Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Texas District 2
- Filing address
- Houston, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- LADJEVARDIAN, SIMA JANDAGHI
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 2
FEC candidate ID H0TX02106 · Principal campaign committee: SIMA FOR TEXAS
Total raised$3,894,082.83
Total spent$3,886,672.48
Cash on hand$7,410.35
Debts owed by the campaign$50,000.00
Loans from the candidate$50,000.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$3,479,792.9889%
- PACs and other committees$235,725.156%
- Party committees$9,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$109,705.173%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$47,840.611%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$12,018.920%
Self-funding: $109,705.17 (3% of money raised): $59,705.17 given and $50,000.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
89 committees reported giving $240,196.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$7,500.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$5,500.00
- DCCCParty committee$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ASIAN AMERICAN ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BACKPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$4,995.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,625.00
Show all 89 committees
- ASPIRE PACConnected PAC$4,150.00
- TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$4,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$3,500.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$3,000.00
- PEOPLE FIRST FUTUREPAC$3,000.00
- VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,800.00
- WAY TO LEAD PACHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- TRUTH TO POWERLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- DEFEAT REPUBLICANS PACHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- GENE GREEN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNCandidate committee$2,500.00
- IRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALLIANCE OF IRANIAN AMERICANS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PAC THAT ASSHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FILEMON VELA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- REMEDY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MAKING A REAL CHANGE - MARC PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$1,161.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$1,000.00
- JOHN LEWIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JERRY'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (JERRY'S PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ARTICLE 1 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- EDPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- GOOD FRIENDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- EQUALITY PACPAC$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING AND EMPOWERING (VIBE) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- KEEP AL GREEN IN CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CASTEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DAN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$1,000.00
- UNITEDEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE AMERICA PROJECTHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALL IN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TODD LITTON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$780.00
- GIVING WILLINGLY EMPOWERING NATIONALLY (GWEN) PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- KAHELE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- AAPI VICTORY FUND, INC.Connected PAC$185.00
- WHERE IT'S NEEDED PACPAC$100.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian$48,951.76
- Independent expenditures opposing Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian$0.00
- Company and union communications to members about Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian$941.08
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$33,684.00
- 1199 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUNDSupporting$8,999.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACSupporting$5,221.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Supporting$717.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$181.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)Supporting$136.00
- PROGRESS TEXASSupporting$4.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian (D) | $3,894,082.83 | $7,410.35 | 2020-12-31 |
| Daniel Crenshaw (R) | $19,485,631.71 | $1,852,714.69 | 2020-12-31 |
| Elisa Cardnell (D) | $388,780.87 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
| Travis Olsen (D) | $44,619.08 | $0.00 | 2020-12-28 |
| Elliott Robert Scheirman (L) | $15,374.09 | −$941.96 | 2020-11-23 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SIMA FOR TEXAS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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