Federal race · 2024

California U.S. House, District 36, 2024

Primary: March 5, 2024 · General election: November 5, 2024

Money raised

  1. Ted Lieu (D)$2.6M raised · $675K on hand
  2. Leah Melissa Toomim (R)$42K raised · $618 on hand
  3. Claire Ragge Anderson (NON)$34K raised · $2K on hand
  4. Ariana Hakami (R)$4K raised · $294 on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Ted Lieu (D)Won the general election$2,587,897.61$2,707,281.69$675,006.752024-12-31
Leah Melissa Toomim (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$41,723.09$41,252.77$618.252024-12-31
Claire Ragge Anderson (NON)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$34,487.48$32,012.95$2,474.532024-12-31
Ariana Hakami (R)Registered with the FEC; has not yet raised or spent $5,000$3,830.00$3,742.71$293.612024-12-31

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$2,758,046.37 = candidates’ own spending $2,757,515.12 + outside spending $531.25

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Ted Lieu$373.96$0.00$0.00
Leah Melissa Toomim$157.29$0.00$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailyFebruary 5, 2024
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ted LieuDemocratic Party125,858

As listed on Wikipedia; official results come from the state election office.

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