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Races › California › 51st District
Includes San Diego, El Cajon, La Mesa and Lemon Grove
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 $1.9M, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
California, statewide
No election this year
51st Congressional District8 filed with the FEC$1.9M raised by the field
Sara Jacobs · Ricardo Cabrera
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 51
No published priorities shown yet
No published priorities
FEC filings
On the general election ballot
Nov 3, 2026 · California US House 51
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
Held by Sara Jacobs D (on the general election ballot)
Every public poll of the CA-51 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
$8 from outside groups for or against these candidates, through Mar 5, 2025.
Independent expenditures, with 24- and 48-hour notices filed since each group’s last regular report.
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the open primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 3,943 votes (2.0%) · 4 of 4
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the open primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 3,943 votes (2.0%) · 4 of 4
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the open primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 3,943 votes (2.0%) · 4 of 4