ESTHER KIM VARET FOR CONGRESS
DemocraticFEC reportedHouse campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00894915
Overview
- Raised
- $3M
- Spent
- $2.9M
- Cash on hand
- $26.3K
- Debts owed
- $501.4K
OpenFEC processed totals through Sep 30, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.
Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; 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.
Candidate connections
Principal candidate campaign
VARET, ESTHER KIMDemocraticFEC reportedU.S. House · California · District 40
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
H6CA40309· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Money in
Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$1.2M
- Unitemized individual contributions$1.1M
- Other committees$12.5K
- Candidate contributions$207K
- Other receipts$26K
Top contributors
- VARET, ESTHER KIM$382K5 contributions
- VARET, ESTHER KIM$160K1 contribution
- VARET, ESTHER KIM$50K1 contribution
- SHLESINGER, SARA LIPSONDemocraticDerived from contributions$9,0007 contributions
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$2.6M
- Loan repayments$50K
- Contribution refunds$227K
- Other disbursements$12K
Largest disbursements
- ARMOUR EVANS MEDIA, LLC$250KDIGITAL MEDIA · Apr 28, 2026
- SOLIDARITY STRATEGIES, LLC$119.1KMAILERS · Apr 30, 2026
- KEY LIME STRATEGIES AND MEDIA$105.3KTEXT BLASTS · Jul 2, 2025
- ARMOUR EVANS MEDIA, LLC$100KDIGITAL MEDIA · Apr 17, 2026
- KEY LIME STRATEGIES AND MEDIA$92.9KFUNDRAISING ADVERTISEMENTS · Jul 1, 2025
- SOLIDARITY STRATEGIES, LLC$92.5KCAMPAIGN LITERATURE · Apr 30, 2026
- KEY LIME STRATEGIES AND MEDIA$90.9KDIGITAL MEDIA · Feb 5, 2026
- KEY LIME STRATEGIES AND MEDIA
Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph
Records
Registration
- Committee type
- House campaign committee
- Designation
- Principal campaign committee
- Party affiliation
- Democratic
- Treasurer
- VARET, ESTHER KIM
- Filing cadence
- Quarterly filer
- Organization type
- Not reported
- Connected organization
- FRIENDS OF HOAN HUYNH AND ESTHER KIM VARET
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- 1700 TRIBUTE ROAD, SUITE 201 · SACRAMENTO, CA, 95815
Relationships
FEC-reported relationships
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Political alignment
Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence
FEC registration: House campaign committee; Democratic affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.