California’s 45th District

General election Nov 3, 202630 days away8 candidates filed

Current representativeDerek Tran Democrat, in Congress since 2025 Running for re-election

Candidates

Candidate	Party	Status	Raised	Cash on hand
DDerek Tran	Democratic Party	Incumbent	$5.0M	$3.3M
RMichelle Steel	Republican Party	Challenger	$1.3M	$0
RThomas Ky-Phong Vo	Republican Party	Challenger	$757K	$0
RChuong Vo	Republican Party	Challenger	$496K	$75K
RChi Charlie Nguyen	Republican Party	Challenger	$485K	$0
RAmy Phan West	Republican Party	Challenger	$59K	$4K
RMark Andrew Leonard	Republican Party	Challenger	$26K	$18K
DBrian Forde	Democratic Party	Challenger	—	—

Everyone registered with the FEC for this seat who has raised money and has not been marked inactive, sorted by money raised. Candidates who lost a primary can still appear until they close their campaign committee; nominees for this race are not yet marked.