10 priorities from marnivonwilpert.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
10 priorities · 10 quoted statements
As the proud daughter of an immigrant father who came to America and served in the United States Army, Marni knows firsthand our immigration system should reflect our values, not fear and division. That’s why she is leading the fight against ICE’s terror tactics and un-American, unconstitutional attacks on our community. On the City Council, she led the charge to join Minneapolis's lawsuit against ICE and blew the whistle against ICE weapons training in our community. In Congress, she will work to get ICE's masked mobs off our streets, stand up to Trump’s attacks, and protect our neighbors from lawless government overreach. She supports meaningful reform that keeps our borders secure and provides legal pathways to citizenship for hardworking long-term residents and Dreamers who have grown up here as Americans.
No one should have to choose between their health and their paycheck or worry about losing the Social Security they’ve earned after a lifetime of work. Marni will fight to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act, restore ACA tax credits, and include a public option that gives families more affordable choices. She will also stand up to protect Social Security, oppose any cuts or privatization, and ensure the program is strengthened for current and future retirees. To lower costs, Marni will expand Medicare’s power to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap what families pay out of pocket. Her plan includes expanding coverage to dental, hearing, and vision, and mental healthcare so every American can access the full care they need. As Deputy City Attorney in San Diego, Marni took on the opioid industry for the harm they caused our communities — and she’ll take that same fight to Congress. Marni is ready to stand up to big corporations and protect the benefits families rely on, from affordable healthcare to Social Security.
From groceries to utilities, gas to housing, life is getting more expensive for working families. Marni will fight against Trump’s tariff war that has made essential goods more expensive – and take on the corporations raising prices to boost their profits, just like she did when she passed the nation’s first ban on digital only coupons in grocery stores, so that everyone can access discounts on food. Marni has spent her career fighting to protect hardworking Americans. Right now, the system is rigged, and working people are paying the price while the ultrawealthy see their profits soar. Marni has seen it up close and has spent her career pushing back as a labor attorney in the Obama Administration. In San Diego, Marni is leading the charge to crack down on wage theft by giving the city real enforcement power to hold bad employers accountable.
Marni will fight for an economy that works for working families. She has already launched first-of-its-kind affordable housing downpayment grants for local teachers and fast-tracked approval for new homes that are affordable for working families. As Americans get squeezed by rising housing costs, Marni will cut red tape and make it easier to build more affordable housing to make sure people can live closer to where they work. As a workers’ rights attorney in President Obama’s administration, she took on employers who violated workers’ rights and made sure the working class received what they were owed. In Congress, she will finish the work she started as counsel to the House Education and Labor Committee by passing the PRO Act to strengthen workers’ rights to organize, bargain, and earn higher wages. It is time to rebuild an economy that rewards work, not just wealth.
Climate change is an urgent threat, and meeting it requires action that puts our environment ahead of the corporate polluters bankrolling Donald Trump and his allies. As a prosecutor, Marni took on corporate polluters like Monsanto for contaminating our waterways, and she’ll bring that same approach to Congress — holding polluters accountable and protecting clean air and safe communities. California’s coastline is some of the most beautiful in the world, and it belongs to all of us. Marni will protect our beaches and waters from Trump’s plan to drill for oil on our coast. She will fight to reverse Trump-era rollbacks that weakened environmental protections and slowed progress toward cleaner, more affordable energy. By making our country climate-friendly, we will lower costs for working families, strengthen our energy independence, and create good-paying jobs.
Our fundamental rights are being stripped away, and Republicans will stop at nothing to pass a nationwide abortion ban — Marni is running for Congress to stop them. When Roe v. Wade was overturned, Marni passed a law in San Diego to protect abortion rights, and she'll lead the fight to codify Roe into federal law. On the San Diego City Council, Marni took action to protect access to care by supporting policies that safeguard providers like Planned Parenthood and ensuring patients can get the services they need without intimidation or harassment. Marni will lead the charge to reverse Trump’s cuts to Planned Parenthood and be a deciding vote to codify Roe v. Wade into law to restore the protections that millions of women have relied on for decades. Marni will always defend reproductive freedom and ensure our healthcare decisions remain between patients and their doctors, never politicians in Washington.
