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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Joel Lava

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 30
Filing address
Burbank, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
LAVA, JOEL MR.
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 30

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 30ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6CA30276 · Principal campaign committee: JOEL LAVA FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$13,964.09
Total spent$13,455.60
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$100.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through August 27, 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: $13,648.93Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $315.16
  • Individual contributions$13,648.9398%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$315.162%

Self-funding: $315.16 (2% of money raised): $215.16 given and $100.00 lent by the candidate. $24.75 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$5,787.0942%
  • Contributions over $200$7,861.8458%
  • Itemized from inside California$2,795.5935%
  • Itemized from other states$5,266.2565%

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

Raised and spent over time

$11K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $2,592.81APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $18.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,284.30JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,556.85TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $10,590.842026-032026-062026-08

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

California U.S. House, District 30, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Joel Lava (D)$13,964.09$0.002026-08-27
Laura Friedman (D)$994,570.57$520,548.062026-10-14
John Armenian (NPA)$278,828.00$0.002026-06-30
Scott Alan Meyers (R)$122,819.35$5,241.602026-10-14
Lester Herman (D)$28,505.00$204.452026-03-31
Dennis F. Feitosa (R)$13,357.56$0.002026-10-14
Cameron Tennyson (D)$12,659.00$575.082026-06-30
Nick Melvoin (D)$5,972.98$112,868.782026-09-30

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 27–52) (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: JOEL LAVA 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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