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California · State Senate · District 40 · 2026

California State Senate District 40 race

General election in 87 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · California State Senate District 40 race

Mara Elliott leads the field on money raised.

Candidate Mara Elliott leads the field with about $267K raised.

Sabrina Bazzo 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.

ME

Mara Elliott

No party · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 75% from PACs and 25% from individuals.

25% individuals75% PACs0% other
$267K
raised
EM

Edward Musgrove

No party · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 51% from PACs and 49% from individuals.

49% individuals51% PACs0% other
$208K
raised
KB

Kristie Bruce-Lane

No party · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 44% from PACs and 56% from individuals.

56% individuals44% PACs0% other
$81K
raised
SB

Sabrina Bazzo

No party · challenger

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

100% individuals0% PACs0% other
$3K
raised
MW

Marni Von Wilpert

No party · 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.

61%39%
61% PACs39% individuals0% other

The tale of the tape

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

Mara Elliott
challenger
ME
vs
EM
Edward Musgrove
challenger
$267K
Raised
$208K
$0
Cash on hand
$0
75%
From PACs
51%
25%
From individuals
49%
Too few to rank
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
No
Incumbent
No