Tessa Lynn Hodge
Candidate for California 23rd Congressional District · Democrat
On the 2026 ballotChallenger · California 23rd Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: California Secretary of State — Certified List of Candidates, November 3, 2026 General Election (certified 2026-08-27): United States Representative District 23 · read Aug 27, 2026
Running for California 23rd Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 1 other candidate, 3 certified results. See the race
The District
What California 23rd Congressional District covers
Covers parts of San Bernardino County, Riverside County, Kern County and Los Angeles County.
1,775 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: enacted plan "AB 604 Congressional Plan (2025)" (AB 604, Chapter 96, Statutes of 2025; made operative by Proposition 50 (Election Rigging Response Act), approved by voters Nov 4, 2025); 2026 status: In effect for the 2026 elections under Proposition 50 (approved Nov 4, 2025); Official file https://aelc.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2025-08/ab604.zip
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Sep 24
- Raised
- $79,499cycle to date through Jun 30
- Cash on Hand
- $10,237cycle to date through Jun 30
- Spent
- $69,262cycle to date through Jun 30
- Debts Owed
- $3,770cycle to date through Jun 30
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026
Top Payees
Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.
- San Bernardino County Registrar Of Voters$11,849.00
- Sc Strategies$8,400.00
- Break Blue Strategies$5,000.00
- Cogs South Signs$1,535.79
- Vistaprint$944.44
Campaign finance · Tessa Lynn Hodge For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election CommissionFinance Reports
Campaign finance · Tessa Lynn Hodge For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Raised $79,499.12 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $69,261.97 · cash on hand $10,237.15 · debts owed by the committee $3,770.40 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $69,883.12 (88%); Candidate contributions $5,700.00 (7%); Candidate loans $3,770.40 (5%); Other receipts (refunds, offsets, other) $145.60 (0%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): other $28,329.44; general consulting $10,000.00; staff, contractors and reimbursements $4,450.00; direct mail $3,006.96; digital $725.83; fundraising $349.92.
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
In Their Words
What they have said, on the record
“I would ask for people to give me a chance. Talk to me.”
“We need more hospitals, more doctors, more nurses,”
In the News
Press coverage
- Former Serrano Student, Tessa Lynn Hodge, Runs for Congress in California 23rd DistrictMay 14, 2026 · Press · Tri-Community NewsPlus (Leandra Moreno-Prince)
Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
U.S. Representative · CA-23
Democrat · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 4, 2026 · Official · California Secretary of StateOn the ballot: U.S. Representative, California 23rd District · November 3, 2026 general election
Listed on the California Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026 General Election (certified August 27, 2026), 'United States Representative District 23', as Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic), ballot designation "Social Worker/Businesswoman". Top-two general; opponent: Jay Obernolte (Republican).
Aug 27, 2026 · Official · CA SOS Certified List of Candidates, Nov 3, 2026 General Election · sourceJune 2, 2026 top-two primary, CA-23: 30,292 votes (21.3%), finished second · advances to November
California Secretary of State, Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 Primary Election, United States Representative, 23rd Congressional District, district totals: Jay Obernolte (REP) 81,346; Tessa Lynn Hodge (DEM) 30,292; Pat Wallis (DEM) 18,945; Karen Leigh Matthews (NPP) 6,501; Karsten Scott Nicholson (DEM) 4,409; Eli C. Owens (NPP) 986; Renee Longshore (DEM (W/I)) 36; Robert Matthew Riter (REP (W/I)) 9. Total 142,524.
Jun 2, 2026 · Official · CA SOS Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 Primary · source
Not on file for Tessa yet: Key Votes, Advertising, Reach Them. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_j74rkm7ss.
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