Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Eric J Ching

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 38
Filing address
Walnut, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
CHING, ERIC J
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 38

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 38ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H2CA39151 · Principal campaign committee: ERIC CHING FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 31$97,169.80General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 38$241,030.63Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 38$280,589.09Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$241,030.63
Total spent$216,288.55
Cash on hand$40,240.57
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$23,000.00

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: $216,460.79Party committees: $1,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $23,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $569.84
  • Individual contributions$216,460.7990%
  • Party committees$1,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$23,000.0010%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$569.840%

Self-funding: $23,000.00 (10% of money raised): $0.00 given and $23,000.00 lent by the candidate. $44,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $6,600.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Eric J Ching$10,157.29
  • Independent expenditures opposing Eric J Ching$0.00

FEC totals for the 2024 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 38, 2024 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Eric J Ching (R)$241,030.63$40,240.572024-12-31
Linda Sanchez (D)$1,548,292.39$425,787.472024-12-31
Elizabeth Moreira (D)$581.38$0.002024-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailyFebruary 5, 2024
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 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: ERIC CHING FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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