Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Raul Ruiz

Official portrait of Raul Ruiz
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 25th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Indio, CA
Born
1972
In Congress
House since 2013 · 13 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
RUIZ, RAUL DR.
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 25

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 25IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2CA36439 · Principal campaign committee: DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 25$2,389,253.55General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 25$2,504,794.87Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 25$2,307,413.10Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 36$2,467,107.76Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$2,389,253.55
Total spent$1,665,639.98
Cash on hand$2,426,352.97
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $1,174,187.70PACs and other committees: $1,197,948.02Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $14,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $3,117.83
  • Individual contributions$1,174,187.7049%
  • PACs and other committees$1,197,948.0250%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$14,000.001%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,117.830%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$134,612.2012%
  • Contributions over $200$995,534.6788%
  • Itemized from inside California$640,384.1362%
  • Itemized from other states$392,920.1738%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $44,342.17 · District of Columbia $40,985.00 · Florida $40,590.00 · Massachusetts $28,856.00 · New York $28,250.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

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

Raised and spent over time

$2.6M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $360,416.14APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $188,591.82JULY QUARTERLY: raised $368,736.89JULY QUARTERLY: spent $195,977.85OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $404,653.01OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $161,382.60YEAR-END: raised $267,635.42YEAR-END: spent $171,413.18APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $342,964.55APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $328,452.35PRE-PRIMARY: raised $124,333.19PRE-PRIMARY: spent $91,448.80JULY QUARTERLY: raised $225,167.82JULY QUARTERLY: spent $102,885.38OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $295,346.53OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $425,488.002025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea298
Voted nay368
Did not vote8 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored38
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored281

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10747 Puerto Rico Medicare Advantage Fairness Act of 2026
    Introduced Oct 5, 2026 · Latest action Oct 5, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.Res. 1589 Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day".
    Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.Res. 1583 Expressing support for the designation of October as "National Promotoras Month".
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9877 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Oversight and Government Reform, Educatio…
  • H.R. 8629 Developing the Community Health Workforce Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 8556 Homegrown Defense Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 28, 2026 · Latest action Apr 28, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 8525 To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to provide for seasonal and perishable programs, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 8388 Earn it First Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Latest action Apr 20, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse…
  • H.R. 8391 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of certain food and nutrition services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
    Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Latest action Apr 20, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 8389 Rural Area Population Act
    Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Latest action Apr 20, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, …

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

266 committees reported giving $1,044,599.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Raul Ruiz$8.08
  • Independent expenditures opposing Raul Ruiz$4,551.51

FEC totals for the 2026 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.

The race

California U.S. House, District 25, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Raul Ruiz (D)$2,389,253.55$2,426,352.972026-09-30
Joe Males (R)$1,114,056.44$57,994.702026-10-14
Ceci Truman (R)$336,316.87$2,090.952026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DSeptember 25, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DJanuary 15, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 12, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 5, 2026
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 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: DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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