Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Jim Costa

Official portrait of Jim Costa
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 21st district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Fresno, CA
Born
1952
In Congress
House since 2005 · 21 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
COSTA, JIM
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 21

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

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 21IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4CA20082 · Principal campaign committee: JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 21$1,685,248.73General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 21$1,705,407.96Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 21$2,034,865.46Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 16$2,146,774.73Lost the general election (37.5%)
Total raised$1,685,248.73
Total spent$1,393,363.70
Cash on hand$500,767.13
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $684,529.04PACs and other committees: $980,217.37Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $19,085.66Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,416.66
  • Individual contributions$684,529.0441%
  • PACs and other committees$980,217.3758%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$19,085.661%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,416.660%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$19,478.704%
  • Contributions over $200$508,787.3396%
  • Itemized from inside California$407,555.7580%
  • Itemized from other states$102,830.0020%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $24,500.00 · District of Columbia $21,820.00 · Maryland $7,750.00 · Virginia $6,000.00. 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

$939K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $113,669.44APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $104,161.58JULY QUARTERLY: raised $256,440.90JULY QUARTERLY: spent $74,094.63OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $212,021.04OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $66,852.19YEAR-END: raised $241,119.92YEAR-END: spent $99,262.43APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $286,281.90APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $120,210.91PRE-PRIMARY: raised $51,965.48PRE-PRIMARY: spent $87,656.81JULY QUARTERLY: raised $177,131.66JULY QUARTERLY: spent $56,495.39OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $265,179.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $545,727.272025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea335
Voted nay311
Voted present2
Did not vote26 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored31
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored511

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
PassedYea
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. 10772 Frontline Innovation Act
    Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.Res. 1611 Expressing support for the designation of October 8, 2026, as "National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day".
    Introduced Oct 5, 2026 · Latest action Oct 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.Res. 1356 A resolution commemorating the Day of Portugal, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jun 10, 2026 · Latest action Jun 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.Res. 1190 Supporting the designation of April 19 through April 25, 2026, as "National Crime Victims' Rights Week".
    Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Latest action Apr 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7609 Rural Development Modernization Act
    Introduced Feb 20, 2026 · Latest action Feb 20, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Financial Services, for a period t…
  • H.Res. 894 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that strong public education in United States history and civics is essential to preserving the Nation's founding ideals on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the United States.
    Introduced Nov 19, 2025 · Latest action Nov 19, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 5875 COWS Act of 2025
    Introduced Oct 31, 2025 · Latest action Dec 2, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  • H.Res. 844 Expressing support for the designation of October 2025 as "Crime Prevention Month".
    Introduced Oct 31, 2025 · Latest action Oct 31, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 5796 BUILD Act
    Introduced Oct 21, 2025 · Latest action Dec 1, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • H.R. 5747 Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025
    Introduced Oct 14, 2025 · Latest action Oct 14, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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

256 committees reported giving $864,141.00 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 Jim Costa$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jim Costa$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 21, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jim Costa (D)$1,685,248.73$500,767.132026-10-14
Kyle Kirkland (R)$464,700.09$13,100.742026-10-14
Lorenzo Rios (R)$426,586.54$7,963.212026-09-30
Lance Alvin Kruse (NNE)$1,900.00$160.002026-03-31
Eric Garcia (D)$613.17$19.302026-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DOctober 1, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DAugust 20, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DNovember 5, 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: JIM COSTA 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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