California · U.S. House · District 18 · 2026

California District 18 House race

General election in 51 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · California District 18 House race

Zoe Lofgren has raised more than 14 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the California District 18 House race, 2026 report raising $1.7M between them. Zoe Lofgren reports $1.5M and Christopher Demers reports $109,850, a gap of $1.4M. Of what Zoe Lofgren reports, 71% came from individuals and 28% from PACs. Outside groups spent for LOFGREN, ZOE ($109,274).

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.

Zoe Lofgren

DIncumbent

D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 28% from PACs and 71% from individuals.

71% individuals28% PACs1% other

$1.5M

raised

Christopher Demers

N · challenger

43% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 57% from other sources.

43% individuals0% PACs57% other

$110K

raised

Shane Lewis

R · challenger

24% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 76% from other sources.

24% individuals0% PACs76% other

$60K

raised

Luis Acevedo-Arreguin

D · challenger

3% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 97% from other sources.

3% individuals0% PACs97% other

$18K

raised

Where the money came from

$109K in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Ideological / Leadership$109K

Small donors & unclassified$47K

Banking & Financial$30K

Tech & Telecom$20K

Agriculture$10K

Labor / Unions$10K

Law & Lobbying$8K

Retail & Consumer$8K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

PROTECT PROGRESS · super pac$109K
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON 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 PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
GOOGLE LLC NETPAC · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

25%67%

25% PACs67% individuals8% other

The incumbent's record

Zoe Lofgren is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)

$5.2M

$1.9M+. up $2.9M since 2008.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Ranking Member
House Committee on the Judiciary

Who funds them

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

Ideological / Leadership$109K

Small donors & unclassified$47K

Banking & Financial$30K

Tech & Telecom$20K

Agriculture$10K

Labor / Unions$10K

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

The tale of the tape

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

Zoe Lofgren D · incumbent	vs	CD Christopher Demers N · challenger
$1.5M	Raised	$110K
$643K	Cash on hand	$32K
28%	From PACs	0%
71%	From individuals	43%
Ideological / Leadership	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No