Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Alex Padilla

Official portrait of Alex Padilla
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from California (class 3)
Party
Democrat
Born
1973
In Congress
Senate since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
PADILLA, ALEX
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of California with the whole state highlighted

California

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · CaliforniaIncumbentRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID S2CA00955 · Principal campaign committee: ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · California$1,623,990.09Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · California$11,784,617.88Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$11,784,617.88
Total spent$4,566,222.01
Cash on hand$7,453,226.66
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $9,352,290.72PACs and other committees: $2,227,671.43Party committees: $376.85Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $203,172.87Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,106.01
  • Individual contributions$9,352,290.7279%
  • PACs and other committees$2,227,671.4319%
  • Party committees$376.850%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$203,172.872%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,106.010%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

462 committees reported giving $2,207,392.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Alex Padilla$26,221.56
  • Independent expenditures opposing Alex Padilla$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Alex Padilla$30,988.12

FEC totals for the 2022 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.

The race

California U.S. Senate, 2022 · 21 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Alex Padilla (D)$11,784,617.88$7,453,226.662022-12-31
Dan O'Dowd (D)$7,679,666.68$129,307.852022-12-31
Mark Meuser (R)$1,052,436.88$20,163.302022-12-31
Jon Elist (R)$516,699.00$0.002022-06-30
Cordie Lee Williams (R)$361,394.35$232.362022-12-31
Chris Mark Theodore (D)$233,250.00$4,669.742022-12-31
Elizabeth Heng (R)$204,550.25$5,245.892022-12-31
James P. Bradley (R)$150,696.93$84.772022-12-31
Sarah Liew (R)$136,900.00$20.292022-12-31
Myron Louis Hall (R)$106,055.54$1,969.162022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Berkeley IGSMay 24–31, 20223,438 (LV)± 2.2%Daphne Bradford 1% · James Bradley 7% · Jon Elist 5% · Myron Hall 2% · Mark Meuser 14% · Dan O'Dowd 3% · Alex Padilla 44% · Timothy Ursich Jr. 2%
SurveyUSAMay 13–15, 2022709 (LV)± 4.5%Daphne Bradford 1% · James Bradley 8% · Jon Elist 7% · Myron Hall 3% · Mark Meuser 11% · Dan O'Dowd 6% · Alex Padilla 40% · Timothy Ursich Jr. 2%
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%Alex Padilla 59% · Mark Meuser 35%
SurveyUSAOctober 7–10, 20221,013 (LV)± 4.4%Alex Padilla 56% · Mark Meuser 34%
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%Alex Padilla 60% · Mark Meuser 35%
USCOctober 30 – November 2, 2022802 (RV)± 3.5%Alex Padilla 63% · Mark Meuser 37%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate elections in California (retrieved October 23, 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: ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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