As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Marni knows what’s at stake. In the Deep South, Marni worked as a civil rights attorney, where she started the first medical-legal aid clinic to provide legal services to those living with HIV and AIDS who were being discriminated against. In Congress, she will work to pass the Equality Act so the protections that Californians enjoy are guaranteed nationwide. She will face the attacks head-on, from bans on gender-affirming care to efforts to silence LGBTQ+ students in our schools. She will fight book bans that target LGBTQ+ voices, defend full Title IX protections, and protect the freedom to build a family through marriage, adoption, or assisted reproductive care. And she will lead the fight to end conversion therapy and make clear that federal law stands on the side of LGBTQ+ young people, not against them.
A member of the Columbine generation, Marni was in high school when she watched the news in horror as students ran for their lives out of the classrooms at Columbine High School. She believes that everyone deserves to live free from the fear of gun violence, and that belief has guided her work both in the courtroom and on the City Council. Marni wrote the first law in California banning the sale of untraceable ghost guns — and won her lawsuit when the gun lobby sued her. She’ll keep fighting to pass gun violence prevention laws that protect our communities and put our safety first, including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, requiring universal background checks, closing loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to access firearms, cracking down on illegal gun trafficking, strengthening red flag laws, and holding gun manufacturers accountable when their products are used to harm our communities.
Marni believes the United States must lead the world in setting a cutting-edge, trustworthy standard for innovation that works for working people. America should be a global leader in emerging technologies while ensuring that advancements expand access to the financial system, bolster public trust, and allow workers, families, and small businesses to benefit from the economy of the future. Marni supports legislation like the CLARITY Act, the GENIUS Act, and similar efforts that provide regulatory clarity for the safe development of emerging technologies that are essential to growing the American economy.
Marni opposes Trump’s unauthorized wars, and she’ll work to rebuild America’s alliances and standing in the world. She will fight back against the Trump Administration’s attempts to slash education and healthcare funding to pay for forever wars — because our taxpayer dollars should be used to provide access to healthcare and education at home. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, Marni saw firsthand how American leadership can save lives and strengthen our standing in the world. In the Middle East, she’ll push for a two-state solution that ensures lasting peace and security for both Israelis and Palestinians, stand with Ukraine in its fight against Putin’s aggression, end Trump’s costly Iran War and support America’s role in NATO. She will defend and expand proven programs like PEPFAR that combat HIV/AIDS and save millions of lives, and push for continued investment in global health infrastructure to prevent the next crisis. Marni believes in the power of US foreign diplomacy, including restoring funding for USAID.
Cale Bonderman2 contributions, latest Dec 18, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · N/A · FORT WORTH, TX$7,000
Django Bonderman2 contributions, latest Dec 18, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · N/A · FORT WORTH, TX$7,000
Shayna Davis2 contributions, latest Mar 30, 2026 · PSYCHOLOGIST · SELF-EMPLOYED · SAN DIEGO, CA$7,000
Ryan Fortwendel2 contributions, latest Mar 20, 2026 · PHILANTHROPIST · FUTURE BEING, LLC · NEW YORK, NY$7,000
William Harris Sr.2 contributions, latest Mar 22, 2026 · RETIRED · N/A · LEXINGTON, MA$7,000
EndorsementsWho does Wilpert’s campaign say backs them?
114 endorsers listed on Marni von Wilpert’s own campaign site: 13 parties, 52 officials, 16 unions, 27 organizations, 6 people.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 1,361 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $884.8K.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$802,87216%
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 279 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $719.3K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$752,53415%
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$274,7605.5%
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The 3 largest sources by total given are listed. In all, 4 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $43K.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$4,090<0.1%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$3,363<0.1%
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$1,975<0.1%
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$131<0.1%
