California · U.S. House · District 37 · 2026

California District 37 House race

General election in 53 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · California District 37 House race

Sydney Kamlager-Dove has raised more than 13 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the California District 37 House race, 2026 report raising $1.2M between them. Sydney Kamlager-Dove reports $1.2M and Todd Lombardo reports $89,461, a gap of $1.1M. Of what Sydney Kamlager-Dove reports, 66% came from individuals and 33% 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.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

DIncumbent

D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 33% from PACs and 66% from individuals.

66% individuals33% PACs1% other

$1.2M

raised

Todd Lombardo

D · challenger

70% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 30% from other sources.

70% individuals0% PACs30% other

$89K

raised

Samantha Mota

D · challenger

38% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 62% from other sources.

38% individuals0% PACs62% other

$2K

raised

Juan Rey

N · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other

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$35K

Labor / Unions$23K

Tech & Telecom$19K

Sports, Media & Entertainment$11K

Law & Lobbying$10K

Banking & Financial$5K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) · pac$10K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) · pac$10K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E · pac$10K
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$9K
BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA PAC (SHIELD PAC) · pac$8K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC · pac$8K
FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC) · pac$6K
HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC · pac$6K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

31%67%

31% PACs67% individuals2% other

The incumbent's record

Sydney Kamlager-Dove is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)

$3.8M

$1.4M - $6.1M. up $3.1M since 2021.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on Foreign Affairs
House Committee on the Judiciary

Who funds them

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

Small donors & unclassified$35K

Labor / Unions$23K

Tech & Telecom$19K

Sports, Media & Entertainment$11K

Law & Lobbying$10K

Banking & Financial$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.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove D · incumbent	vs	TL Todd Lombardo D · challenger
$1.2M	Raised	$89K
$185K	Cash on hand	$2K
33%	From PACs	0%
66%	From individuals	70%
Labor / Unions	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No