Alex Padilla
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Alex Padilla

U.S. Senator (CA) [Democrat]
Next election November 2028 · class 3

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Committees registered to them

FEC IDCommitteeConnected organisation
C00765164ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE—

"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright.

Campaign totals, 2026 cycle

Candidate IDReceiptsFrom individualsFrom committees DisbursementsCash on handThrough
S2CA00955$1,502,700$854,103$145,005$854,741$7,290,81406/30/2026

Source: FEC bulk file weball26.

Money in — from other political committees, 2026 cycle

Contributing committeeTotalContributionsRecord
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$10,0002C00010868 →
HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC$10,0006C00103903 →
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY$8,5002C00105668 →
CARNIVAL/PRINCESS HOLLAND AMERICA LINE INC. PAC (HALPAC)$7,5002C00287714 →
SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,5002C00013961 →
AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC$7,0002C00354548 →
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (QPAC)$5,0001C00339085 →
DEMOCRATS WIN FUND$5,0002C00894881 →
AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,0001C00197715 →
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,0001C00426775 →
STRIPE INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,0001C00883116 →
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$5,0001C00029447 →
SCHOOLSFIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC$5,0001C00390633 →
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. PAC$5,0001C00113753 →
BALL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,0001C00039461 →

Top 15 of 73 committees, $177,500 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn.

Money out — largest payees, 2026 cycle

PayeeTotalPaymentsCommittee
AISLE 518 STRATEGIES LLC$240,00030C00765164 →
EVERY ACTION, INC.$93,42721C00765164 →
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA$93,36426C00765164 →
THRIVE STRATEGIES$88,25028C00765164 →
KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP$88,19132C00765164 →
BERTOLINA & BARNATO, INC.$57,00016C00765164 →
GUDELUNAS STRATEGIES LLC$54,0001C00765164 →
PLAZA STRATEGIES LLC$47,0008C00765164 →

Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.

Personal financial disclosure — the private side

Senate disclosures are not published as files that can be linked directly; the Senate requires each search to be run by hand.

Search this person at the Senate Electronic Financial Disclosure database. It covers annual reports, periodic transaction reports for stock trades, and candidate filings.

Lobbying disclosures — what registrants reported (LD-203), 2024–2026

DateFiled byTypePayeeAmountSource
2026-06-29JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC AND AFFILIATESFECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring Sen. Alex Padilla
$5,000filing →
2026-06-29STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONSFECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring Senator Alex Padilla
$500filing →
2026-06-26HONEYWELL INTERNATIONALFECADEFEND THE DREAM
honoring Alex Padilla
$5,000filing →
2026-06-25ALLY FINANCIAL INC.FECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring Sen. Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-06-25AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATIONFECADEFEND THE DREAM
honoring Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-06-23GENERAL ATOMICSFECADEFEND THE DREAM PAC
honoring Alex Padilla
$5,000filing →
2026-06-23ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.FECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
$2,000filing →
2026-06-16TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLCFECADEFEND THE DREAM PAC
honoring Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-06-09ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIESFECADEFEND THE DREAM
honoring Alex Padilla
$5,000filing →
2026-06-04SOUNDEXCHANGE, INC.FECADEFEND THE DREAM PAC
honoring Alex Padilla
$5,000filing →
2026-06-01REWORLD WASTE LLCFECAGALLEGO LUJAN PADILLA VICTORY FUND
honoring Alex Padilla
$500filing →
2026-06-01SOLVENTUM CORPORATIONFECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring Sen. Alex Padilla
$2,500filing →
2026-06-01SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCFECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring Sen Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-05-26NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESFECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring Sen Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-05-13THE SIMMONS & RUSSELL GROUP, LLCFECADEFEND THE DREAM
honoring Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-05-12NEXXUS CONSULTING, LLCFECADSCC
honoring Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-05-07ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANYFECADEFEND THE DREAM
honoring Alex Padilla
$1,000filing →
2026-04-30MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONFECADEFEND THE DREAM
honoring Alex Padilla
$2,500filing →
2026-04-30AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATESFECAALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE
honoring Padilla, Alex
$1,000filing →
2026-04-28GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLPFECADEFEND THE DREAM PAC
honoring Alex Padilla
$2,500filing →

267 item(s) totalling $492,481 across 2024–2026 filings, reported by lobbying registrants and lobbyists on form LD-203. By category: FECA $492,481 (267). These are their disclosures, not this person's: twice a year, registrants must report political contributions and certain honorary payments. An entry here means a lobbying organisation reported money to a committee of theirs or to an event honouring them — it is not a payment to them personally, and it is not evidence of any arrangement. The categories are not equivalent: FECA items are ordinary campaign contributions, while inaugural, library and honorary entries are payments to separate funds that carry no contribution limits. Source: Senate Office of Public Records.

What "money in" and "money out" mean here — and what they are not

Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.

TermWhat it isWhose pocket
Money in Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate.
Money out What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift.
Outside spending Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it.
Personal finances Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section.

Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.

So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.

Not shown, and why

How to read this page. Every number comes from a public filing and links to its source, so any row can be checked in one click. Figures are what filers reported; amendments change them, and a net figure can even read as negative when corrections outweigh new spending in a cycle.

A contribution is not evidence of wrongdoing. Giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary, and so is paying a vendor. This page records who gave, who was paid, and what the filings say. It draws no conclusion about influence and alleges no quid pro quo.

Same template for everyone. Every profile is generated by one script from the same sources for the same cycle, whatever the person's party. Where a record does not exist, the page says so rather than leaving a blank that reads as innocence.

Corrections. Every figure links to its record. If one is wrong, tell us — it gets fixed and noted.