Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Rakhi Israni

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 14
Filing address
Fremont, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
ISRANI, RAKHI
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 14

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 14Open seatRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6CA14171 · Principal campaign committee: RAKHI ISRANI FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$2,400,500.40
Total spent$2,398,497.30
Cash on hand$2,003.10
Debts owed by the campaign$1,442,857.02
Loans from the candidate$1,398,000.00

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: $975,500.40PACs and other committees: $20,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,405,000.00
  • Individual contributions$975,500.4041%
  • PACs and other committees$20,000.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,405,000.0059%

Self-funding: $1,405,000.00 (59% of money raised): $7,000.00 given and $1,398,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$35,648.404%
  • Contributions over $200$945,852.0096%
  • Itemized from inside California$402,047.0042%
  • Itemized from other states$546,965.1458%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $211,938.14 · Massachusetts $80,703.00 · Florida $68,745.00 · Georgia $64,687.00 · New York $48,459.00. 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

$2.1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $2,123,994.14APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $87,974.14PRE-PRIMARY: raised $53,690.26PRE-PRIMARY: spent $971,854.65PRE-SPECIAL: raised $9,239.00PRE-SPECIAL: spent $837,038.11JULY QUARTERLY: raised $213,311.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $452,131.87OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $266.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $49,498.532026-032026-052026-052026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $15,000.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Rakhi Israni$372,482.58
  • Independent expenditures opposing Rakhi Israni$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 14, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Rakhi Israni (D)$2,400,500.40$2,003.102026-09-30
Melissa Hernandez (D)$2,053,394.52$86,415.842026-09-30
Eric Michael Swalwell (D)$1,730,927.22$7,604.602026-09-30
Aisha Wahab (D)$1,214,546.85$462,322.332026-10-14
Wendy Fiona Huang (R)$41,073.00$6,331.782026-09-30
Sheriene Ridenour (D)$38,590.07$38,391.072026-06-30
Matt Ortega (D)$38,435.58$0.002026-06-30
Carin Elam (D)$32,692.75$0.002026-06-30
Abrar Qadir (D)$26,938.03−$16,866.142026-04-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

No published race ratings found.

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
David Binder ResearchApril 1–4, 2026(LV)–Victor Aguilar Jr. 1% · Suzanne Chenault 1% · Carin Elam 0% · Melissa Hernandez 9% · Wendy Huang 9% · Dena Maldonado 8% · Matt Ortega 2% · Rakhi Singh 2% · Aisha Wahab 29%

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: RAKHI ISRANI 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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