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California · State Senate · District 36 · 2026

California State Senate District 36 race

General election in 87 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · California State Senate District 36 race

Tony Strickland has raised more than 488 times the next candidate.

Candidate Tony Strickland has raised about $726K, more than 488 times any rival.

Chris Duncan reports 100% 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.

Tony Strickland

Tony Strickland

Incumbent
No party · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 34% from PACs and 66% from individuals.

66% individuals34% PACs0% other
$726K
raised
CD

Chris Duncan

No party · challenger

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

100% individuals0% PACs0% other
$1K
raised
RF

Rick Foster

No party · challenger

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

100% individuals0% PACs0% other
$100
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.

33%67%
33% PACs67% 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.

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

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
incumbent
Tony Strickland
vs
CD
Chris Duncan
challenger
$726K
Raised
$1K
$0
Cash on hand
$0
34%
From PACs
0%
66%
From individuals
100%
Too few to rank
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No