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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Sean Jacob Dougherty

Party
Green
Running for
U.S. House · California District 19
Filing address
Santa Cruz, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
DOUGHERTY, SEAN JACOB
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 19

FEC page

GreenU.S. House · California District 19ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H4CA19118 · Principal campaign committee: SEAN DOUGHERTY FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 19$158,164.06Lost primary
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 19$7,856.00Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$158,164.06
Total spent$160,820.83
Cash on hand$162.56
Debts owed by the campaign$127,970.00
Loans from the candidate$108,529.00

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: $44,635.06PACs and other committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $108,529.00
  • Individual contributions$44,635.0628%
  • PACs and other committees$5,000.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$108,529.0069%

Self-funding: $108,529.00 (69% of money raised): $0.00 given and $108,529.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$10,628.0624%
  • Contributions over $200$32,905.0076%
  • Itemized from inside California$32,825.0097%
  • Itemized from other states$1,150.003%

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

Raised and spent over time

$56K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $4,130.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $4,063.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $14,450.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $14,839.32OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $16,948.06OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $16,776.97YEAR-END: raised $21,775.00YEAR-END: spent $15,304.47APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $55,865.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $53,889.00PRE-PRIMARY: raised $22,804.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $22,103.25JULY QUARTERLY: raised $19,792.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $30,980.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $2,400.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $2,864.822025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

California U.S. House, District 19, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Sean Jacob Dougherty (G)$158,164.06$162.562026-09-30
Jimmy Panetta (D)$3,622,736.66$5,467,202.482026-10-14
Peter Coe Verbica (R)$85,541.19$6,821.142026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 2025
  • 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: SEAN DOUGHERTY 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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