California · State Senate · District 16 · 2026

California State Senate District 16 race

General election in 87 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · California State Senate District 16 race

Melissa Hurtado has raised more than 7 times the next candidate.

Candidate Melissa Hurtado has raised about $1.6M, more than 7 times any rival.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Incumbent

No party · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 95% from PACs and 5% from individuals.

5% individuals95% PACs0% other

$1.6M

raised

No party · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 35% from PACs and 65% from individuals.

65% individuals35% PACs0% other

$230K

raised

$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.

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

87%13%

87% PACs13% individuals0% other

Melissa Hurtado 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

Current full committee seats on file.

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.

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

Melissa Hurtado incumbent	vs	GG Guillermo Gonzalez challenger
$1.6M	Raised	$230K
$0	Cash on hand	$0
95%	From PACs	35%
5%	From individuals	65%
Too few to rank	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No