Electoral receipt · State Senate

STEVE PADILLA

State Senate · SEN-18 · 2026 cycle

Funding Receipt

STEVE PADILLA · 2026 cycle

★ · campaign finance, itemized · ★

Raised for this race $1,277,041

Funding mix · 321 unique donors · primary committee

S Small donors (Under $500) $3,323 · 0%

M Medium donors ($500–$999) $22,336 · 2%

L Large donors ($1,000+) $1,251,382 · 98%

Where the money comes from

53% from named interests

What this means →

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Interest	Amount	Share	Gifts	Donors
Other organizations (unclassified)unattributable	$202K	34%	118	88
Individuals (no industry data disclosed)unattributable	$84K	14%	49	33
Tribal governments / gaming	$65K	11%	28	14
Healthcare / pharma / medical	$52K	9%	24	17
Building trades / construction labor	$35K	6%	8	6
Teachers & education	$26K	4%	4	3
Other labor unions	$25K	4%	9	7
Public safety (police/fire)	$23K	4%	13	9
Energy & utilities	$18K	3%	14	8
Entertainment & media	$16K	3%	10	4
Other named interests 3 categories below 1%: Nurses & healthcare workers, Business & trade groups, Legal / trial lawyers	$13K	2%	10	5
Agriculture	$11K	2%	8	7
Finance & banking	$11K	2%	22	6
Real estate & development	$9K	1%	4	2
Construction & contractors	$7K	1%	4	4
Candidate / party transfers	$6K	1%	3	2

Headline excludes self-funding and the unattributable individuals bucket — gifts from people for whom employer/occupation either isn't disclosed (Cal-Access leaves it blank on roughly 85% of individual contributions) or doesn't fit any sector category. Named interests below 1% of total raised collapse into a single "Other named interests" row to keep the long tail legible; the rolled-up category names are listed inline beneath that row. See the methodology for the classifier rules and the two distinct reasons a gift becomes unattributable.

Top donors to primary committee (25 shown)

01 Steve Padilla for State Senate 2022 $162,169

02 State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC $23,600

03 California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC) $19,000

04 Faculty for our University's Future, a committee sponsored by the California Faculty Association $11,800

05 LGBT Caucus Leadership Fund $11,800

06 Meta Platforms, Inc. $11,800

07 Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation $11,800

08 California State Association of Electrical Workers $11,800

09 SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee $11,800

10 California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship $11,800

11 California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges, and Hearing Officers in State Employment PAC aka CASE PAC $11,500

12 E. & J. Gallo Winery $11,400

13 Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians $11,400

14 Quillin, Patty · n/a $11,400

15 Simons, Elizabeth D. · n/a $11,000

16 AFSCME Local 3299 Small Contributor Committee $10,900

17 California Association of Highway Patrolmen PAC $10,400

18 California American Water Employee PAC $10,000

19 Pechanga Band of Indians $9,900

20 The Doctors Company PAC, AKA DOCPAC $9,900

21 Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians $9,500

22 Barona Band of Mission Indians $9,500

23 Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies PAC (ACLHIC PAC) $9,500

24 California Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee $9,000

25 Morongo Band of Mission Indians $8,900

Primary committee total $1,277,041

Wider fundraising footprint · primary is 100% of total controlled

★ PADILLA FOR STATE SENATE 2026; STEVE · Primary campaign committee $1,277,041

◦ PADILLA BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; WORKING FAMILIES FIRST - SENATOR STEVE · Ballot-measure / leadership PAC $4,200

All controlled committees $1,281,241

Where the non-primary money goes

$$ Ballot-measure / leadership PAC $4,200

Source: California Secretary of State Cal-Access bulk export
Pipeline: scripts/pull_calaccess_filings.py · Dedup: latest AMEND_ID
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What you're seeing. The Raised for this race total counts only money that flowed into committees clearly named for State Senate in this cycle (e.g. "STEVE PADILLA for Assembly 2026"). The wider footprint shows every committee STEVE PADILLA controls during the same window — ballot-measure leadership PACs, future-office exploratory committees, officeholder accounts. A candidate raising large sums into non-electoral vehicles still shows where the institutional attention is. Both surfaces are honest; they answer different questions.