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Party committee (qualified)Sacramento, CaliforniaActive
$11.4M raised, $11.7M spent, $2.3M cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
41% from its nonfederal account · 25% in transfers from related committees · largest donor DCCC, $1.2M. See who funds it
Where it goes
$327.8K given to candidates and committees, the largest to Democratic Party of Illinois ($250K) · 50% of its support to Democrats, 50% to candidates of other or unresolved parties. See where it goes
Audits and penalties
5 audit reports, published by the FEC
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
Why this committee exists In its own words
“Your contribution will make all the difference in our ability to mobilize across the state and elect more California Democrats.”
California Democratic Party, on its own site, cadem.org
Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. Any side it takes is in its own words.
No published list of positions
Its site sums up what it stands for in the statement above, and publishes no list of positions beyond it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$10K to 2 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $10,000
Democratic 50%Other or unresolved 50%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Democratic
1
$5,000
$0
$5,000
50%
Other or unresolved
1
$5,000
$0
$5,000
50%
Shown support
2
$10,000
$0
$10,000
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$327,750 in 14 payments
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Democratic candidates
1
$5K · 1.5%
Other or unresolved candidates
1
$5K · 1.5%
Democratic party committees
4
$312.8K · 95%
Other PACs and committees
1
$5K · 1.5%
All recipients
7
$327.8K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
California
2
$10K
Recipients 7
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Jared Huffman1 receipt, latest Jun 11, 2025Huffman for Congress · H2CA06259$5K
Alex Padilla1 receipt, latest Jun 11, 2025Alex Padilla for Senate · S2CA00955$5K
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $11,370,038 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
From its nonfederal accountMoved in from the committee's own state and local account to pay the federal share of costs the two accounts share.$4,694,77741%
TransfersMoney moved in from affiliated committees.$2,866,54725%
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$1,454,37813%
Largest donors
Seth Klarman2 contributions, latest Oct 9, 2026 · CEO · THE BAUPOST GROUP · BOSTON, MA$20,000
Mike Arias2 contributions, latest Oct 8, 2026 · DIRECTOR OF FINANCE · ARIAS SANGUINETTI WANG & TEAM · LOS ANGELES, CA$15,000
Kevin Rowe10 contributions, latest Apr 20, 2026 · MANAGING MEMBER · K ROWE INVESTMENTS LLC · LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA$13,000
Richard Parrott4 contributions, latest Oct 8, 2026 · LANDORD · RICHARD PARROTT · CARMICHAEL, CA$12,625
David Donaldson7 contributions, latest Feb 26, 2026 · RETIRED · NONE · SANTA CLARA, CA$11,206
Robert O'Dell21 contributions, latest Sep 18, 2026 · SMALL BUSINESS OWNER · AGILE EDUCATION MARKETING · HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA$10,500
Jennifer PritzkerOne contribution on Apr 2, 2025 · PRESIDENT AND CEO · TAWANI ENTERPRISES INC. · CHICAGO, IL$10,000
The Steven G Madison Family TrustOne contribution on Oct 2, 2026 · Organization · PASADENA, CA$10,000
Sandra ThompsonOne contribution on Oct 15, 2025 · ATTORNEY · SANDRA THOMPSON · WOODSIDE, CA$10,000
Tarek MansourOne contribution on Oct 22, 2025 · CEO & CO-FOUNDER · KALSHI · NEW YORK, NY$9,800
Craig Peters Altair LawOne contribution on Aug 31, 2026 · ATTORNEY · ALTAIR LAW · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$7,500
Gregory BentleyOne contribution on Oct 8, 2026 · TRIAL ATTORNEY · BENTLEY & MORE LLP · NEWPORT BEACH, CA$7,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 11,959 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $1.4M. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees.$1,272,49011%
Committees that gave
Adam Gray for Congress7 receipts, latest Sep 25, 2026 · House campaign committee$307,995
Dave MIN for Congress6 receipts, latest Sep 14, 2026 · House campaign committee$196,625
The 5 largest committees by total given are listed. Counted from the givers' own filings and this committee's lines for them, whichever is larger, which can run above the total this committee reports.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$1,075,1259.5%
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$6,722<0.1%
Where it came from
DS Political LLC1 receipt, latest Feb 18, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia$2,000
Action Democrats of the San Fernando Valley1 receipt, latest Dec 4, 2025 · Sherman Oaks, California$1,600
Switchboard Public Benefit Corp4 payments · latest Oct 5, 2026 · TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE$4,641
DS Political LLC1 payment · latest Mar 3, 2026 · REFUND OF CONTRIBUTION (DEPOSIT ERROR REPTED ON MARCH MNTHLY REPT)$2,000
Action Democrats of the SAN Fernando Valley1 payment · latest Jan 22, 2026 · REFUND OF CONTRIBUTION$1,600
Coordinated party expendituresSpending a party committee makes with a candidate, in coordination with them.$1,873,35216%
Not itemized by lineReported disbursements the committee's own summary assigns to none of the lines above. Rare once every line is read: all 40 of the largest PACs balance to the dollar without it.$1,575,81913%
Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$312,7502.7%
Contribution refundsMoney returned to the people and committees that gave it.$44,2770.4%
Total reported disbursements $11,705,492
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
What the payments were for $1,049,376 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$467,07944%
$11.7M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $1.5M, September 2026.
$11.7M
Jan 2025Oct 2026
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
Published by the Commission against this committee’s own FEC ID. An audit is a periodic examination that reports findings; an administrative fine is a penalty for filing a specific report late or not at all. They are separate instruments and are not combined into a score here.
