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California · State Senate · District 36 · 2026

California State Senate District 36 race

General election in 42 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · California State Senate District 36 race

Tony Strickland has raised more than 23 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the California State Senate District 36 race, 2026 report raising $1.8M between them. Tony Strickland reports $1.7M and Chris Duncan reports $74,103, a gap of $1.6M. Of what Tony Strickland 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.

Tony Strickland

Tony Strickland

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

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

50% individuals50% PACs0% other
$1.7M
raised
CD

Chris Duncan

D
D · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 52% from PACs and 48% from individuals.

48% individuals52% PACs0% other
$74K
raised
RF

Rick Foster

D
D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 95% from individuals and 5% from PACs.

95% individuals5% PACs0% other
$22K
raised
JC

Janet Keo Conklin

D
D · challenger

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

100% individuals0% PACs0% other
$4K
raised
KC

Kim Carr

D
D · 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.

49%51%
49% PACs51% individuals0% other

The incumbent's record

Tony Strickland 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.

Party Committee$425K
Small donors & unclassified$199K
Banking & Financial$32K
Real Estate & Construction$26K
Health & Pharma$24K
Energy & Utilities$12K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

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

Tony Strickland
R · incumbent
Tony Strickland
vs
CD
Chris Duncan
D · challenger
$1.7M
Raised
$74K
$0
Cash on hand
$0
50%
From PACs
52%
50%
From individuals
48%
Too few to rank
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No