Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Jim Desmond
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 48
- Filing address
- Irvine, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- DESMOND, JIM
California, District 48
FEC candidate ID H6CA49128 · Principal campaign committee: DESMOND FOR CONGRESS
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$2,447,639.8777%
- PACs and other committees$328,349.0010%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$532.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$401,213.3413%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$237.950%
Self-funding: $532.00 (0% of money raised): $532.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$412,962.6219%
- Contributions over $200$1,785,663.7381%
- Itemized from inside California$1,746,581.0193%
- Itemized from other states$130,016.127%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $40,821.47 · Florida $13,337.47 · Virginia $9,621.86 · Utah $7,009.31 · New York $5,945.69. 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
53 committees reported giving $182,600.00 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.
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEW MAJORITY FEDERAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- FOR OUR NATION'S GREATNESS, RESILIENCE, EXCELLENCE, STRENGTH, AND SECURITY (FONGRESS) PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- MAJORITY PACPAC$3,750.00
- CALL TO SERVICE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY, INTEGRITY, ECONOMIC STRENGTH & SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- FLORIDA FIRST PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACLeadership PAC$2,850.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
Show all 53 committees
- RAZOR PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- SMUCKER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- BURCHETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RUDY FOR INDIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- MARK HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CLAY FULLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PACPAC$1,500.00
- PLAIN STATE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OREGON FRONTIER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALASKANS FOR NICK BEGICHCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATIONPAC$1,000.00
- MEANINGFUL ACTION TOWARDS TOMORROW PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CHRIS GOBER FOR TEXASCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TRUTH AND EXCELLENCE PACPAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Jim Desmond$66,354.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Jim Desmond$3,074,583.27
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.
- 48TH ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECTOpposing$338,268.00
- MAJORITY PACSupporting$62,854.00
- REFORM LEADERS PACSupporting$3,500.00
- ACTIVATE AMERICAOpposing$305.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 48, 2026 · 24 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Desmond (R) | $3,177,972.16 | $717,518.45 | 2026-10-14 |
| Marni Von Wilpert (D) | $4,518,377.05 | $972,802.76 | 2026-09-30 |
| Brandon Riker (D) | $2,265,169.83 | $623.56 | 2026-09-30 |
| 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
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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: DESMOND 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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