California · U.S. House · District 12 · 2026

California District 12 House race

General election in 52 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · California District 12 House race

Lateefah Simon has raised more than 45 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the California District 12 House race, 2026 report raising $1.4M between them. Lateefah Simon reports $1.4M and Jamie Joyce reports $31,127, a gap of $1.4M. Of what Lateefah Simon reports, 80% came from individuals and 19% from PACs. Outside groups spent for SIMON, LATEEFAH ($111,599).

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.

Lateefah Simon

DIncumbent

D · incumbent

Still has cash to spend. $778K on hand from $1.4M raised.

80% individuals19% PACs1% other

$1.4M

raised

Jamie Joyce

D · challenger

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

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$31K

raised

Where the money came from

$112K in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Ideological / Leadership$112K

Labor / Unions$51K

Health & Pharma$13K

Agriculture$10K

Law & Lobbying$5K

Transportation$5K

Small donors & unclassified$5K

Real Estate & Construction$5K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

PROTECT PROGRESS · super pac$112K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E · pac$10K
INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS · pac$10K
NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION · pac$9K
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE · pac$8K
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$8K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) · pac$5K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

18%81%

18% PACs81% individuals1% other

The incumbent's record

Lateefah Simon is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)

$250K

$150K - $350K.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on Small Business
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Who funds them

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

Ideological / Leadership$112K

Labor / Unions$51K

Health & Pharma$13K

Agriculture$10K

Law & Lobbying$5K

Transportation$5K

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

The tale of the tape

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

Lateefah Simon D · incumbent	vs	JJ Jamie Joyce D · challenger
$1.4M	Raised	$31K
$778K	Cash on hand	$9K
19%	From PACs	0%
80%	From individuals	100%
Ideological / Leadership	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No