District races, appellate courts, and itemized finance
Congressional, Board of Equalization, legislative, appellate judicial, and local contests, plus itemized receipts and spending, are not included in this release.
Scope and limitations
What this California guide covers
Selected report summaries are now available
5,819 reports from 2,426 exact internal/external source-ID pairs passed the explicit summary checks. Their periods lie within January 1 through October 1, 2026, but differ by account and contain gaps. The directory preserves 181 additional ID pairs with no included amounts. The selected subset excludes 32 reports with date, semantic or arithmetic issues and 516 additional reports without the required explicit values. Earlier metadata exclusions, other forms and other periods are outside this cohort.
Selected Form 460 contribution summaries, not donor transactions or spending totals. A1 and A2 are components of A3. Never add the total to its components. Amounts retain negative values and can include transfers, loan forgiveness and third-party loan repayments. They are not new cash, unique election dollars or complete California coverage.
Charts and detailed source checks | Inspect report categoriesThis guide covers all 8 statewide candidate contests and 16 printed candidates. It does not include district, county, local, or transaction-level coverage.
Published now
- 16 printed candidates in all 8 statewide candidate contests
- The certified August 27 candidate list and certified June 2 primary results
- 16 matched CAL-ACCESS race-specific committee summaries using one January 1 through September 19 window
- Regular registration, conditional registration, early voting, vote-by-mail, return, and Election Day dates
- Official titles and source links for 14 statewide propositions
- The two statewide Supreme Court retention questions
- A dated notice that the Superintendent write-in list is not final until October 23
Outside this release
- Four Board of Equalization district contests
- Fifty-two U.S. House district contests
- California Senate and Assembly district contests
- Court of Appeal retention contests that vary by district
- County superior court, municipal, school, and other local contests
- Independent expenditure totals and outside spending
- Separately filed late contributions
- Transaction-level donor and expenditure analysis
- Business, lobbying, contract, land, and conflict-record research
Dataset comparison: Do not compare state datasets as if they use one method. Nevada includes itemized transactions. Alabama uses race-level portal summaries. Alaska uses APOC and FEC records. Arizona uses Spotlight summaries across a calendar-year filter. Arkansas uses candidate summaries for Election Year 2026. California uses race-specific CAL-ACCESS committee totals for January 1 through September 19, 2026.
California guide 1.0
PublishedSeptember 30, 2026
Contests shown8
Ballot choices16
Ballot measures14
8 statewide candidate contests, 16 printed candidates, 16 finance summaries, voter deadlines, 14 propositions, two Supreme Court retention questions, and primary sources.
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| Version | Published | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | September 30, 2026 | 8 statewide candidate contests, 16 printed candidates, 16 finance summaries, voter deadlines, 14 propositions, two Supreme Court retention questions, and primary sources. |
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