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U.S. Representative · CA · District 9

Josh Harder

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

15% of the money Harder raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 79% of the House.

Harder raised $5.4M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $1.7M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

15%from small donors
Small donors
15%$0.8M
Large donors
67%$3.6M
Bundled
2%$0.1M
PACs
11%$0.6M
Other
6%$0.3M

Against the house

How Harder compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
15%vs 5% house median
PAC share
11%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Harder

The organizations behind the money.

Harder's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Harder

AIPAC

$49K

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.

Who it funds, across Congress

59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.

Jstreetpac$29K

J Street's PAC, a liberal pro-Israel group that backs candidates supporting a two-state solution, often a counterweight to AIPAC.

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $4.0M to 144 members

Frontline Usa$15K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $406K to 36 members

New Democrat Coalition Action Fund$13K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $563K to 74 members

End Citizens United$11K

Who it funds, across Congress

99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $767K to 114 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $988K to elect Democrats; $10.0M to defeat Republicans.

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 Harder's backing, not just the individual groups.

$122KLabor
$78KPro-Israel
$43KAg & Food
$39KIdeological
$29KEnergy

Plus $222K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Harder

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Harder, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Harder.

All outside groups8% to help, 92% to hurt$1.0M
  1. NRCC$928K
    To help Harder
    To hurt Harder
    $928K

    The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.

  2. National Association Of Realtors$81K
    To help Harder
    $81K
    To hurt Harder
  3. Majority PAC$31K
    To help Harder
    To hurt Harder
    $31K

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 147 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 Harder'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.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Harder stands