Candidate · November 3, 2026

Ken Calvert

On the ballot for U.S. House · California's 40th District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$7.1M
cash on hand
$980K
issues with public statements
5
outside spending for or against
$1.7M

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · California's 40th District1
Party on the ballotRepublican1
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents California's 41st District in the U.S. House.2
How it's decidedUnder California's top-two system, only the two candidates who received the most votes in the June 2, 2026, primary, regardless of party preference, appear on this general-election ballot.1,3
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Ken Calvert, a lifelong resident of Corona, graduated from Corona High School in 1971 and earned a bachelor's degree in economics from San Diego State University in 1975.4,5 Before Congress he owned businesses in the restaurant and commercial brokerage and development industries.4 He was first elected to the House in 1992 and represents the 41st District; he chairs the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and is dean of California's Republican House delegation.4,5 After the passage of Proposition 50, he is running in the 40th District.4

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, CA-412
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, CA-412

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Immigration

Work eligibility checks (E-Verify)

His campaign website says he wrote the 1996 law that created E-Verify and is a leading advocate for making its use mandatory.4,9

  1. Keep it optional for most employers
  2. Require it only for larger employers or certain industries
  3. Require all employers to use it
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Foreign Policy and Defense

Military aid to Israel

His campaign website says he introduced the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which the House passed in 2024, to require the delivery of defense weapons to Israel that the Biden administration had sought to withhold.9

Military spending

His campaign website says he wrote the Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Appropriations Act, which it says included a 5.2 percent pay raise for troops and record funding for the National Guard's counter-drug programs.9

Agriculture and Rural Life

Animal welfare laws

His campaign website says he wrote a 2000 law creating a federal committee to promote alternatives to animal testing and has led the HEARTS Act and other efforts to reduce the use of animals in federally funded testing.9

  1. No new federal animal welfare rules, and pass a federal law barring states from requiring that meat and eggs sold there come from animals housed a certain way
  2. Keep current federal laws, with states free to add their own protections
  3. Add federal protections, such as bans on horse slaughter and on testing cosmetics on animals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Environment and Public Lands

Wildfire prevention and forest management

His campaign website says that as Interior Appropriations chairman he negotiated a 2018 fix that set aside funding for wildfire response so the Forest Service would stop taking money from programs such as fuels reduction.9

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Ken Calvert served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Ken Calvert sponsored or cosponsored 24 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.62

Raised$7,050,383
Spent$6,332,129
Cash on hand$980,391
Debts owed by the campaign$2,371

Where the money came from

Individual donors$3.1M · 43%
PACs and other political committees$1.6M · 23%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$2.2M · 31%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$190K · 3%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $451,180 supporting and $1,211,098 opposing Ken Calvert this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 23, 2026.63

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
CFF—$1,207,429
Americans 4 Security PAC$411,904—
CALIFORNIA CONSERVATIVES PAC$26,526—
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH PAC$12,750—
Youth Save Democracy PAC—$3,669

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.