U.S. Representative · CA · District 30
Laura Friedman
DemocratTerm through January 2027
Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle
9% of the money Friedman raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 66% of the House.
Friedman raised $1.8M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $297K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 9%$0.2M
- Large donors
- 72%$1.3M
- Bundled
- 1%$0.0M
- PACs
- 17%$0.3M
- Other
- 0%$0.0M
Against the house
How Friedman compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 9%vs 5% house median
- PAC share
- 17%vs 37% house median
Who has a stake in Friedman
The organizations behind the money.
Friedman's largest organized backing comes from Emily'S List. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Friedman
Emily'S List›
$21K
Emily'S List›
$21K
EMILY's List's PAC, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $2.4M to 47 members
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners›$10K
The Carpenters union's political committee, representing carpentry and construction trades.
Who it funds, across Congress
85% Democrats · 13% Republicans · $1.8M to 216 members
Women'S Political Committee Federal›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $335K to 39 members
Amalgamated Transit Union - Cope›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $827K to 142 members
Elect Democratic Women›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $611K to 86 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Friedman's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $67K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Friedman
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Friedman, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Friedman.
Fighting For Californians$256K
To help Friedman$256KTo hurt Friedman—Residents For Strong, Ethical Leadership$49K
To help Friedman—To hurt Friedman$49KConservla$7K
To help Friedman—To hurt Friedman$7K
Fighting For Californians›$256K—$256K
Fighting For Californians
Residents For Strong, Ethical Leadership›—$49K$49K
Residents For Strong, Ethical Leadership
Conservla—$7K$7K
FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 77 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Friedman's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Friedman stands