James Gallagher

Representative· CARHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026

File · Money Read

What the money shows

James Gallagher has an estimated net worth of $32,500. The 2026 campaign raised $1.2M. James Gallagher sits on House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth

$33K

$15K – $50K

Raised (last cycle)

$1.2M

FEC · 2026

Years in role

Representative since 2026

Net-worth filings

from disclosures

File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

midpoint disclosed range govt salary

source filing →

File C — Service

Term history

RepresentativeCA-1R
2026 – 2027 · 1 yrs

File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.

File — The 2026 race

California · District 01

General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.

The read · California · District 01

Doug Lamalfa ranks No. 4 in money raised.

Democrat Mike McGuire leads the field with about $1.8M raised.

Audrey Denney reports 95% of campaign money from individuals.

The incumbent, Doug Lamalfa, ranks No. 4 in the money.

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

The tale of the tape

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

Mike McGuire D · challenger	vs	James Gallagher R · challenger
$1.8M	Raised	$1.2M
$153K	Cash on hand	$333K
16%	From PACs	22%
84%	From individuals	77%
Too few to rank	Top donor sector	Ideological / Leadership
No	Incumbent	No

The full race file, the whole field, and where the money came from →

Bills

Recorded votes

25 recorded votes · 20 Yea · 5 Nay. Most recent first; each links to the bill.

Bill	Vote
Value Over Cost Act of 2026 Jul 21, 2026 · Defense & Aerospace	Yea
Easing rules for community banks Jul 21, 2026 · Banking & Financial	Nay
Easing rules for community banks Jul 21, 2026 · Banking & Financial	Yea
Temporary funding for government agencies Jul 21, 2026	Yea
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. Jul 21, 2026	Yea
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. Jul 21, 2026	Yea
To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009. Jul 20, 2026 · Energy & Utilities	Yea
Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act Jul 20, 2026 · Health & Pharma	Yea
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic". Jul 16, 2026	Yea
Expanded benefits and health care for veterans Jul 16, 2026 · Defense & Aerospace	Nay
Funding for State Department and national security Jul 15, 2026	Nay
Funding for State Department and national security Jul 15, 2026	Yea
Ban special credit card codes for gun stores Jul 14, 2026 · Banking & Financial	Yea
Ban special credit card codes for gun stores Jul 14, 2026 · Banking & Financial	Nay
Make daylight saving time permanent Jul 14, 2026 · Tech & Telecom	Yea
Rules for debating four bills Jul 14, 2026	Yea
Rules for debating four bills Jul 14, 2026	Yea
Terrorism drill during extreme cold Jul 13, 2026	Yea
Faster airport security for families with kids Jul 13, 2026 · Tech & Telecom	Yea
Public release of sexual harassment settlement records Jun 30, 2026	Yea
Small business loans for software and cloud services Jun 24, 2026	Yea
Condemning fraud and requiring pre-payment verification Jun 11, 2026	Yea
New fraud watchdog and data sharing at Treasury Jun 10, 2026	Yea
Pausing suspicious government payments Jun 10, 2026	Nay
Pausing suspicious government payments Jun 10, 2026	Yea

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File — Where this page comes from

James Gallagher · sources

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Source	What it gave this page	Last fetched
Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) api.open.fec.gov	How much the campaign raised, and who gave it	2026-09-23