Politician
Doris Matsui
Democrat · California · ran 4 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H6CA05195
Doris Matsui (Democrat) raised $7.8M for the 2026 California 7th District race, $1.2M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $752K for and $459K against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
Raised, all cycles
$12M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
31%
$3.6M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$752K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$459K
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | California 7th District | $7.8M | 15% | $752K / $459K | – | $9.0M | … Counting |
| 2024 | California 7th District | $1.2M | 70% | $0 / $0 | – | $1.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | California 7th District | $1.4M | 55% | $0 / $0 | – | $1.4M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | California 6th District | $1.0M | 73% | $14 / $0 | – | $1.0M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $1.6MTrade group $739KMembership $379KUnion $297KOther $270KLeadership PAC $144KSuper PAC $14K
- Ctia - the Wireless Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$30K
- American Hospital Association PACTrade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- Charter Communications Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Vsp Holding Company Inc Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Ncta - the Internet & Television Association Political Action Committee (Nctapac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - FederalCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Verizon Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee (Verizon PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- American Cable Association Inc PAC (Aca PAC)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$15K
- America's Credit Unions PACTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Ptc Therapeutics, Inc. Political Action Committee (Ptc-PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Cox Enterprises PAC (Coxpac) Inc.CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Rising Tide Collectivefor $400K
- Inclusion PACfor $206K
- Working Families Party PACagainst $175K
- American Priorities (Ap)against $150K
- Justice Democrats PACagainst $77K
- National Union of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Educationfor $14
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 19 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 6 times (32%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $288K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $172K$0 | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $172K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $36K | Nay · against |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $288K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $0$36K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $36K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $36K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Nay · against |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $15K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $264K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $179K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $15K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Nay · against |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $47K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $0$139K$12K | Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $139K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $82K | Yea · with industry |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 5 of 5 key votes (100%)
On 2 votes, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 0 times and with their constituents 2. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 43% support ±14CA-07 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 54% support ±14CA-07 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $36K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 41% support ±14CA-07 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 41% support ±14CA-07 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 76% support ±11CA-06 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $139K Pharma and health care wanted nay$12K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 70% support ±12CA-06 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 89% support ±2California (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 80% support ±10CA-06 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $139K Pharma and health care wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 94% support ±1California (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
The revolving door
3 former aides now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Doris Matsui's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
Joseph TrahernFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff Rep. Bob Matsui; Chief of Staff Rep. Doris Matsui
Now lobbies for Comcast Corporation, Moda Health, Zeno Power Systems, INC. · via K&l Gates, LLP
Megan HerberFormer congressional staff
Legislative Director/Senior Legislative Assistant/Legislative Assistant, Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Now lobbies for Boston Children'S Hospital, Immune Deficiency Foundation · via Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Robert MosherFormer congressional staff
Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Langevin 2001-2003 Legislative Director, Rep. Steve Kagen 2007-2009 Legislative Director, Rep. Doris Matsui 2009-2011
Now lobbies for Interstate Natural Gas Association Of America
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Doris Matsui's 2026 campaign?
- Doris Matsui (Democrat) raised $7.8M for the 2026 California 7th District race, $1.2M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $752K for and $459K against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
- Which PACs gave the most to Doris Matsui?
- American Hospital Association PAC ($10K), Ctia - the Wireless Association Political Action Committee ($10K), Charter Communications Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K), America's Credit Unions PAC ($10K), Ptc Therapeutics, Inc. Political Action Committee (Ptc-PAC) ($10K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Doris Matsui's race?
- Rising Tide Collective ($400K for), Inclusion PAC ($206K for), Working Families Party PAC ($175K against) in 2026.
- How much has Doris Matsui raised across elections?
- $7.8M in 2026, $1.2M in 2024, $1.4M in 2022, $1.0M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.