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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Chi Charlie Nguyen

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 45
Filing address
Westminster, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
NGUYEN, CHI CHARLIE
Map of California with the 2026 district highlighted

California, District 45

FEC page

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 45ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6CA45167 · Principal campaign committee: CHARLIE NGUYEN FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$485,485.00
Total spent$485,485.00
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through July 10, 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: $480,485.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5,000.00
  • Individual contributions$480,485.0099%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5,000.001%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$24,110.005%
  • Contributions over $200$456,375.0095%
  • Itemized from inside California$423,690.0092%
  • Itemized from other states$36,850.008%

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

Raised and spent over time

$397K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $250,690.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $2,250.00YEAR-END: raised $138,150.00YEAR-END: spent $24,093.30APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $70,785.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $36,042.63PRE-PRIMARY: raised $13,440.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $132,977.08TERMINATION REPORT: raised $12,420.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $290,121.992025-092025-122026-032026-052026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

California U.S. House, District 45, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Chi Charlie Nguyen (R)$485,485.00$0.002026-07-10
Derek Tran (D)$5,846,183.13$3,247,642.602026-09-30
Michelle Steel (R)$1,252,671.58$0.002025-10-09
Chuong Vo (R)$937,468.52$175,455.652026-10-14
Thomas Ky-Phong Vo (R)$756,510.00$0.002026-06-16
Amy Phan West (R)$60,360.30$0.132026-09-30
Mark Andrew Leonard (R)$25,945.49$17,488.712026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DJuly 14, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DOctober 1, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DJuly 16, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DSeptember 29, 2026
  • The EconomistLikely 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: CHARLIE NGUYEN 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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