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Ken Calvert

Ken Calvert

Republican · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

34 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1993

Roles held

  1. Representative 1993 – present CA Republican
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Republican

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born June 8, 1953; a businessman and member of the Republican Party
  • background Chaired the Riverside County Republican Party from 1984 to 1988
  • role U.S. Representative from California since 1993, having represented the 44th, 42nd, 43rd, and now the 41st district
  • role Represents a district in the Inland Empire of Southern California

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-40 · 2026 General Election

  • $6,142,469 raised
  • $4,907,604 spent
  • $1,497,001 cash on hand

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $106,352 ·

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).

  • Employer not reported $84,517
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN $48,500
  • L3 HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES $34,000
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS $27,100
  • INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES $26,400
  • GENERAL ATOMICS $23,820
  • ASTRANIS $21,500
  • EO SOLUTIONS $20,100
  • C3 AI $20,000
  • KAREM AIRCRAFT $19,800

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 $87,780 supporting · $581,056 opposing · 7 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $1,416,246 supporting · $7,196,272 opposing · 29 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Calvert, 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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