California · U.S. House · District 09 · 2026

California District 09 House race

General election in 51 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · California District 09 House race

Josh Harder has raised more than 131 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the California District 09 House race, 2026 report raising $4M between them. Josh Harder reports $3.9M and John McBride reports $30,192, a gap of $3.9M. Of what Josh Harder reports, 74% came from individuals and 13% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Josh Harder

DIncumbent

D · incumbent

Still has cash to spend. $4.7M on hand from $3.9M raised.

74% individuals13% PACs13% other

$3.9M

raised

John McBride

R · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 66% from PACs and 34% from individuals.

34% individuals66% PACs0% other

$30K

raised

James Shoemaker

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 91% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

91% individuals0% PACs9% other

$29K

raised

Parminder Singh

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$401

raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Small donors & unclassified$49K

Ideological / Leadership$49K

Labor / Unions$29K

Agriculture$10K

Law & Lobbying$8K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

ABUNDANCE PAC · pac$10K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E · pac$10K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION · pac$10K
AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA · pac$10K
CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC) · pac$10K
FAIR SHOT PAC · pac$10K
INNOVATION FOR GOOD PAC · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

13%73%14%

13% PACs73% individuals14% other

The incumbent's record

Josh Harder is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)

$4.8M

$1.5M - $8.2M. up $2.7M since 2019.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on Appropriations

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Small donors & unclassified$49K

Ideological / Leadership$49K

Labor / Unions$29K

Agriculture$10K

Law & Lobbying$8K

Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Josh Harder D · incumbent	vs	JM John McBride R · challenger
$3.9M	Raised	$30K
$4.7M	Cash on hand	$19K
13%	From PACs	66%
74%	From individuals	34%
Ideological / Leadership	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No