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2026 federal candidate record

Trevor Merrell

California U.S. House District 4

Democratic Party

Trevor Merrell is included in the 2026 FEC filing records for California U.S. House District 4. Explore the available source records below. A federal filing does not establish ballot qualification.

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Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Trevor Merrell raised?

$6,435.12 in total campaign receipts.

$4,766.00 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts
$6,435
Total spending
$6,459
Cash on hand
-$24

Through · Last successful import

Negative cash balance reported in the FEC summary; see source filing.

Official sourceFederal Election Commission · data through .

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Trevor Merrell 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Latest included campaign summary

End date of the candidate financial summary in Election.org's current FEC bulk-data release.

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Scheduled primary election

Congressional primary date listed in the FEC's 2026 calendar.

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Federal general election

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Campaign finance details
Campaign money

Trevor Merrell campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through March 31, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$6,435.12All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$4,766.00Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$1,669.12Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$6,459.23Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand-$24.11Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$0.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt-$24.11Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores.

Campaign money graph
Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Trevor Merrell

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

1 published categories
Category not reported4 current organization-payment rows$4,601.87

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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Trevor Merrell For Congress4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-03-03
$4,601.87

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-10-16. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

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What the reported totals show

74.1%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
100.4%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
-$24.11Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official filing details
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Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Trevor Merrell
Office sought
U.S. House — California District 4
Party affiliation
Democratic Party
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
TREVOR MERRELL FOR CONGRESS →
FEC candidate ID
H6CA04230
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