Total reported receipts $4,966,576
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $884,785 placed by state
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under $25.7K
$25.7K+
$102.8K+
$231.3K+
$411.2K+
none
Outlined: California, home state
Home state and away
California 73%CA 73%Elsewhere 27%
73% of the money placed by state came from inside California: $642.5K of $884.8K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
California home1,040 contributions · 73%
$642,481
New York66 contributions · 7.3%
$64,483
District of Columbia60 contributions · 3.7%
$32,650
Massachusetts18 contributions · 2.8%
$25,100
Texas13 contributions · 2.7%
$24,250
Maryland27 contributions · 1.3%
$11,253
Florida12 contributions · 1.2%
$10,625
Iowa3 contributions · 0.8%
$7,250
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 41 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 146 contributions · 22% of ranked
$100,300
Singleton Schreiber LLP9 contributions · 3.4% of ranked
$15,500
Sher Edling LLP4 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$7,500
Adaptive Launch Solutions2 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
Blood Hurst & O'reardon LLP2 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
Carleton Management INC2 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
Cross Ocean2 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
ELM Grove Strategies2 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
A further $376,516 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($752,534) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Outside spending $12,845,472 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
DMarni Von Wilpertthis candidate21 groups▲Supporting $2.5M▼Opposing $1.1MTotal $3.6M
Project 218▲ Supports3 records, latest May 26, 2026$900,000
Serving CA▼ Opposes27 records, latest May 21, 2026$653,454
Equality PAC▲ Supports8 records, latest Oct 23, 2026$415,668
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$9,271,717 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Wilpert’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Wilpertunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
What the payments were for $1,608,708 itemized
The campaign also refunded $32,108 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$550,33234%
Filed as
ADVERTISING - ONLINE$395,431
DIGITAL ADVERTISING$110,104
ADVERTISING - TV$35,000
ONLINE FUNDRAISING SOFTWARE, FUNDRAISING EMAIL SERVICE, ONLINE WORKSPACE, DIGITAL ADS AND STAMPS$5,223
DIGITAL ADVERTISING AND FUNDRAISING EMAILS$4,574
Paid to
Armour Evans Media LLC$498,432
Bluewest Media$35,000
Amplify Campaigns$9,797
Kinetic Strategies, LLC$7,103
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$260,72016%
Filed as
MAILER COSTS$157,500
DESIGN, PRINT AND MAIL OF MAIL PIECE$44,000
PRINTING$23,043
MAILER AND SIGN COSTS$13,650
POSTAGE$6,874
DIRECT MAIL SERVICES$3,173
PRODUCTION COSTS FOR MAILER$3,050
SOFTWARE, PRINTING, DESIGN, WEBSITE DOMAIN AND HOSTING$2,692
SOFTWARE, PRINTING, WEBSITE DOMAIN AND HOSTING$2,307
PRINTING AND DESIGN$2,015
FLYERS, ENVELOPES, SIGNS AND BUTTONS$1,095
STICKERS, DESIGN, PODIUM AND RALLY SIGNS$850
Paid to
Amplify Campaigns$247,391
EMILYs List$12,232
United States Postal Service$738
Zdanowski, Caroline G.$158
KM Strategies, Inc.$137
Blue Wave Political Partners LLC$48
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$181,56511%
Filed as
RENTED FUNDRAISING CONTACT LISTS$56,476
BUTTONS, SIGNS, MAILERS, POSTAGE AND EVENT SUPPLIES$45,446
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$150,0389.3%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES$40,612
BOOKKEEPING, POSTAGE, COPIES, SUPPLIES AND SOFTWARE FEE$30,697
MERCHANT FEE$19,367
MERCHANT FEES$18,572
FUNDRAISING TEXTING FEES. TEXTING SERVICES AND DIGITAL ADS$13,705
FILING FEE$8,909
PAYROLL TAX$7,910
FUNDRASING TEXTING FEES AND TEXTING SERVICES$3,479
LEGAL FEES$2,750
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE$1,763
GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING AND PO BOX FEE$1,620
PO BOX RENTAL FEE$245
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$36,239
Internal Revenue Service$31,403
River City Business Services$30,697
Kinetic Strategies, LLC$17,279
Gusto$12,132
Employment Development Services$5,108
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$132,7578.3%
Filed as
RESEARCH$108,460
SURVEY$15,797
RESEARCH SERVICES$8,500
Paid to
Street Level Strategy LLC$71,025
Lake Research Partners, Inc.$34,435
Lake Research Partners, Inc$15,797
1819 Studios Inc$8,500
Point Loma Strategic Research$3,000
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$110,9706.9%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN CONSULTING SERVICES$64,720
GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING$38,750
DIGITAL CONSULTING$4,000
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$3,500
Paid to
Kinetic Strategies, LLC$40,720
Kennedy, Seamus$24,000
Sabellico, Kevin$18,000
KM Strategies, Inc.$12,000
Amplify Campaigns$9,000
Vierra, Codi$3,750
