Elections · U.S. House, District 30 · California
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Raised for this seat
$14K
Through August 27, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Lava is not on the November ballot for this seat. Laura Friedman and Scott Meyers are.
Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Lava'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
- 40%$5.6K
- Large donors
- 58%$8.1K
- PACs
- --
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 2%$315
- Other
- --
Receipts reported through August 27, 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
- 743K
- Median household income
- $91K
- Unemployment
- 8.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.8%
- Without health insurance
- 6.6%
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, after this page's own row, never in money order.
- Joel Lavathis page$14K
- Laura Friedman$828K
- John armenian$279K
- Lester Herman$29K
- Scott Meyers$58K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable.
In their own words
What Lava's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Lava's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Impeach”
- “Abolish ICE”
- “Immigration”
- “Affordability”
- “Money Out of Politics”
- “La Film Industry”
- “Gun Violence”
- “Social Media & AI”
- “Healthcare”
- “Medicare / Medicaid”
- “Childcare”
- “Infrastructure”
Quoted from joellavaforcongress.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
Lava 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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