Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Trevor Merrell

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 4
Filing address
Rohnert Park, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MERRELL, TREVOR
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 4

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 4ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6CA04230 · Principal campaign committee: TREVOR MERRELL FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$6,435.12
Total spent$6,459.23
Cash on hand−$24.11
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through March 31, 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: $4,766.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,669.12
  • Individual contributions$4,766.0074%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,669.1226%

Self-funding: $1,669.12 (26% of money raised): $1,669.12 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$866.0018%
  • Contributions over $200$3,900.0082%
  • Itemized from inside California$3,900.00100%
  • Itemized from other states$0.000%

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

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history appears here after the next data refresh with FEC report data.

The race

California U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Trevor Merrell (D)$6,435.12−$24.112026-03-31
Eric Jones (D)$13,256,263.59$1,192,258.712026-09-30
Mike Thompson (D)$5,223,270.09$1,514,641.852026-09-30
Raymond Riehle (R)$115,029.22$2,778.432026-09-30
Laurie John Mackenzie (R)$14,229.05$7,740.402026-10-14
Mandy Ghusar (R)$7,000.00$0.002026-06-20
Sharon Brown (R)$7,000.00$0.002026-06-25
John Wesley Tyler (I)$1,385.05$0.002026-07-16

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: TREVOR MERRELL FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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