California · State Senate · District 38 · 2026

California State Senate District 38 race

General election in 87 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · California State Senate District 38 race

Catherine Blakespear has raised more than 36 times the next candidate.

Candidate Catherine Blakespear has raised about $565K, more than 36 times any rival.

Armen Kurdian reports 99% 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.

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. 63% from PACs and 37% from individuals.

37% individuals63% PACs0% other

$565K

raised

No party · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 99% from individuals and 1% from PACs.

99% individuals1% PACs0% other

$16K

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.

61%39%

61% PACs39% individuals0% other

Catherine Blakespear 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.

Catherine Blakespear incumbent	vs	AK Armen Kurdian challenger
$565K	Raised	$16K
$0	Cash on hand	$0
63%	From PACs	1%
37%	From individuals	99%
Too few to rank	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No