Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Tessa Lynn Hodge

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 23
Filing address
Apple Valley, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HODGE, TESSA LYNN
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 23

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 23ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6CA23230 · Principal campaign committee: TESSA LYNN HODGE FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$126,771.66
Total spent$114,337.33
Cash on hand$12,434.33
Debts owed by the campaign$3,770.40
Loans from the candidate$3,770.40

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $117,545.66Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $9,080.40Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $145.60
  • Individual contributions$117,545.6693%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$9,080.407%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$145.600%

Self-funding: $9,080.40 (7% of money raised): $5,310.00 given and $3,770.40 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$51,753.1560%
  • Contributions over $200$33,896.1040%
  • Itemized from inside California$34,676.5687%
  • Itemized from other states$5,000.0013%

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

Raised and spent over time

$43K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,713.45APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $689.16JULY QUARTERLY: raised $7,660.93JULY QUARTERLY: spent $8,345.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $11,080.10OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $9,786.25YEAR-END: raised $6,682.00YEAR-END: spent $6,125.02APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $28,289.78APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $24,717.19PRE-PRIMARY: raised $10,560.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $5,801.04JULY QUARTERLY: raised $13,512.86JULY QUARTERLY: spent $13,797.82OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $43,028.15OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $35,799.612025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $250.00 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 Tessa Lynn Hodge$851.42
  • Independent expenditures opposing Tessa Lynn Hodge$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 23, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Tessa Lynn Hodge (D)$126,771.66$12,434.332026-10-14
Jay Obernolte (R)$1,854,658.18$1,378,568.342026-10-14
Karen Matthews (I)$174,651.43$0.002026-06-22
Paul Chakalian (D)$72,674.73$0.002026-01-29
Charles Patrick Wallis (D)$63,684.00$24.022026-06-23
Alexis L Claiborne (D)$11,842.88$2,654.802025-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe RMay 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: TESSA LYNN HODGE 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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