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Josh Harder

Democratic candidate · 2022 general election · California

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Josh Harder

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Dec 31, 2022. Covering the 2022 two-year cycle only.

  • Percentages are hidden because the reported components do not reconcile to total receipts.

The 2022 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$6,593,261
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$5,945,475
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$855,597
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$8,913,422
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$1,149,602
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $6,593,261 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total. Shares are not shown because the reported components do not reconcile to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2022 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$5,945,475Not available
PAC and other committee contributions$855,597Not available
Party committee contributions$8,996Not available
Candidate self-funding$0Not available
Loans$0Not available
Other receipts, including transfers-$216,806Not available
Total receipts$6,593,261Not available

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Dec 31, 2022 for the 2022 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2022 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$1,149,602
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$81,311
Contributions refunded to committees$6,000
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$185,676
Transfers made to other authorized committees$365,975
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$6,722,757Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$87,311Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00639146, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 30G 2022 reported and what YE 2022 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 30G 2022 reported through Nov 28, 2022 and YE 2022 through Dec 31, 2022.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00639146
Measure30G 2022Reported through Nov 28, 2022YE 2022Reported through Dec 31, 2022Change
Cash on hand at period end$1,335,991$1,149,602Down $186,389
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$8,613$539Down $8,074

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $1,149,602 set beside the $198,338 this campaign spent during YE 2022, through Dec 31, 2022, which is 5.8 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Josh Harder. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$45,520
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

Spent opposing

$0
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $8,441,833 of itemized spending across 1,633 transactions, through Dec 31, 2022. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 94.7% of the $8,913,422 in total disbursements reported for the 2022 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

The difference between that subtotal and total disbursements is spending reported without itemization, which cannot be categorized.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Advertising and media $5,806,00168.8%76
Administration, salary, and overhead $1,055,45612.5%1,103
Fundraising and solicitation $479,3095.7%47
Consulting, type not specified $376,8764.5%37
Technology and digital services $244,7002.9%96
Polling and research $237,8722.8%14
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $99,3121.2%118
Legal, accounting, and compliance $65,9270.8%34
Campaign materials $36,3170.4%16
Travel $25,1300.3%54
Events $14,8340.2%37
Contribution refunds $1000.0%1
Classified$8,342,52098.8%
Unclassified filing descriptions$99,3121.2%
Itemized spending categorized here$8,441,833100%1,633

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 238 shown $857,320 total · $58,154 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) C00032979$15,0001.7%3Oct 25, 2022
2BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC) C00399196$12,5001.5%5Nov 4, 2022
3DCCC C00000935$10,6541.2%14Sep 29, 2022
4DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC C00001388$10,0001.2%5Sep 8, 2022
5COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE C00002089$10,0001.2%2Dec 16, 2021
Show the complete list of 238 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Josh Harder

All 3 shown $45,520 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee C00030718$25,52156.1%6Oct 11, 2022
2Immigrant Power PAC C00750786$11,96926.3%1Oct 15, 2022
3Working America C90011156$8,02917.6%3Oct 29, 2022

Opposing Josh Harder

No opposing independent expenditures are reported for this cycle.

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Josh Harder and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Josh Harder

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Digital and online advertising $30,76167.6%6
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported description could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $11,96926.3%1
Staff, administration, and overhead $2,7896.1%3
Classified$33,55173.7%
Unclassified filing descriptions$11,96926.3%
Total independent spending$45,520100%10

Opposing Josh Harder

No independent expenditures in this direction are reported for this cycle.

Fundraising channels

Some money arrives through a committee that raised or collected it rather than from a committee that decided to give it. Those committees are listed here instead of among the political committees that contributed, because calling a payment processor or a shared fundraising account a donor would say something the filings do not. None of this is added to, or subtracted from, any total above.

Conduits

A conduit forwards contributions that individuals earmarked for a named candidate. The amounts below come from the receiving campaign's conduit memo records and remain part of its reported individual-contribution total; they are not added to receipts again. MyRepTracker groups only memos carrying a registered conduit committee's FEC ID and does not decode or store contributor names, addresses, employers, occupations, or memo text. The record count is a count of FEC memo records, not donors.

Conduit records shown through Dec 31, 2022 · fetched Sep 8, 2026.

All 4 shown $0 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Registered conduits ranked by individuals' earmarked contributions routed through them
RankCommitteeAmountShareFEC memo recordsLast activity
1ACTBLUE C00401224$0Not available74Mar 31, 2022
2JSTREETPAC C00441949$0Not available2Jan 17, 2022
3DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC C00468314$0Not available2Jan 25, 2022
4ZINC COLLECTIVE PAC C00679191$0Not available2Mar 31, 2022

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2022 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Josh Harder

Committees itemized $857,320 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Leadership PACs $261,20030.5%71128
Labor union PACs $168,50019.7%2961
Non-connected committees $140,86916.4%3777
Membership organization PACs $93,99011.0%2550
Trade association PACs $68,7008.0%3243
Other candidates' committees $63,4167.4%2953
Cooperative PACs $47,4915.5%1126
Party committees $12,1541.4%316
Corporate PACs $1,0000.1%11
Itemized total for this direction$857,320

Spent supporting Josh Harder

Committees itemized $45,520 in independent spending supporting Josh Harder.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Membership organization PACs $25,52156.1%16
Non-connected committees $19,99843.9%24
Itemized total for this direction$45,520

