California 37th District 2026

The money race

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

D★Sydney Kamlager-DoveIncumbent
$1.15M
DSamantha Mota
$10K

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
Sydney Kamlager-Dove	D	$1,150,468	$0	$0	2%
Samantha Mota	D	$9,934	$0	$0	—

$1.16M

Raised by candidates

$1.04M

Spent by candidates

Outside spending

0 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)	$1.15M	$765K	$384K	2%	67%	$1.03M	500
Samantha Mota (D)	$10K	$4K	$0	—	0%	$8K	1

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.

No independent expenditures reported in this race yet.

Candidates

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

D★ Democrat · Incumbent

Raised: $1.15M
Small-dollar: 2%
In-state: 67%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Backed by End Citizens United Union PAC money Realtors PAC money Accepted gifts or sponsored travel

Samantha Mota

D Democrat

Raised: $10K
Small-dollar: —
In-state: 0%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Mostly out-of-state money

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 Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.