Elections · U.S. House, District 40 · California
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Raised for this seat
$276K
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$10K
Through June 30, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Kerr is not on the November ballot for this seat. Young Kim and Ken Calvert are.
A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Kerr'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
- 26%$71K
- Large donors
- 52%$142K
- PACs
- 23%$63K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$50
Separately, $6 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.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 754K
- Median household income
- $135K
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
- Living below the poverty line
- 7.1%
- Without health insurance
- 4.3%
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.
- Young Kim$8.8M
- Ken Calvert$6.1M
- Christina Gagnier$607K
- Joseph Kerrthis page$276K
- Nina Linh$442K
- Lisa Ramirez$519K
- Esther Varet$2.9M
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 10 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$6- Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties' Community Action Fund PAC$6
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 Kerr's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Kerr's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Affordability & Cost of Living”
- “Affordable Housing & Homelessness”
- “Affordable, Reliable Healthcare”
- “Immigration & Border Security”
- “Standing with Working People & Unions”
- “Public Safety & Crime”
- “Common-Sense Gun Safety”
- “Small Businesses & the Local Economy”
- “Protecting Reproductive Freedom”
- “Education & Opportunity for Every Student”
- “Defending Democracy & Restoring Trust”
- “Equality for All”
Quoted from joekerrforcongress.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
Kerr 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.