Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Christopher Jerman Bennett

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 3
Filing address
Sloughhouse, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BENNETT, CHRISTOPHER JERMAN
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 3

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 3ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6CA06268 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF CHRIS BENNETT

Total raised$222,386.93
Total spent$216,175.80
Cash on hand$6,211.13
Debts owed by the campaign$72,437.00
Loans from the candidate$50,000.00

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: $144,616.93PACs and other committees: $7,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $70,020.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $750.00
  • Individual contributions$144,616.9365%
  • PACs and other committees$7,000.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$70,020.0031%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$750.000%

Self-funding: $70,020.00 (31% of money raised): $20,020.00 given and $50,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$51,693.9336%
  • Contributions over $200$92,569.0064%
  • Itemized from inside California$100,150.5295%
  • Itemized from other states$4,777.005%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $1,150.00. 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

$79K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $33,685.13JULY QUARTERLY: spent $8,949.74OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $26,988.24OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $16,794.00YEAR-END: raised $15,571.86YEAR-END: spent $28,661.46APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $79,381.15APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $40,473.90PRE-PRIMARY: raised $50,509.12PRE-PRIMARY: spent $71,117.40JULY QUARTERLY: raised $15,789.43JULY QUARTERLY: spent $31,665.27OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $462.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $18,514.032025-062025-122026-052026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $7,000.00 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.

The race

California U.S. House, District 3, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Christopher Jerman Bennett (D)$222,386.93$6,211.132026-09-30
Amerish Bera (D)$1,492,834.21$1,651,288.782026-10-14
Heidi Hall (D)$590,189.33$0.002026-09-30
Robb Tucker (R)$294,279.01$26,690.232026-09-30
Christine S Bish (R)$145,778.19$28.642026-09-30
Lyndon Cervantes (D)$57,327.50$2,281.392026-05-13

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DNovember 6, 2025
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DNovember 5, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DMarch 2, 2026
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Tulchin Research (D)July 8–10, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%Kevin Kiley 47% · Heidi Hall 45%

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: FRIENDS OF CHRIS BENNETT.
  • 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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