CD 41 will be an expensive win

On the March 5 Primary Ballot, three candidates are seeking the two places on the November Presidential Ballot for California’s 41st District in the U.S. House of Representatives. These candidates are incumbent Republican Ken Calvert and two Democratic challengers, Anna Nevenic and Will Rollins. The two candidates with the most votes will advance.

As of Feb. 14, Calvert and Rollins, who faced each other in the 2022 election, are the big fundraisers. Both have raised more than $3.5 million and expect to meet again in the fall campaign.

Nevenic

As of Feb. 21, Nevenic has raised $11,180. She has spent $5,780 and still had $5,400 in cash. All of her contributions came from individuals. No further data were available.

Calvert

Through Feb. 14, the congressman has received $3.2 million in contributions and transferred another $500,000 from other political campaign accounts to the 2024 account. Nearly two-thirds of his contributions have come from individuals and about $1 million from political committees.

Nearly 2,300 individuals have contributed to Calvert’s campaign already. Of these about 600 have sent $3,300 each, representing about 87% of the total individual contributions.

The Political Action Committees (PAC) helping Calvert’s war chest have given from $1,000 to $5,000. The larger donors include Comcast, General Electric, New York Life Insurance and the Wine Institute. But the PAC donors do vary. Examples of others include Farmer PAC, PG&E corporate employees, Oshkosh employees and many Republican and conservation committees.

Another $300,000 was given from the Protect the House 2024 Committee.

Thus far, he has spent $1.4 million, mostly for campaign fundraising consultants and campaign staff wages. He still had $2.3 million cash in his coffers with eight months before the November election.

Rollins

Through Feb. 14, Rollins has received $3.3 million in contributions, nearly 95% from individuals. More than 100 of the 8,900 donations were for $6,600 each. That represents more than 20% of the individual donations from about 1% of the donors.

He has accepted about $190,000 from committees. The larger donors ($5,000 each) include the American Federation of Teachers, Democrats of the Desert, NEA Fund for Children and Public Education, and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

Rollins had spent $1.2 million by the middle of February, mostly for consulting fees and staff salaries. He still had $2.4 million in his campaign account with months to raise more.