Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ted Lieu

Official portrait of Ted Lieu
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 36th district
Leadership
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Torrance, CA
Born
1969
In Congress
House since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
LIEU, TED
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 36

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

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 36IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4CA33119 · Principal campaign committee: TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 36$2,154,247.64General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 36$2,587,897.61Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 36$1,510,163.27Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 33$1,680,669.10Lost the general election (60.5%)
Total raised$2,154,247.64
Total spent$1,619,901.41
Cash on hand$1,209,352.98
Debts owed by the campaign$170,812.15
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: $1,089,610.06PACs and other committees: $704,229.17Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $337,303.80Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $23,104.61
  • Individual contributions$1,089,610.0651%
  • PACs and other committees$704,229.1733%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$337,303.8016%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$23,104.611%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$54,129.164%
  • Contributions over $200$1,253,225.5196%
  • Itemized from inside California$668,900.1153%
  • Itemized from other states$593,876.1847%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $137,035.00 · Florida $51,162.97 · New Jersey $44,260.00 · Illinois $42,923.79 · Massachusetts $42,750.00. 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

$1.2M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $206,121.62APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $113,572.04JULY QUARTERLY: raised $354,622.74JULY QUARTERLY: spent $207,276.52OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $268,066.01OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $212,123.80YEAR-END: raised $317,005.28YEAR-END: spent $223,552.78APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $238,796.10APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $249,539.59PRE-PRIMARY: raised $115,703.03PRE-PRIMARY: spent $205,198.40JULY QUARTERLY: raised $332,454.14JULY QUARTERLY: spent $108,113.85OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $321,478.72OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $300,524.432025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea289
Voted nay368
Voted present2
Did not vote15 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored46
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored649

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.Res. 1544 Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • H.R. 10055 Congressional Authorization for Federal Building Names Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for …
  • H.R. 9917 AI Kill Switch Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 24, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
  • H.R. 9558 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act
    Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.Res. 1375 Reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around the world.
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 18, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, i…
  • H.R. 9319 Keeping Pets and Families Together Act
    Introduced Jun 15, 2026 · Latest action Jun 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.Res. 1352 Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
    Introduced Jun 9, 2026 · Latest action Jun 9, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • H.R. 8819 Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act of 2026
    Introduced May 14, 2026 · Latest action May 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 8696 Russia is a State Sponsor of Terrorism Act
    Introduced May 7, 2026 · Latest action May 7, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.Res. 1242 Supporting the first Friday of May as "National Space Day" in recognition of the significant positive impact the aerospace community has and will continue to have on the United States of America.
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined b…

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

178 committees reported giving $656,175.00 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 Ted Lieu$106,357.97
  • Independent expenditures opposing Ted Lieu$0.00

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 36, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ted Lieu (D)$2,154,247.64$1,209,352.982026-09-30
Claire Ragge Anderson (NON)$39,600.00$2,530.472026-09-30
Leah Melissa Toomim (R)$30,988.98$3,637.752026-06-30
Rustin Knudtson (D)$12,500.00$12,500.002026-05-13
Houston Brignano (R)$11,621.69$912.392026-09-30
Marianne Shamma (D)$5,171.73$490.992026-09-30

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 27–52) (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: TED LIEU 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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