Audit reports
5
Audit findings
2008 cycleReport released Aug 3, 2011
No Findings or Issues/Not a CommitteeNo Findings or Issues
Source: the Commission’s audit-case and administrative-fine records, joined on this committee’s FEC ID, imported Nov 8, 2026. Enforcement matters (MURs) are published only against respondent names, with no committee identifier, so they are not shown here rather than being matched by name.
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
No lobbying disclosures matched
A name search for “CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY” in Lobbying Disclosure Act filings found no issues reported. FEC and the Senate share no organization identifier, so lobbying is matched by name; a sponsor that lobbies under another name is not found.
California Democratic Party is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a party committee (qualified). Its FEC record names Ruiz Victory Fund as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
California Democratic Party is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
Bars drawn to $250K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
$5K
$327.8K across 17 recipient committees, or 2.8% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 7 are shown. A further $5.9K was filed as memo entries, which FEC reports separately to avoid counting it twice.
Not itemized by Democratic National Committee State Party Victory1.7%
$194,282
Through George Whitesides for CongressOther candidates' campaigns$163.6K 1.4%
Through George Whitesides for Congress
Name
Amount
Not itemized by George Whitesides for Congress1.4%
$163,617
Through Dr. Richard Pan for Congress$160.4K 1.4%
Through Dr. Richard Pan for Congress
Name
Amount
Not itemized by Dr. Richard Pan for Congress1.4%
$160,407
Through Adam Gray for CongressOther candidates' campaigns$155.1K 1.4%
Through Adam Gray for Congress
Name
Amount
Not itemized by Adam Gray for Congress1.4%
$155,052
Through Dave Min for CongressOther candidates' campaigns$131.8K 1.2%
Through Dave Min for Congress
Name
Amount
Not itemized by Dave Min for Congress1.2%
$131,805
3517 smaller sources, $1.9M in all (16%), are not listed.
Each committee that gave is followed to where its own money came from, in proportion to what it received: a committee that got half its money from one person is counted as passing half of what it gave on to that person. Each channel shows the committee the money came through and its place in the money tree. It shows who stood behind the money, not what that money was for, and an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail. It stops at a person, an organization, a committee with nothing on file here, or 3committees deep. A person who gave by more than one route appears under each, a name filed two ways may appear twice, and a person's job and city are as they filed them. "Also behind" counts the other groups, among those that moved $100,000 or more into races, in which $100,000 or more traces to the same person, other than those this money came through or went on to.
Washington20 contributions · 0.3%
$4,768
Texas19 contributions · 0.3%
$3,933
District of Columbia12 contributions · 0.2%
$3,570
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 2,244 contributions · 28% of ranked
$194,144
The Baupost Group2 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$20,000
Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team2 contributions · 2.1% of ranked
$15,000
State Of California80 contributions · 2% of ranked
$13,787
K Rowe Investments LLC10 contributions · 1.9% of ranked
$13,000
Richard Parrott4 contributions · 1.8% of ranked
$12,625
JFI14 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$10,515
Agile Education Marketing21 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$10,500
A further $341,944 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($1,075,125) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 2,596 contributions · 21% of ranked
$244,257
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 2,641 contributions · 19% of ranked
$225,972
Attorney503 contributions · 8.9% of ranked
$106,253
Consultant258 contributions · 3.1% of ranked
$36,312
Teacher363 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$30,406
CEO74 contributions · 2.3% of ranked
$26,819
Director Of Finance2 contributions · 1.3% of ranked
$15,000
Educator113 contributions · 1.2% of ranked
$14,063
A further $51,019 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($1,075,125) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$60,9095.8%
Filed as
INKIND: ONLINE VOTER FILE ACCESS$60,909
Paid to
Democratic National Committee$60,909
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$57,5155.5%
Filed as
DIALER$55,600
CA DEM PARTY NON-FEDERAL EXP OFFSET (CA STATE CONVENTION)$1,267
INKIND: RELATIONAL POSTCARDS$648
Paid to
Scale to Win$55,600
Iranian American Democrats of California$1,267
Vote REV PAC$648
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$22,2532.1%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE$21,266
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$961
CREDIT CARD PROCESS FEES$26
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$21,181
Stripe$1,029
Newtek Merchant Solutions$24
Eventbrite$18
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$9,5810.9%
Filed as
TRAVEL$9,493
MILEAGE($45.01),TRAVEL$88
Paid to
Advanced Aviation Team$9,493
Vrattos, Amy N.$88
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$4,9000.5%
Filed as
REFUND OF CONTRIBUTION (DEPOSIT ERROR REPTED ON MARCH MNTHLY REPT)$2,000
REFUND OF CONTRIBUTION$1,600
REFUND OF CONTRIBUTION DEPOSITED IN ERROR$800
REFUND (SEE NOVEMBER MONTHLY SCH A, LINE 17)$500
Paid to
DS Political LLC$2,000
Action Democrats of the SAN Fernando Valley$1,600
Rob Bonta for California Attorney General 2026$800
ELI Beckman for State Assembly 2026$500
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$4,6410.4%
Filed as
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE$4,641
Paid to
Switchboard Public Benefit Corp$4,641
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$263<0.1%
Filed as
INKIND: STAFF TIME$263
Paid to
National Democratic Training Committee$263
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$209<0.1%
Filed as
PRINTING(RECEPTION SIGNS)$209
Paid to
Press Print, Inc.$209
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$105<0.1%
Filed as
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE$105
Paid to
RCBS Payroll Services$105
Total itemized disbursements $1,049,376
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 266 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
1 payment was reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $1,267 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Seward Square Strategies34 payments · 3.3% of all spending
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.