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California · U.S. House · District 46 · 2026

California District 46 House race

General election in 54 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · California District 46 House race

J. Luis Correa has raised more than 15 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the California District 46 House race, 2026 report raising $1.3M between them. J. Luis Correa reports $1.2M and David Pan reports $80,726, a gap of $1.1M. Of what J. Luis Correa reports, 35% came from individuals and 55% from PACs. Outside groups spent for CORREA, LOU ($107,387).

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.

J. Luis Correa

J. Luis Correa

DIncumbent
D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 55% from PACs and 35% from individuals.

35% individuals55% PACs10% other
$1.2M
raised
DP

David Pan

R
R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 88% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

88% individuals0% PACs12% other
$81K
raised
CM

Christian Mendez

D
D · challenger

21% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 79% from other sources.

21% individuals0% PACs79% other
$2K
raised

Where the money came from

$107K in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Ideological / Leadership$117K
Small donors & unclassified$59K
Banking & Financial$20K
Labor / Unions$18K
Agriculture$10K
Retail & Consumer$10K
Real Estate & Construction$10K
Health & Pharma$10K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • PROTECT PROGRESS · super pac$107K
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) · 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
  • BLUE DOG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • CALIFORNIANS FOR FREEDOM · pac$10K
  • DEMOCRATS WIN FUND · pac$10K
  • INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

52%38%
52% PACs38% individuals10% other

The incumbent's record

J. Luis Correa is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)
$5.2M
$3.4M+. up $1.9M since 2016.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
2
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Committee on Homeland Security
  • House Committee on the Judiciary

Who funds them

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

Ideological / Leadership$117K
Small donors & unclassified$59K
Banking & Financial$20K
Labor / Unions$18K
Agriculture$10K
Retail & Consumer$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.

J. Luis Correa
D · incumbent
J. Luis Correa
vs
DP
David Pan
R · challenger
$1.2M
Raised
$81K
$2.5M
Cash on hand
$6K
55%
From PACs
0%
35%
From individuals
88%
Ideological / Leadership
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No