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Jimmy Panetta

Jimmy Panetta

Representative· CADHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeLawyer · United States Department of State
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Jimmy Panetta has an estimated net worth of -$343,500. The 2026 campaign raised $2.9M. Outside groups had $1.2M spent for Jimmy Panetta. Jimmy Panetta sits on Trade and House Committee on the Budget.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
−$344K
−$854K+
Raised (last cycle)
$2.9M
FEC · 2026
Years in role
9
Representative since 2017
Net-worth filings
8
+$116K since 2017
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

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

Why negative? Financial disclosures require officials to report mortgages and loans as liabilities, but exclude personal residences and other non-income-producing assets. Someone whose main asset is their home can show a negative disclosednet worth in some years — it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in debt. See methodology.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
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† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeCA-19D
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeCA-19D
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeCA-20D
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeCA-20D
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeCA-20D
    2017 – 2019 · 2 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.