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Doris O. Matsui

Doris O. Matsui

Democratic · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

22 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2005

Roles held

  1. Representative 2005 – present CA Democratic
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Democratic

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born September 25, 1944
  • background Government affairs consultant; Deputy Assistant to President in Clinton Administration
  • achievement Worked with President Clinton to create first White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (1999)
  • role U.S. House representative from California's 7th district since 2005; succeeded husband Bob Matsui
  • role Member of House Energy and Commerce Committee; ranking member of Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-07 · 2026 General Election

  • $3,192,087 raised
  • $3,031,300 spent
  • $467,456 cash on hand
$3.19M
$1.79M
$840.02K
Itemized (≥ $200)$812.45K
Unitemized (< $200)$27.58K
Other committees (PACs)$936.96K
Candidate self-funding$15.10K
$1.40M
Made by candidate$1.40M
$3.03M
Operating expenditures$2.98M
Contribution refunds$11.38K
Other disbursements$42.80K
Cash on hand$467.46K
Debts owed by committee$1.40M

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Doris O. Matsui campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2006$2,297,574$2,463,339$78,467
2008$964,541$889,119$153,888
2010$835,400$842,505$146,783
2012$908,449$858,323$196,910
2014$1,063,566$982,391$275,234
2016$1,103,289$1,003,550$374,974
2018$1,067,180$1,118,819$323,335
2020$1,023,901$1,077,825$269,411
2022$1,400,594$1,488,666$181,340
2024$1,239,232$1,113,903$306,669
2026$3,192,087$3,031,300$467,456

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • UC DAVIS $9,300
  • DISH NETWORK $8,100
  • Employer not reported $7,800
  • KORSHAK KRACOFF KONG & SUGANO LLP $6,600
  • DOWNEY BRAND LLP $6,600
  • GRANITE TELECOM $6,600
  • EVGO $6,600
  • JAGUAR VENTURES $5,800
  • LS POWER $5,000
  • WAGNER KIRKMAN BLAINE KLOMPARENS $4,800

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $140,000 opposing · 3 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $197 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Matsui, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

Congressional testimony