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Lateefah Simon

Lateefah Simon is a Democratic incumbent in California's 12th district. $1.4M raised, $957K spent, $778K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$1.4Mraised
$957Kspent
$778Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$1.4M raised
Raised$1.4M
Spent$957K
Cash on hand$778K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$1,449,191
Spent (disbursements)$957,256
Cash on hand$777,590
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 49 · 1 term · votes right of 1% of the House
49age on Election Day
1House term (since 2025)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeSimon
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.60
Votes more conservative than1% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted564

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 disclosureassets $7,007 to $105K

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-08-12.

$7,007 to $105Kreported assets (ranges added up)
$35K to $80Kreported liabilities
none reportedearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between -$73K and $70K Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
Charles Schwab ⇒ iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Charles Schwab ⇒ iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Charles Schwab ⇒ iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF (DSI)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Charles Schwab ⇒ iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF (XJH)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Charles Schwab ⇒ Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Growth ETF (NULG)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Charles Schwab ⇒ SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF (SPTL)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Charles Schwab ⇒ Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (VGIT)EFself$1,001 to $15K

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
Dept of Ed/AIDV 2020 Student Loan$10K to $15K
Dept of Ed/AIDV 2021 Student Loan$15K to $50K
Dept of Ed/AIDV 2020 Student Loan$10K to $15K

Outside positions: Boardmember Ms. Foundation for Women

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention5,080 views in 30 days
5,080Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#192 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Lateefah Simon 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 78%PACs and other committees 18%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 4%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$1,127,68477.8%
PACs and other committees$261,42118.0%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$60,0864.1%
This raceCA-12, rank #1 of 2

Lateefah Simon ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

CA-12 · 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 H4CA12154, committee C00834291. 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.