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Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters is a Democratic incumbent in California's 43rd district. $864K raised, $710K spent, $270K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$864Kraised
$710Kspent
$270Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$864K raised
Raised$864K
Spent$710K
Cash on hand$270K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$863,683
Spent (disbursements)$710,470
Cash on hand$269,669
Debts owed by campaign$211,525
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 88 · 18 terms · votes right of 0% of the House
88age on Election Day
18House terms (since 1991)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeWaters
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.66
Votes more conservative than0% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted550

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 $1.4M to $6.0M

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-08-13.

$1.4M to $6.0Mreported assets (ranges added up)
$710K to $1.5Mreported liabilities
none reportedearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between -$139K and $5.3M Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
L : Houston, TX, US 549 S. LucerneRPJT$1.0M to $5.0M
L : Palm Springs, CA, US American Golf Jt. VentureOTSP$100K to $250K
CHESAPEAKE OPERATING LLCOTSP$100K to $250K
2201 Kirk St. Houston, TXRPSP$50K to $100K
Merrill Lynch: Blackrock SustainableMFSP$50K to $100K
L : Los Angeles, CA, US 701 W. BarstowRPJT$15K to $50K
Partnership $15,001 - $50,000 D : Partnership Income California Bank & TrustBASP$15K to $50K
Royalty $1,001 - $2,500 D : ROYALTY Congressional Federal Credit UnionBAself$15K to $50K
DWS CA Tax Free FundMFSP$15K to $50K
Merrill Lynch: Blackrock GlobalMFSP$15K to $50K
Tract Unit 3357,Lot 96,CARPSP$1,001 to $15K

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
JT CHASE SEPT. 27 2004 MORTGAGE: 549 S. LUCERNE BLVD;LOS ANGELES,CA 90020$500K to $1.0M
JT CHASE OCT. 25 2007 MORTGAGE: 2105 1/2 S ST.NW,WASHINGTON,DC 20008$100K to $250K
JT WELLS FARGO OCT. 5 2004 MORTGAGE: 1044 W. 82ND,LOS ANGELES,CA 90044$100K to $250K
Congressional Federal Credit Union January 1991 Revolving Charge$10K to $15K

Outside positions: FOUNDER BLACK WOMEN'S FORUM

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 attention20,764 views in 30 days
20,764Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#27 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Maxine Waters 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 39%PACs and other committees 46%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 14%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$338,65739.2%
PACs and other committees$400,50046.4%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$124,52614.4%
This raceCA-43, rank #1 of 1

Maxine Waters ranks #1 of 1 in reported fundraising in this race.

No other candidates on file.

CA-43 · 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 H4CA23011, committee C00167585. 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.