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Races › California › 43rd District
Includes Compton, Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena and Lawndale
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · general election
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Filing with the FEC is a disclosure, not a place on the ballot. Money raised is not a forecast.
November nominees first, then by money raised. Bars are in party color; raised includes loans from the candidate, and spent can exceed raised when a campaign spends money left from earlier cycles.
House: bars drawn to $1.1M, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
California, statewide
No election this year
43rd Congressional District7 filed with the FEC$1.1M raised by the field
Maxine Waters · Cristian Morales
No published priorities shown yet
No published priorities
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
On the general election ballot
Nov 3, 2026 · California US House 43
Maxine Waters holds this House seat; the current term began January 2025.
and 11 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
On the general election ballot
Nov 3, 2026 · California US House 43
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
These filed with the FEC for this seat but are not on the FEC’s list for this race. They are not counted in the figures above.
No published priorities
From this site’s FEC import
Held by Maxine Waters D (on the general election ballot)
Every public poll of the CA-43 House race this cycle, as published. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
No public polls
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated October 28, 2026
$12.7K from outside groups for or against these candidates, through May 29, 2026.
Independent expenditures, with 24- and 48-hour notices filed since each group’s last regular report.
No published priorities
FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026
Lost the open primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 17,847 votes (15.0%) · 3 of 4 · Maxine Waters and Cristian Morales are on the November ballot
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the open primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 5,102 votes (4.3%) · 4 of 4 · Maxine Waters and Cristian Morales are on the November ballot