California 12th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

D★Lateefah SimonIncumbent
$1.45M
+$56K for
DJamie Joyce
$31K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Lateefah Simon	D	$1,449,191	$55,799	$0	4%
Jamie Joyce	D	$31,247	$0	$0	—

$1.48M

Raised by candidates

$980K

Spent by candidates

$56K

Outside spending

1 spender

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Lateefah Simon (D)	$1.45M	$1.13M	$261K	4%	86%	$957K	784
Jamie Joyce (D)	$31K	$31K	$0	—	45%	$22K	17

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
PROTECT PROGRESS C00848440	Lateefah Simon	Support	$56K 1 filing	Crypto super PACs	—

Candidates

Lateefah Simon

D★ Democrat · Incumbent

Raised: $1.45M
Small-dollar: 4%
In-state: 86%
Outside for / against: $56K / $0

Backed by Reid Hoffman Backed by crypto super PACs Backed by End Citizens United Health care industry money Union PAC money Realtors PAC money

Jamie Joyce

D Democrat

Raised: $31K
Small-dollar: —
In-state: 45%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.