Perry Meade
Running for U.S. House District 40 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$276K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Perry Meade is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 40 in California in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $276,079 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.
Perry Meade is a Democrat who ran for California's 40th Congressional District in 2026. According to Ballotpedia and the FEC, he filed for the U.S. House race, raised about $276,000, and withdrew before the June 2, 2026 primary ballot. His archived campaign website says he was born and raised in the district, organized a $20 million solar deal for the Capistrano Unified School District in high school, and served as Student Body President at Saddleback Community College. The same site states he became West Coast Organizing Director for March for Our Lives, co-authored the Peace Plan for a Safer California, and works on electoral organizing and policy for UNITE HERE Local 11 while serving on the Democratic Party of Orange County's Central Committee.
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100% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.
$276K
Total raised
$228K
Total spent
$48K
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 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC