Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Michael James Barkley

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 5
Filing address
Manteca, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BARKLEY, MICHAEL JAMES MR.
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 5

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 5ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2CA00096 · Principal campaign committee: MIKE BARKLEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 5$57,618.16Lost primary
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 5$86,712.32Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 5$461,674.19Lost the general election (33.6%)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 10$7,792.19Lost primary
Total raised$57,618.16
Total spent$58,730.50
Cash on hand$3,626.54
Debts owed by the campaign$593,305.75
Loans from the candidate$56,029.89

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, 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: $1,568.27Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $56,029.89Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $20.00
  • Individual contributions$1,568.273%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$56,029.8997%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$20.000%

Self-funding: $56,029.89 (97% of money raised): $0.00 given and $56,029.89 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,265.01100%
  • Contributions over $200$0.000%
  • Itemized from inside California$580.00100%
  • Itemized from other states$0.000%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$36K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $230.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $9.13JULY QUARTERLY: raised $110.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $4.38OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $125.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $4.18YEAR-END: raised $235.00YEAR-END: spent $971.54APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $16,965.20APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $18,430.65PRE-PRIMARY: raised $36,279.33PRE-PRIMARY: spent $36,212.11JULY QUARTERLY: raised $3,250.36JULY QUARTERLY: spent $3,096.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $423.27OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1.802025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

California U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michael James Barkley (D)$57,618.16$3,626.542026-09-30
Thomas McClintock (R)$1,208,240.24$274,848.512026-09-30
Michael Masuda (D)$541,961.10$134,180.802026-09-30
Paul Danbom (D)$20,030.00$0.002026-03-09
Katelyn Anne Sills (D)$15,965.45$0.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RSeptember 8, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe RMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 1–26) (retrieved October 22, 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: MIKE BARKLEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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