Image Credit:
CA State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio is kicking off the 2026 election cycle with a bang – having raised $1 million in the first 90 days of 2025. The pace is similar to the one DeMaio set during the 2024 election cycle – where DeMaio consistently raised an average of $1 million each quarter and ultimately hit $8 million for the entire cycle.
No other state or local Republican in California has even come close to raising as much as DeMaio has since he launched his Reform California movement in 2017 – with a total raised now at nearly $25 million since then.
“The amazing support we are getting for our entire Reform California movement is a testament to the hunger across California for new leadership and a more aggressive fight to fix our state,” DeMaio said.
DeMaio leads Reform California – a statewide political movement that shines a light on government, informs voters through news and podcasts, recruits and supports candidates for office, distributes a widely-used voter guide each election, and engages in numerous ballot measure campaigns.
In the 2024 election, candidates endorsed by DeMaio’s Reform California performed exceptionally well throughout the state.
But DeMaio says California Republicans won’t be fully relevant in the state again until they can raise enough resources to compete with Democrats.
“Being a conservative and fighting in California is hard, but it can and must be done — and the support we are generating from grassroots contributors for this fight is proof that people want to fight to take back this state from the far-Left’s insanity,” DeMaio says.
“Democrats have a huge advantage in California with millions in special-interest money and a liberal media giving them free favorable coverage every day, but we’ll be investing the resources we are raising in a strategic way to have the biggest impact,” DeMaio says.
As required by FPPC rules, costs for Reform California projects and campaigns are covered by Carl DeMaio for State Assembly, Reform California Voter Guide – Slate Mail Organization, and Reform California with Carl DeMaio – Ballot Measure Committee.
Since launching his Reform California movement in 2017, DeMaio has directly raised over $25 million for campaigns he’s led and supported. For the 2026 cycle, DeMaio has set a goal of raising $10 million for candidates, ballot measures and various other projects that are part of the Reform California movement.
“We need these resources because California’s 2026 election will likely have major consequences — from potentially deciding who wins majority control of the US House to whether Prop 13 survives and whether state Republicans can break the Democrats’ Super-Majority control in the state legislature,” DeMaio notes.
