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California · Assembly · District 72 · 2026

California Assembly District 72 race

General election in 42 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · California Assembly District 72 race

Diane Dixon ranks No. 2 in money raised.

Candidates in the California Assembly District 72 race, 2026 report raising $876,974 between them. Chris Kluwe reports $326,766 and Diane Dixon reports $285,304, a gap of $41,462. Of what Chris Kluwe reports, 50% came from individuals and 50% 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.

CK

Chris Kluwe

D
D · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 50% from PACs and 50% from individuals.

50% individuals50% PACs0% other
$327K
raised
Diane Dixon

Diane Dixon

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 59% from PACs and 41% from individuals.

41% individuals59% PACs0% other
$285K
raised
GM

Gracey Van Der Mark

R
R · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 29% from PACs and 71% from individuals.

71% individuals29% PACs0% other
$252K
raised
NS

Nathan Steele

R
R · challenger

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

100% individuals0% PACs0% other
$13K
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.

46%54%
46% PACs54% individuals0% other

The incumbent's record

Diane Dixon 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.

Small donors & unclassified$158K
Tech & Telecom$18K
Banking & Financial$8K
Real Estate & Construction$8K
Health & Pharma$7K
Labor / Unions$6K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

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

Chris Kluwe
D · challenger
CK
vs
Diane Dixon
Diane Dixon
R · incumbent
$327K
Raised
$285K
$0
Cash on hand
$0
50%
From PACs
59%
50%
From individuals
41%
Too few to rank
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
No
Incumbent
Yes