BERA, AMERISH

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · California · District 3 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH0CA03078

Overview

Raised: $1.5Mvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.7Mvs $1.1M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.7Mvs $1.9M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $80Kvs $57.8K 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+17.7

VotePredictor gives Amerish Bera a 99% chance of winning as of November 15, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Amerish Bera’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 15, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

2 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $47,889
AMERICAN EXPRESS received 54.1% of positive itemized operating spending in BERA FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 24, 2025
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to BERA FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-05-05, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: May 5, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · California · District 3
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: BERA FOR CONGRESS (C00461061)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Amerish Bera? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$628.3K
Unitemized individual contributions$62.2K
Other committees$770.5K
Party committees$2,000
Other receipts$29.8K

Top contributors

BERA, AMERISH B.$25K1 contribution
YU, BYONG JOODemocraticDerived from contributions$7,5004 contributions
BRUNNER, DANIELDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.6M
Loan repayments$132.8K
Contribution refunds$1,470
Other disbursements$13K

Largest operating payments

ALG POLLING INC$94.1KPOLLING · Oct 6, 2025
AL MEDIA$81.1KADVERTISING SERVICES · May 8, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$56.9KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED · Apr 23, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$55.2KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED · Mar 23, 2026
AL MEDIA$45KADVERTISING SERVICES · Apr 21, 2026
AL MEDIA$43.5KADVERTISING SERVICES · Oct 15, 2025
HELEN MILBY & CO.$35KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Apr 30, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$31.8K

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$1,610	$27,500
Feb 25	$1,700	$0
Mar 25	$15,210	$0
Apr 25	$32,645	$0
May 25	$20,010	$0
Jun 25	$17,975	$0
Jul 25	$6,350	$0
Aug 25	$5,505	$0
Sep 25	$42,990	$0
Oct 25	$34,715	$0
Nov 25	$83,712	$0
Dec 25	$53,409	$0
Jan 26	$5,037	$0
Feb 26	$10,635	$0
Mar 26	$35,685	$7,800
Apr 26	$80,435	$50,500
May 26	$60,500	$1,000
Jun 26	$35,980	$6,500

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: California · District 3
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 582496 · ELK GROVE, California, 95758
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

BERA VICTORY FUNDC00519900 Joint fundraising participantBERA FOR CONGRESSC00461061
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1233698Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BERA VICTORY FUNDC00519900 Associated candidateBERA, AMERISHH0CA03078
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BERA FOR CONGRESSC00461061 Authorized candidateBERA, AMERISHH0CA03078
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BERA FOR CONGRESSC00461061 Connected organizationBERA VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $1,470
Debts owed by committees: $80,000
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashd804dbfce3d4cb96d20c9199b01376bd70a3ccd5559f1c312c8683369d47ddfa

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BERA, AMERISH

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Money in

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Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

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