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$93,2445.8%
Filed as
SALARY$83,269
GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE FOR STAFF MEETING$5,837
STAFF TIME$3,138
CAMPAIGN FELLOW PAYROLL$1,000
Paid to
Ostacher, Jacob H.$35,822
Leikind, Benjamin a$19,427
Zdanowski, Caroline G.$16,405
Grounds, Quinton$6,660
Amplify Campaigns$5,837
Environmental Defense Action Fund PAC$3,138
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$46,6182.9%
Filed as
FILM SHOOT & POST PRODUCTION$27,107
FILM SHOOT AND POST PRODUCTION$12,636
PHOTO SHOOT$2,250
HEALTHCARE$1,721
TESTING COSTS$1,544
HEALTHCARE REIMBURSEMENT$867
CAB FARE$494
Paid to
Armour Evans Media LLC$39,743
Amplify Campaigns$2,250
Health Connector$1,721
Kinetic Strategies, LLC$1,544
Kaiser Permanente$867
Uber$269
Not broken out by the committeeReported as a lump sum, with memo entries pointed to for the detail. Where those entries were filed and read, this page counts the payees they name instead; what is left here was never itemised.$28,2641.8%
Filed as
SALARY PAYMENT - SEE BELOW$27,966
REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW$297
Paid to
Gusto$27,966
Wagner, Bonnie$148
Clemente, Christopher$54
Faigin, Caleb$52
Turco, Madeleine$25
Pothier, Lena$18
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$14,5830.9%
Filed as
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES$4,288
CAMPAIGN WEBSITE AND SOFTWARE$3,900
TEXTING COST$2,574
SOFTWARE$1,908
TEXTING COSTS$1,845
EMAIL SERVICES$67
Paid to
Kinetic Strategies, LLC$7,591
Amplify Campaigns$5,867
Bumperactive$1,117
Blue Wave Political Partners LLC$8
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$12,0770.8%
Filed as
AIRFARE$5,015
HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS$1,731
AIR TRAVEL$1,593
MILEAGE$1,479
MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT$940
LODGING$601
AIRFARE, CAB FARE, HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, FOOD AND BEVERAGE$310
CAB FARE AND MILEAGE$289
HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS AND MILEAGE$80
AIRFARE AND TRAIN FARE$38
Paid to
Alaska Airlines$2,228
United Airlines Inc$1,848
Southwest Airlines$1,113
Hyatt Place$800
American Airlines$789
Leikind, Benjamin a$734
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$11,2930.7%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD FEES$11,293
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$10,179
Oath$441
Democracy Engine$332
Jstreetpac$236
NGP VAN, Inc.$105
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$9,9690.6%
Filed as
OFFICE RENT$5,589
FOOD AND BEVERAGES$1,736
WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE$1,361
PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES$500
FOOD$327
CAMPAIGN RELATED PHOTOGRAPHY COSTS$295
HEALTHCARE, NOTARIZATION AND OFFICE SUPPLIES$144
FOOD AND BEVERAGE$18
Paid to
Amplify Campaigns$5,589
Employers Preferred Insurance Co.$1,361
Eppig Brewing Point Loma$1,308
KM Strategies, Inc.$755
SF Event Photo$500
Marni VON Wilpert for Senate 2026$295
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$5,0000.3%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION REFUND TO COMMITTEE$5,000
Paid to
NO Vote Left Behind PAC$5,000
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$780<0.1%
Filed as
CANVASSING$640
PHONEBANK DIALER$98
FIELD TABLE$42
Paid to
Human Rights Campaign PAC$640
California Democratic Party$98
Ostacher, Jacob H.$42
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$500<0.1%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$500
Paid to
California Democratic Party$500
Total itemized disbursements $1,608,708
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 387 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
27 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $133,138 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Armour Evans Media LLC13 payments · 12% of all spending
$538,175
Amplify Campaigns29 payments · 7.9% of all spending
$339,497
Kinetic Strategies, LLC26 payments · 4.3% of all spending
$183,254
RCBS Payroll24 payments · 2.8% of all spending
$121,542
Street Level Strategy LLC1 payment · 1.6% of all spending
$71,025
ActBlue Technical Services89 payments · 1.1% of all spending
$46,418
Gusto3 payments · 0.9% of all spending
$40,098
Bluewest Media1 payment · 0.8% of all spending
$35,000
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 499 contributions · 35% of ranked
$312,114
Attorney189 contributions · 16% of ranked
$144,314
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 124 contributions · 6.5% of ranked
$57,502
Lawyer58 contributions · 4.3% of ranked
$37,975
Consultant44 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$23,773
Investor10 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$14,300
Accountant5 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$14,250
Owner14 contributions · 1.3% of ranked
$11,214
A further $3,750 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($752,534) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
HMP▼ Opposes33 records, latest Oct 22, 2026$4,292,669
