrat · $2.1MJoe Malesthis pageRepublican · $936K

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

73%from small donors
Small donors
73%$687K
Large donors
21%$193K
PACs
<1%$450
Party
--
Self-funding
--
Other
6%$56K

Separately, $200 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
781K
Median household income
$67K
Unemployment
8.3%
Living below the poverty line
15.5%
Without health insurance
7.8%

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

$200
  • Reform Leaders PAC$200

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 Males's campaign says it would work on.

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

  • State Elected Officials
  • Local Elected Officials
  • Organizations

Quoted from joemalesforca.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

Males 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.