Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Salud O. Carbajal

Official portrait of Salud O. Carbajal
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 24th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Santa Barbara, CA
Born
1964
In Congress
House since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CARBAJAL, SALUD O.
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 24

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 24IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6CA24303 · Principal campaign committee: SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 24$1,917,271.26General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 24$2,037,379.78Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 24$2,178,872.17Registered for a future election
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 24$2,156,444.85Lost the general election (57.8%)
Total raised$1,917,271.26
Total spent$1,217,678.02
Cash on hand$3,343,462.75
Debts owed by the campaign$56,841.61
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $1,156,518.89PACs and other committees: $744,709.52Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $16,042.85
  • Individual contributions$1,156,518.8960%
  • PACs and other committees$744,709.5239%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$16,042.851%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$46,340.774%
  • Contributions over $200$1,020,366.8096%
  • Itemized from inside California$928,520.8890%
  • Itemized from other states$108,012.7010%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $22,727.90 · Minnesota $2,400.00. 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

$3.5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $589,662.70APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $144,285.07JULY QUARTERLY: raised $222,065.27JULY QUARTERLY: spent $174,853.53OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $191,148.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $121,040.45YEAR-END: raised $159,681.11YEAR-END: spent $108,009.80APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $233,162.29APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $160,449.48PRE-PRIMARY: raised $76,165.16PRE-PRIMARY: spent $101,312.66JULY QUARTERLY: raised $178,470.17JULY QUARTERLY: spent $100,670.10OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $231,756.54OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $113,636.312025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea303
Voted nay365
Voted present1
Did not vote5 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored37
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored639

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10536 Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determine…
  • H.Res. 1459 Expressing support for the designation of July 2026 as "American Grown Flower and Foliage Month".
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 9185 Alan S. Lowenthal Blue Whales, Blue Skies Act
    Introduced Jun 8, 2026 · Latest action Jun 8, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 8785 Medium Transit Intensive Cities Authorization Act of 2026
    Introduced May 13, 2026 · Latest action May 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 8439 Commission on Natural Disaster Risk Management and Insurance Act
    Introduced Apr 22, 2026 · Latest action Apr 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently deter…
  • H.R. 7976 Moral Injury Recognition and Restitution Act
    Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Latest action Apr 9, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • H.R. 7526 Safe Skies Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Latest action Feb 13, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  • H.R. 5936 Home for the Brave Act of 2025
    Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Latest action Nov 7, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 5675 Degrees Not Debt Act of 2025
    Introduced Oct 3, 2025 · Latest action Oct 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 5566 Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act
    Introduced Sep 26, 2025 · Latest action Dec 1, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

190 committees reported giving $643,482.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Salud O. Carbajal$1,042.45
  • Independent expenditures opposing Salud O. Carbajal$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 24, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Salud O. Carbajal (D)$1,917,271.26$3,343,462.752026-10-14
Robert Bob J Smith (R)$346,742.15$57,207.892026-10-14
Sarah Bacon (D)$41,876.41$5,110.252026-09-30

Polling and ratings

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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: SALUD CARBAJAL 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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