Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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.
Next election
Primary March 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of California with the 2024 district highlighted

California, District 5

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 5ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

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$86,712.32
Total spent$82,051.67
Cash on hand$4,738.88
Debts owed by the campaign$537,275.86
Loans from the candidate$63,562.81

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $13,690.57PACs and other committees: $250.00Party committees: $5,700.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $63,562.81Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $3,508.94
  • Individual contributions$13,690.5716%
  • PACs and other committees$250.000%
  • Party committees$5,700.007%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$63,562.8173%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,508.944%

Self-funding: $63,562.81 (73% of money raised): $0.00 given and $63,562.81 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $250.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

The race

California U.S. House, District 5, 2024 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michael James Barkley (D)$86,712.32$4,738.882024-12-31
Thomas McClintock (R)$1,171,016.98$148,204.992024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailyFebruary 5, 2024
  • CNalysisSolid RNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California (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: MIKE BARKLEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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