Elections · U.S. House, District 48 · California
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Raised for this seat
$2.2M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$825K
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Wilpert faces Jim Desmond 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
- 15%$326K
- Large donors
- 63%$1.4M
- PACs
- 20%$441K
- Party
- <1%$2K
- Self-funding
- <1%$2K
- Other
- 2%$45K
Separately, $3.3M 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, 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
- 761K
- Median household income
- $113K
- Unemployment
- 5.6%
- Living below the poverty line
- 8.2%
- Without health insurance
- 5.8%
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.
- Ammar Campa-Najjar$4.8K
- Abel Chavez$473K
- Corinna Contreras$36K
- Jim Desmond$2.3M
- Ferguson Porter$62K
- Brandon Riker$2.3M
- Marni von Wilpertthis page$2.2M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.
Spending to support them
$2.4M- Project 218$900K
- Elect Democratic Women$390K
- Equality PAC$381K
- Health Care Saves Lives$285K
- Committee for Working Families, Sponsored By Labor Organizations$165K
The top 5 committees of the $2.4M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$978K- Serving CA$653K
- No Going Back PAC$196K
- Health Care Saves Lives$125K
- Civic Renewal Fund$3.7K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 8, 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.
In their own words
What Wilpert's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Wilpert's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Hold ICE Accountable”
- “Clean Up Corruption and Defend Our Democracy”
- “Protect Affordable Healthcare and Social Security”
- “Raise Wages and Lower Costs”
- “Tackle the Housing Crisis and Unrig the Economy”
- “Stop Trump’s Environmental Destruction”
- “Defend Reproductive Freedom”
- “Protect LGBTQ+ Rights”
- “End the Plague of Gun Violence”
- “Promote American Innovation”
- “Foreign Policy That Keeps America Safe”
Quoted from marnivonwilpert.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
Wilpert 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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