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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Robert Bob J Smith

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 24
Filing address
Carpinteria, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SMITH, ROBERT BOB J
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 24

FEC page

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 24ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6CA24345 · Principal campaign committee: BOB SMITH FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$346,742.15
Total spent$289,534.26
Cash on hand$57,207.89
Debts owed by the campaign$32,640.10
Loans from the candidate$20,000.00

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: $303,954.92PACs and other committees: $2,500.00Party committees: $6,285.76Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $23,831.88Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $10,169.59
  • Individual contributions$303,954.9288%
  • PACs and other committees$2,500.001%
  • Party committees$6,285.762%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$23,831.887%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$10,169.593%

Self-funding: $23,831.88 (7% of money raised): $3,831.88 given and $20,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$46,789.9226%
  • Contributions over $200$132,200.0074%
  • Itemized from inside California$115,445.0084%
  • Itemized from other states$22,750.0016%

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

Raised and spent over time

$125K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $11,308.96APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $295.52JULY QUARTERLY: raised $18,090.44JULY QUARTERLY: spent $15,849.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $23,344.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $13,896.58YEAR-END: raised $32,920.00YEAR-END: spent $19,166.94APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $78,749.90APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $59,104.76PRE-PRIMARY: raised $17,959.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $23,762.09JULY QUARTERLY: raised $20,891.99JULY QUARTERLY: spent $24,060.81OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $125,286.86OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $91,229.452025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $8,785.00 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 24, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

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

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

No published race ratings found.

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: BOB SMITH 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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