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Josh Harder

Committees itemized $857,320 in contributions to this campaign. $336,770 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $520,550, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $345,424 and committees not yet categorized account for $175,126.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Agribusiness Agriculture $80,69115.5%2950
Public sector unions Labor $46,0008.8%717
Transportation unions Labor $35,0006.7%411
Building trades unions Labor $30,0005.8%58
Industrial unions Labor $20,5003.9%45
Physicians and medical specialties Health $13,5002.6%37
Food and beverage Agriculture $12,0002.3%35
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue $10,0001.9%13
Health care unions Labor $10,0001.9%12
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $10,0001.9%14
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue $10,0001.9%25
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $10,0001.9%14
Telecommunications Communications and technology $10,0001.9%12
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue $7,9001.5%12
Air transport Transportation $6,5001.2%26
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $6,0001.2%22
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate $5,0001.0%12
Automotive Transportation $4,0000.8%12
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $4,0000.8%14
Mining Energy and natural resources $3,0000.6%13
Gun control Ideological and single-issue $2,8330.5%13
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $2,5000.5%11
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $2,0000.4%22
Nurses and nursing specialties Health $2,0000.4%22
Construction Construction $1,0000.2%11
LGBTQ rights Ideological and single-issue $1,0000.2%11
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $336,770Not applicable103197
Committees not yet categorized $175,12633.6%56104
Base the shares are taken over$520,550100%
Itemized total for this direction$857,320

Spent supporting Josh Harder

Committees itemized $45,520 in independent spending supporting Josh Harder. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $33,551 and committees not yet categorized account for $11,969.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $25,52156.1%16
Industrial unions Labor $8,02917.6%13
Committees not yet categorized $11,96926.3%11
Base the shares are taken over$45,520100%
Itemized total for this direction$45,520

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$216,275
Across 19 notices, received May 19, 2022 to Nov 5, 2022

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Nov 6, 2022. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Josh Harder's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2022 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
Nov 6, 2022$14,7017Nov 4 to Nov 5, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 4, 2022$3,0003Nov 3 to Nov 3, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 3, 2022$19,92311Nov 1 to Nov 2, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 1, 2022$10,8006Oct 30 to Oct 31, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 30, 2022$10,5008Oct 28 to Oct 29, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 28, 2022$19,9009Oct 27 to Oct 27, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 27, 2022$32,39915Oct 25 to Oct 26, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 25, 2022$9,9006Oct 23 to Oct 24, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 23, 2022$10,3005Oct 21 to Oct 22, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 21, 2022$8,0008Oct 20 to Oct 20, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 19 are listed. The amount and count above cover all of them.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $4,675,861 of the $6,131,151 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 15,194 itemized contributions.

From California

$3,867,587
82.7% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$808,274
17.3% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside California is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2022 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$4,672,96115,19399.9%
Addresses outside the United StatesContributors who gave an address abroad. United States citizens living overseas may contribute, and this figure is not evidence that anyone gave unlawfully.$2,90010.1%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 44 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • California this campaign's state $3,867,587
  • New York $276,881
  • Massachusetts $125,258
  • District of Columbia $59,912
  • Maryland $43,375
  • Illinois $32,194
  • Washington $27,770
  • Connecticut $26,480
  • Texas $25,405
  • Florida $20,405
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2022 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
California this campaign's state$3,867,58713,79182.7%
New York$276,8813315.9%
Massachusetts$125,2581242.7%
District of Columbia$59,912801.3%
Maryland$43,375370.9%
Illinois$32,194520.7%
Washington$27,7701130.6%
Connecticut$26,480440.6%
Texas$25,405610.5%
Florida$20,405430.4%
Pennsylvania$20,383590.4%
Colorado$18,450220.4%
New Jersey$13,050170.3%
Virginia$11,879410.3%
Kentucky$11,60040.2%
Georgia$8,550160.2%
Idaho$7,470130.2%
North Carolina$7,142150.2%
South Carolina$6,160170.1%
Oklahoma$6,13330.1%
New Mexico$6,060120.1%
Oregon$5,710550.1%
Tennessee$5,070180.1%
Arizona$4,485450.1%
Nevada$3,492160.1%
Kansas$3,25030.1%
Indiana$3,00080.1%
Alabama$2,90010.1%
Foreign countries$2,90010.1%
Minnesota$2,670100.1%
Arkansas$2,63470.1%
New Hampshire$2,350100.1%
Hawaii$2,0255<0.1%
Louisiana$2,01824<0.1%
Michigan$1,99412<0.1%
Mississippi$1,7196<0.1%
Utah$1,51552<0.1%
Iowa$1,2502<0.1%
Maine$1,2502<0.1%
Wisconsin$1,05510<0.1%
Delaware$1,0001<0.1%
Rhode Island$8006<0.1%
Ohio$3804<0.1%
Missouri$2501<0.1%
Reported with a place$4,675,86115,194100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle: 120 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $6,593,261
  • Cohort median $1,024,853
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$6,593,261
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$116,486
Median$1,024,853
75th percentile$2,390,121
Highest in the cohort$28,295,640
Campaigns counted120

112 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 93th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 13.0%
  • Cohort median 10.4%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign13.0%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile1.8%
Median10.4%
75th percentile34.1%
Highest in the cohort100.0%
Campaigns counted118

63 of the 118 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 53th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $1,149,602
  • Cohort median $44,893
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$1,149,602
Lowest in the cohort-$1,109
25th percentile$2,394
Median$44,893
75th percentile$456,537
Highest in the cohort$21,022,960
Campaigns counted120

101 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 84th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $45,520
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$45,520
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$12,425
Highest in the cohort$3,123,125
Campaigns counted120

92 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 77th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $0
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$0
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$8,037,240
Campaigns counted120

0 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2022 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.