CHU, JUDY

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · California · District 28 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH0CA32101

Overview

Raised: $1.4Mvs $1.9M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.3Mvs $1.7M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $3.7Mvs $3.6M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 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+33.4

VotePredictor gives Judy Chu a 99% chance of winning as of November 2, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Judy Chu’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 2, 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

1 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: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $69,282
CHASE CARD SERVICES received 52.0% of positive itemized operating spending in JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Sep 21, 2025

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 28
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESS (C00458125)

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 Judy Chu? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$818.5K
Unitemized individual contributions$47.2K
Other committees$510.2K

Top contributors

CANDELARIO, JURYDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
CHEN, HUODemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0003 contributions
FENG, FRANKLINDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0003 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$779.6K
Contribution refunds$22.5K
Other disbursements$495.1K

Largest operating payments

CHASE CARD SERVICES$32.9KCREDIT CARD CHARGES-SEE SCH. G · Sep 17, 2025
CHASE CARD SERVICES$29KCREDIT CARD CHARGES-SEE SCH. G · Sep 21, 2025
888 SEAFOOD RESTAURANT$28.7KCATERING · Nov 10, 2025
CHASE CARD SERVICES$16KCREDIT CARD CHARGES-SEE SCH. G · Jun 21, 2025
CHASE CARD SERVICES$12.2KCREDIT CARD CHARGES · Jun 19, 2026
CHASE CARD SERVICES$11.4KCREDIT CARD CHARGES-SEE SCH. G · Jan 19, 2026
RED HORSE STRATEGIES, LLC$10KPOLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING - 12/2024,1/2025,2/2025,3/2025 · Apr 2, 2025
RED HORSE STRATEGIES, LLC$7,500POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING - 4/2025, 5/2025, 6/2025 · Jul 10, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$550	$0
Feb 25	$11,100	$5,000
Mar 25	$3,550	$105,000
Apr 25	$12,984	$0
May 25	$350	$2,500
Jun 25	$18,400	$7,000
Jul 25	$32,415	$2,000
Aug 25	$128,580	$51,000
Sep 25	$108,670	$9,000
Oct 25	$30,956	$0
Nov 25	$84,177	$0
Dec 25	$7,850	$13,000
Jan 26	$3,895	$50,000
Feb 26	$4,815	$0
Mar 26	$21,758	$80,000
Apr 26	$2,695	$0
May 26	$30,015	$17,500
Jun 26	$5,430	$18,000

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: California · District 28
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 16633 VENTURA BLVD. #1008 · ENCINO, California, 91436
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.

JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSC00458125 Authorized candidateCHU, JUDYH0CA32101
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSC00458125 Connected organizationTOGETHER WE RISEReported 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.
TOGETHER WE RISEC00667360 Leadership PAC sponsorCHU, JUDYH0CA32101
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1892195Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $22,514
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash6c84d87f7828c4eed95cae5637843098f9bfda7e54adaaff4c14d201eb091d0f

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CHU, JUDY

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