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California · Assembly · District 16 · 2026

California Assembly District 16 race

General election in 87 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · California Assembly District 16 race

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan has raised more than 17 times the next candidate.

Candidate Rebecca Bauer-Kahan has raised about $171K, more than 17 times any rival.

Joseph A. Rubay reports 98% of campaign money from individuals.

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.

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Incumbent
No party · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 56% from PACs and 44% from individuals.

44% individuals56% PACs0% other
$171K
raised
JR

Joseph A. Rubay

No party · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 98% from individuals and 2% from PACs.

98% individuals2% PACs0% other
$10K
raised
CK

Chirag Kathrani

No party · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other
$0
raised

Where the money came from

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

No itemized outside money by sector is on file yet.

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

53%47%
53% PACs47% individuals0% other

The incumbent's record

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth
None on file
No parsed annual disclosure snapshot is on file.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
0
Current full committee seats on file.

Who funds them

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

No donor-sector funding rows are on file for this incumbent in this cycle.

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The tale of the tape

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

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
incumbent
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
vs
JR
Joseph A. Rubay
challenger
$171K
Raised
$10K
$0
Cash on hand
$0
56%
From PACs
2%
44%
From individuals
98%
Too few to rank
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No