Elections · U.S. House, District 48 · California
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Raised for this seat
$2.3M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.2M
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Desmond faces Marni von Wilpert 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
- 11%$251K
- Large donors
- 79%$1.8M
- PACs
- 6%$145K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 4%$89K
Separately, $4.6M 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 Desmondthis page$2.3M
- Ferguson Porter$62K
- Brandon Riker$2.3M
- Marni von Wilpert$2.2M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.
Spending to support them
$270K- No Going Back PAC$134K
- Civic Renewal Fund$69K
- Majority PAC$63K
- Reform Leaders PAC$3.5K
Spending to oppose them
$4.3M- HMP$3.7M
- 48th Accountability Project$338K
- Health Care Saves Lives$228K
- Activate America$305
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 9, 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 Desmond's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Desmond's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Cost Of Living”
Quoted from desmondforcongress.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
Desmond 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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