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Alex Padilla
U.S. Senate District (at-large)
2022 general election. Election concluded.
Incumbents
No incumbent is running.
Challengers
Campaign finance
Federal Election Commission filings for the 2022 two-year cycle. Candidates appear in the order they are listed on this page. They are not ranked by money, and these measures are never combined into a single score.
Every candidate below reports through Dec 31, 2022.
| Candidate | Total receipts | Cash on hand | Direct PAC receipts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Padilla Democratic | $11,784,618 | $7,453,227 | $2,227,671 |
| Mark Meuser Republican | $1,052,437 | $20,163 | $10,749 |
Each measure below has its own scale and starts at zero, so bars can be read against each other within a measure but not across measures. Every figure is reported through Dec 31, 2022.
Total receipts
Everything the authorized campaign committee took in, including contributions, loans, and transfers.
Highest total receipts: Alex Padilla at $11,784,618. Lowest: Mark Meuser at $1,052,437. The largest reported value sets this scale at $11,784,618.
Cash on hand
The balance the campaign reported at the end of its coverage period.
Highest cash on hand: Alex Padilla at $7,453,227. Lowest: Mark Meuser at $20,163. The largest reported value sets this scale at $7,453,227.
Direct PAC receipts
Money the campaign received from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.
Highest direct PAC receipts: Alex Padilla at $2,227,671. Lowest: Mark Meuser at $10,749. The largest reported value sets this scale at $2,227,671.
Outside spending supporting
Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate, not coordinated with the campaign and never received by it.
Highest outside spending supporting: Alex Padilla at $703. Lowest: Mark Meuser at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $703.
Outside spending opposing
Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.
Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending opposing. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.
Where each campaign's committee money came from
Each column is one candidate and each figure is that candidate's own money, taken over that candidate's own itemized total. Nothing here is added across candidates, and the two groupings below are never added to each other: the first is who the FEC says runs the giving committee, which covers every dollar, and the second is what interest a source says that committee advances, which is a claim MyRepTracker makes and covers only part of the money.
Contributions each campaign received, by who runs the committee
| Category | Alex Padilla Democratic | Mark Meuser Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate PACs | $811,08835.9% | $0 |
| Leadership PACs | $447,20019.8% | $0 |
| Labor union PACs | $320,40014.2% | $0 |
| Trade association PACs | $257,50011.4% | $0 |
| Non-connected committees | $227,06210.1% | $7,90071.8% |
| Membership organization PACs | $97,9424.3% | $0 |
| Other candidates' committees | $36,0001.6% | $1000.9% |
| Cooperative PACs | $35,5001.6% | $0 |
| Corporations without capital stock | $23,5001.0% | $0 |
| Party committees | $0 | $3,00227.3% |
| Itemized total | $2,256,192 | $11,002 |
Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced
| Category | Alex Padilla Democratic | Mark Meuser Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Technology Communications and technology | $100,6005.7% | $0 |
| Media and entertainment Communications and technology | $92,0005.2% | $0 |
| Food and beverage Agriculture | $81,9004.6% | $0 |
| Public sector unions Labor | $76,0004.3% | $0 |
| Building trades unions Labor | $75,4004.3% | $0 |
| Agribusiness Agriculture | $65,3003.7% | $0 |
| Construction Construction | $61,0003.4% | $0 |
| Industrial unions Labor | $59,0003.3% | $0 |
| Transportation unions Labor | $56,5003.2% | $0 |
| Physicians and medical specialties Health | $51,5002.9% | $0 |
| Defense Defense | $50,0002.8% | $0 |
| Telecommunications Communications and technology | $48,0002.7% | $0 |
| Pharmaceuticals Health | $46,5002.6% | $0 |
| Health insurance Health | $45,0002.5% | $0 |
| Automotive Transportation | $40,0002.3% | $0 |
| Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate | $39,0002.2% | $0 |
| Air transport Transportation | $37,5002.1% | $0 |
| Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate | $35,0002.0% | $0 |
| Electric utilities Energy and natural resources | $33,0001.9% | $0 |
| Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate | $31,3001.8% | $0 |
| Renewable energy Energy and natural resources | $30,1001.7% | $0 |
| Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate | $25,0001.4% | $0 |
| Hospitals and nursing homes Health | $23,0001.3% | $0 |
| Lawyers and law firms Professional services | $22,0001.2% | $0 |
| Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate | $17,5001.0% | $0 |
| Trucking Transportation | $12,5000.7% | $0 |
| Mining Energy and natural resources | $10,0000.6% | $0 |
| Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue | $10,0000.6% | $0 |
| Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue | $7,0000.4% | $0 |
| Health care unions Labor | $5,0000.3% | $0 |
| Nurses and nursing specialties Health | $5,0000.3% | $0 |
| Accounting Professional services | $3,5000.2% | $0 |
| Gun control Ideological and single-issue | $3,5000.2% | $0 |
| Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees | $483,200 | $3,102 |
| Committees not yet categorized | $474,39226.8% | $7,900100.0% |
| Itemized total | $2,256,192 | $11,002 |
Independent spending supporting each candidate, by who runs the committee
| Category | Alex Padilla Democratic | Mark Meuser Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Non-connected committees | $703100.0% | $0 |
| Itemized total | $703 | $0 |
Independent spending supporting each candidate, by interest advanced
| Category | Alex Padilla Democratic | Mark Meuser Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Committees not yet categorized | $703100.0% | $0 |
| Itemized total | $703 | $0 |
Last-minute contributions reported before an election
Within 48 hours of receiving a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in the days just before an election, a campaign must notify the FEC. These notices are provisional: the same money appears again in the regular report covering those days, so it is not added to the amounts above and is not compared as a measure. Candidates file them only while their own election is close, so an absence here says nothing about a campaign's fundraising.
| Candidate | Reported on notices | Notices | Covers | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Padilla Democratic | $442,095 | 19 | May 19 to Nov 5, 2022 | Covered by regular reports |
| Mark Meuser Republican | $31,863 | 10 | May 23 to Nov 4, 2022 | Covered by regular reports |
Direct contributions are money the campaign received. Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with any campaign, and are never added to a candidate's receipts. Source: Federal Election Commission ↗.