Funding profile
Alex Padilla
Democrat · Senator from California
Career totals · 2 elections · 2022–2028
$14.3 million
raised by Padilla’s campaigns, everything from 2022 to 2028 added together.
19%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $2.7 million from PACs.
$26,000
was spent about Padilla by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.
Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Padilla on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Padilla’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.76%$10.8 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.19%$2.7 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.6%$833,000
Who gave the most
Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.
- Corporation51%$222,000
- Trade association19%$82,000
- Labor union9%$39,000
- Membership organization6%$25,000
- Co-operative1%$5,000
- Corporation without capital stock<1%$1,000
- Unclassified14%$60,000
Which industries
- Real estate & construction20% · $18,000
- Health & pharmaceuticals11% · $10,000
- Defense & aerospace11% · $10,000
- Banking & finance8% · $7,500
- Other50% · $45,000
The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.
Largest committee givers
- 1International Association of Fire Fighters$10,000
- 2American Council of Engineering CompaniesThe trade association for engineering firms.$10,000
- 3Hdr, Inc.$10,000
- 4Schoolsfirst Federal Credit Union$10,000
- 5Edwards Lifesciences$10,000
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- 6International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers$10,000
- 7Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. PAC (Booz Allen PAC)$10,000
- 8Foley & Lardner Political Fund, Inc.$8,500
- 9American Investment Council$7,500
- 10Holland America Line Inc.$7,500
“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.
Money spent about this member
Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Padilla has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Padilla. It was spent on advertising about Padilla, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$26,000
has been spent for or against Padilla by outside groups. $26,000 supported Padilla; $0 opposed Padilla.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 2 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$25,000Ads urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- COALITION TO GROW SAN FRANCISCO - GROW SF PAC$10,000
- CARE ACTION NOW INC.$6,977
- ALICE B. TOKLAS LGBTQ DEMOCRATIC CLUB FEDERAL PAC$3,129
- DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR ACTION$1,550
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- DEMOCRATS OF SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY$1,187
- DOLORES HUERTA ACTION FUND$746
- SONOMA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY$710
- VENTURA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE$419
Spent opposing
$0Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
Nothing on file.
Election by election
The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.
| Election | Raised | From PACs | Outside spending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028in progress | $2.3 million | $366,000 16% | $2 | FEC |
| 2022 | $12 million | $2.3 million 19% | $26,000 | FEC |
Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.
We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.