Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Brandon Riker
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 48
- Filing address
- Palm Springs, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- RIKER, BRANDON
California, District 48
FEC candidate ID H6CA41265 · Principal campaign committee: RIKER 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$1,052,468.5846%
- PACs and other committees$2,085.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,209,185.2053%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,431.050%
Self-funding: $1,209,185.20 (53% of money raised): $94,125.00 given and $1,115,060.20 lent by the candidate. $15,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$398,190.1838%
- Contributions over $200$651,742.4062%
- Itemized from inside California$462,566.1464%
- Itemized from other states$255,276.3236%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Maryland $41,325.00 · Washington $32,791.00 · Massachusetts $25,100.26 · Illinois $22,403.40 · Pennsylvania $18,739.78. 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
3 committees reported giving $2,050.00 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.
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ABLE DEMS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$50.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Brandon Riker$236,918.68
- Independent expenditures opposing Brandon Riker$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.
- UPSET THE SETUPSupporting$198,345.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PROJECTSupporting$34,960.00
- DEMOCRATIC FUTURE PACSupporting$2,600.00
- BLUE DEMOCRACY NETWORKSupporting$1,012.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 48, 2026 · 24 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Riker (D) | $2,265,169.83 | $623.56 | 2026-09-30 |
| Marni Von Wilpert (D) | $4,518,377.05 | $972,802.76 | 2026-09-30 |
| Jim Desmond (R) | $3,177,972.16 | $717,518.45 | 2026-10-14 |
| Darrell Issa (R) | $2,181,705.10 | $293,842.39 | 2026-09-30 |
| Abel Chavez (D) | $472,664.61 | $10,028.52 | 2026-09-30 |
| Anuj Dixit (D) | $465,937.26 | $167,994.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Ferguson Porter (D) | $62,492.39 | $21,537.63 | 2025-09-30 |
| Marc Iannarino (D) | $45,313.96 | $0.00 | 2026-05-21 |
| Corinna Contreras (D) | $35,599.93 | $0.00 | 2026-06-30 |
| Curtis Morrison (D) | $35,553.00 | $0.00 | 2026-02-23 |
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: RIKER 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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