Lester Herman
Running for U.S. House District 30 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$29K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Lester Herman is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 30 in California in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $28,505 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. 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.
Pini Herman (also filed as Lester Herman with the FEC) is a Democratic candidate who ran for the U.S. House in California's 30th Congressional District in 2026. He graduated from Fairfax High School and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1990, and his listed career experience is as a community organizer. He lost in California's June 2, 2026 top-two primary, receiving about 2.7 percent of the vote (roughly 4,999 votes).
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$29K
Total raised
$29K
Total spent
$204
Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
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 2026-03-31 · Source: FEC