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Brad Sherman

Brad Sherman is a Democratic incumbent in California's 32nd district. $2.5M raised, $3.8M spent, $2.7M cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$2.5Mraised
$3.8Mspent
$2.7Mcash on hand
Campaign finance$2.5M raised

Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported

Raised$2.5M
Spent$3.8M
Cash on hand$2.7M
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$2,514,330
Spent (disbursements)$3,767,794
Cash on hand$2,668,480
Debts owed by campaign$265
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 72 · 15 terms · votes right of 31% of the House
72age on Election Day
15House terms (since 1997)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeSherman
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.34
Votes more conservative than31% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted560

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosurefiled 2026-07-10

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-07-10. We could not read this report automatically, so we show no figures from it. Open the official report (PDF)

Reports filed on paper or as scans have no text we can read.

Public attention5,508 views in 30 days
5,508Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#179 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Share of views in this race

Brad Sherman87%
Larry Thompson13%
Views in this race
CandidateViews, 30 daysShare of the candidates with an article
Brad Sherman5,50887%
Larry Thompson82613%

Reported Page views of Brad Sherman on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 57%PACs and other committees 28%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 15%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$1,435,45357.1%
PACs and other committees$703,42428.0%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$375,45314.9%
This raceCA-32, rank #1 of 2

Brad Sherman ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

CA-32 · California · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H6CA24113, committee C00308742. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.