Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Derek Tran

Official portrait of Derek Tran
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 45th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Orange, CA
Born
1980
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
TRAN, DEREK
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 45

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

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 45IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4CA45170 · Principal campaign committee: DEREK TRAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 45$5,846,183.13General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 45$6,514,154.69Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$5,846,183.13
Total spent$2,925,863.32
Cash on hand$3,247,642.60
Debts owed by the campaign$27,418.14
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: $4,119,669.55PACs and other committees: $1,283,835.48Party committees: $7,388.60Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $460,177.59
  • Individual contributions$4,119,669.5570%
  • PACs and other committees$1,283,835.4822%
  • Party committees$7,388.600%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$460,177.598%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,079,596.6027%
  • Contributions over $200$2,948,582.9473%
  • Itemized from inside California$1,813,716.9758%
  • Itemized from other states$1,292,610.9042%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Massachusetts $228,647.97 · New York $218,942.21 · Illinois $121,098.60 · Maryland $119,383.55 · District of Columbia $99,616.91. 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

$3.3M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $459,699.62APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $220,309.61JULY QUARTERLY: raised $829,909.93JULY QUARTERLY: spent $219,079.74OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,072,853.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $293,062.44YEAR-END: raised $670,122.05YEAR-END: spent $341,549.58APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $827,942.80APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $476,091.25PRE-PRIMARY: raised $340,238.17PRE-PRIMARY: spent $223,658.45JULY QUARTERLY: raised $780,510.39JULY QUARTERLY: spent $277,450.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $864,906.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $874,661.572025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea327
Voted nay342
Voted present4
Did not vote1 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored17
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored335

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.R. 10613 Housing COST Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 10349 EMT Act
    Introduced Sep 10, 2026 · Latest action Sep 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10108 Hazardous Materials Transparency Act
    Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Latest action Aug 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 9883 Private Detention Corporate Accountability Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.Res. 1235 Recognizing the 51st anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
    Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3327)
  • H.R. 8066 Carlton H. Ingram Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act
    Introduced Mar 24, 2026 · Latest action Mar 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • H.R. 7969 Combating Chinese Communist Party Influence Act
    Introduced Mar 17, 2026 · Latest action Mar 17, 2026: Referred to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
  • H.R. 6902 Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act
    Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Latest action Dec 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6678 Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Latest action Dec 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.Res. 948 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement and the many contributions and sacrifices of Southeast Asian Americans to the United States.
    Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Latest action Dec 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

327 committees reported giving $1,126,877.00 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 Derek Tran$6,643.94
  • Independent expenditures opposing Derek Tran$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 45, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Derek Tran (D)$5,846,183.13$3,247,642.602026-09-30
Michelle Steel (R)$1,252,671.58$0.002025-10-09
Chuong Vo (R)$937,468.52$175,455.652026-10-14
Thomas Ky-Phong Vo (R)$756,510.00$0.002026-06-16
Chi Charlie Nguyen (R)$485,485.00$0.002026-07-10
Amy Phan West (R)$60,360.30$0.132026-09-30
Mark Andrew Leonard (R)$25,945.49$17,488.712026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DJuly 14, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DOctober 1, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DJuly 16, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DSeptember 29, 2026
  • The EconomistLikely 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: DEREK TRAN 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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