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.
- 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 36% 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
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
60% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.3M to 360 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 · $3.9M to 143 members
Frontline Usa›$15K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $396K to 35 members
New Democrat Coalition Action Fund›$13K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $567K to 75 members
End Citizens United›$11K
Who it funds, across Congress
99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $765K to 114 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $469K to elect Democrats; $9.6M 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.
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.
NRCC›$928K
To help Harder—To hurt Harder$928KThe National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.
National Association Of Realtors$81K
To help Harder$81KTo hurt Harder—Majority PAC$31K
To help Harder—To hurt Harder$31K
NRCC›—$928K$928K
NRCC
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.
National Association Of Realtors›$81K—$81K
National Association Of Realtors
Majority PAC—$31K$31K
FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 147 organizations with a stake
$144K of Harder’s direct PAC money, 28%, came from the leadership PACs of 46 other members of Congress, the personal PACs colleagues use to build support.
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.
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