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Alex Padilla

U.S. Senate

Raised · 2026 cycle

$2.3M

Source: FEC

Top PAC industries

Technology · Construction · Labor Unions

By PAC dollars · Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Alex Padilla is a Democrat who holds the seat of U.S. Senate in California. Federal Election Commission filings report $2,256,851 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. The largest identified industry sources of PAC money to the campaign are Technology, Construction, and Labor Unions. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Alex Padilla is a United States Senator from California, a Democrat, and the incumbent in this race. Born in Los Angeles to immigrants from Mexico and a graduate of San Fernando High School, he earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1999 to 2006, including as Council President from 2001; in the California State Senate from 2006 to 2014; and as California Secretary of State from 2015 to 2021, the first Latino to hold the office. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed him to the U.S. Senate in January 2021 to fill the vacancy created by Kamala Harris's election as Vice President, and voters elected him to a full term in November 2022.

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$2.3M

Total raised

$2.4M

Total spent

$7.3M

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$589K · 26%
Small dollar donations <$200$673K · 30%
PAC contributions$366K · 16%
Party committee contributions$4K · 0%
Transfers from other committees$596K · 26%
Loans and other receipts$29K · 1%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Former staff and officials who held a role at this office and currently work in lobbying, law, advocacy, or the private sector. Sourced from sworn LDA filings.

Sydney Olay
Former: Staff Assistant
LobbyistatTHE RABEN GROUPLobbying firm
Zachary Commins
Former: Policy Advisor
LobbyistatCARPI & CLAY, INCLobbying firm

Sources: LDA filings via lda.gov · PolTraPro entity resolution. Confidence: confirmed only.