Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Esther Kim Varet
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 40
- Filing address
- Sacramento, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- VARET, ESTHER KIM
California, District 40
FEC candidate ID H6CA40309 · Principal campaign committee: ESTHER KIM VARET FOR CONGRESS
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$2,305,500.7978%
- PACs and other committees$12,500.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$592,000.0020%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$5,428.800%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$36,773.621%
Self-funding: $592,000.00 (20% of money raised): $207,000.00 given and $385,000.00 lent by the candidate. $50,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,198,312.1952%
- Contributions over $200$1,104,791.6048%
- Itemized from inside California$668,565.2255%
- Itemized from other states$542,293.5145%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $206,934.66 · Texas $72,938.78 · Minnesota $43,694.26 · Illinois $31,175.00 · Georgia $24,706.00. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
5 committees reported giving $13,550.00 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.
- ASPIRE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- VOTE MAMAHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- KOREAN AMERICANS FOR ORGANIZING FUNDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AT THE TABLE!Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$50.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Esther Kim Varet$1,051,515.31
- Independent expenditures opposing Esther Kim Varet$3,238.00
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.
- CALIFORNIA BLUE PACSupporting$701,509.00
- WESTERN BLUE PACSupporting$350,000.00
- YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY PACOpposing$3,238.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 40, 2026 · 15 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther Kim Varet (D) | $2,952,203.21 | $26,272.45 | 2026-09-30 |
| Young Kim (R) | $9,977,513.23 | $1,957,662.24 | 2026-09-30 |
| Ken Calvert (R) | $7,050,383.48 | $980,390.51 | 2026-10-14 |
| Christina Gagnier (D) | $606,522.52 | $22,079.79 | 2026-09-30 |
| Lisa D Ramirez (D) | $519,018.36 | $0.00 | 2026-06-21 |
| Nina Linh (I) | $442,117.27 | $0.00 | 2026-06-30 |
| Joseph Kerr (D) | $286,949.54 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Perry Meade (D) | $276,150.54 | $48,006.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Tiffanie Tate (D) | $66,421.47 | $0.00 | 2026-03-31 |
| Claude Manuel Keissieh (D) | $34,100.00 | $0.00 | 2026-06-02 |
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 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: ESTHER KIM VARET 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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