SIMON, LATEEFAH

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · California · District 12 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH4CA12154

Overview

Raised: $1.7Mvs $2.2M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.3Mvs $1.9M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $725.8Kvs $285.7K 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

Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+84.3

VotePredictor forecasts this race as of October 30, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Lateefah Simon is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

The Democrat’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 30, 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 · No open linked indicators

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).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

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

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · California · District 12
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS (C00834291)

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 Lateefah Simon? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.2M
Unitemized individual contributions$100.9K
Other committees$330.9K
Other receipts$2,694

Top contributors

THE EMPOWERMENT FUNDDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants$43.1K2 contributions
PRITZKER, SUSAN99% Democratic · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,5003 contributions
BARR, CHRISTOPHER

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.1M
Contribution refunds$3,398
Other disbursements$116.3K

Largest operating payments

DELIVERY STRATEGIES LLC$30.1KDIRECT MAIL · May 22, 2026
LAKE RESEARCH PARTNERS$29.2KPOLLING · May 8, 2026
SOUTHEAST VISION PROJECT$16KSPONSORSHIP · Feb 18, 2026
CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE$15.9KCANDIDATE STATEMENT · Mar 20, 2026
KIELOCH CONSULTING INC.$15KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 17, 2026
BCOM SOLUTIONS, LLC$12KDIGITAL CONSULTING · Aug 27, 2025
LAKE RESEARCH PARTNERS$12KPOLITICAL RESEARCH · Jun 23, 2026
SPACA, INC.$11.9KSECURITY DETAIL · Mar 9, 2026
BERGER HIRSCHBERG STRATEGIES

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$12,875	$0
Feb 25	$13,030	$0
Mar 25	$94,790	$0
Apr 25	$25,535	$0
May 25	$106,893	$0
Jun 25	$158,645	$26,000
Jul 25	$13,170	$0
Aug 25	$28,860	$0
Sep 25	$91,680	$3,000
Oct 25	$79,263	$6,000
Nov 25	$19,208	$25,500
Dec 25	$28,163	$20,000
Jan 26	$33,993	$0
Feb 26	$43,463	$275
Mar 26	$141,488	$2,250
Apr 26	$23,780	$20,000
May 26	$111,165	$1,500
Jun 26	$55,563	$0

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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 12
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 1714 FRANKLIN ST #100-438 · OAKLAND, California, 94612
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.

THE EMPOWERMENT FUNDC00719062 Joint fundraising participantLATEEFAH FOR CONGRESSC00834291
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1897042Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LATEEFAH VICTORY FUNDC00913962 Joint fundraising participantLATEEFAH FOR CONGRESSC00834291
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1990836Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESSC00834291 Authorized candidateSIMON, LATEEFAHH4CA12154
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESSC00834291 Connected organizationTHE EMPOWERMENT 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.
ON THE MOVE PACC00878934 Leadership PAC sponsorSIMON, LATEEFAHH4CA12154
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1937435Official 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: $3,398
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash6acd177b7ec49b7688bba6c0ec64767ff085e8422df66203c0f14b5e4551b5c6

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SIMON, LATEEFAH

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

Over time

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FEC-reported relationships

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Top employers

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Money network

Race forecast