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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Christopher Demers

Party
No party affiliation
Running for
U.S. House · California District 18
Filing address
San Jose, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
DEMERS, CHRISTOPHER
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 18

FEC page

No party affiliationU.S. House · California District 18ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6CA18164 · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS DEMERS FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$116,020.41
Total spent$88,514.28
Cash on hand$15,241.25
Debts owed by the campaign$75,362.03
Loans from the candidate$68,057.00

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: $47,962.60Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $68,057.00
  • Individual contributions$47,962.6041%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$68,057.0059%

Self-funding: $68,057.00 (59% of money raised): $0.00 given and $68,057.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$5,090.0011%
  • Contributions over $200$39,302.6089%
  • Itemized from inside California$1,952.605%
  • Itemized from other states$37,600.0095%

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

Raised and spent over time

$88K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $88,367.81APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $40,375.63PRE-PRIMARY: raised $5,282.60PRE-PRIMARY: spent $13,542.96JULY QUARTERLY: raised $16,200.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $26,675.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $6,170.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $7,920.522026-032026-052026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $2,500.00 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 18, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Christopher Demers (NPA)$116,020.41$15,241.252026-09-30
Zoe Lofgren (D)$1,983,394.32$602,360.542026-10-14
Shane Lewis (R)$115,468.87$4,416.732026-10-14
Luis Antonio Acevedo-Arreguin (D)$18,368.65$8,494.442026-09-30

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 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: CHRIS DEMERS 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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