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Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Stan Caplan

Party
No party preference
Running for
U.S. House · California District 51
Filing address
San Diego, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
CAPLAN, STAN
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 51

FEC page

No party preferenceU.S. House · California District 51ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H2CA51206 · Principal campaign committee: STAN CAPLAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 51—Lost primary
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 51$41,980.92Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 51$135,385.49Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$41,980.92
Total spent$41,980.92
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$3,000.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through March 25, 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: $38,742.94Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $3,237.98
  • Individual contributions$38,742.9492%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,237.988%

Self-funding: $3,237.98 (8% of money raised): $237.98 given and $3,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

The race

California U.S. House, District 51, 2024 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Stan Caplan (NOP)$41,980.92$0.002024-03-25
Sara Jacobs (D)$1,724,533.98$77,372.162024-12-31
Bill D. Wells (R)$772,753.35$18,876.522024-12-31

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

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
SurveyUSAOctober 23–27, 2024521 (LV)± 5.2%Sara Jacobs 61% · Bill Wells 25%
SurveyUSAJune 10–14, 2024537 (LV)± 4.8%Sara Jacobs 54% · Bill Wells 32%
SurveyUSAJanuary 26–31, 2024562 (LV)± 4.9%Sara Jacobs 55% · Bill Wells 34%
SurveyUSAJanuary 26–31, 2024562 (LV)± 4.9%Sara Jacobs 56% · Stan Caplan 24%

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: STAN CAPLAN 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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