Costa, Jim
person
CompareCore attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Costa, Jim
- First name
- Jim
- Last name
- Costa
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- California 21st Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- California 21st Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- California 21st Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,705,407.96
- Total disbursements
- $1,885,604.27
- Cash on hand
- $208,882.10
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $27,665.12
Receipt components disclose $1,705,407.96 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $691,703.00;Share: 40.6%;Denominator: $1,705,407.96 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,010,513.42;Share: 59.3%;Denominator: $1,705,407.96 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,705,407.96 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,705,407.96 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,705,407.96 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $3,191.54;Share: 0.2%;Denominator: $1,705,407.96 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $635,222.00
- Itemized
- $635,222.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 491 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $635,222.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $1,000.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $13,400.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $1,000.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $21,950.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $121,050.00;Transactions: 81;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $3,050.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $1,500.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $42,250.00;Transactions: 36;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $26,700.00;Transactions: 17;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $66,150.00;Transactions: 58;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $16,550.00;Transactions: 20;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $8,600.00;Transactions: 3;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $53,650.00;Transactions: 48;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $5,572.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $1,500.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $3,500.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $42,850.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $7,250.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $20,200.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $60,200.00;Transactions: 45;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $90,000.00;Transactions: 70;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $23,800.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $3,500.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $635,222.00 across 491 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $1,750.00;Transactions: 10 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $6,972.00;Transactions: 26 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $82,900.00;Transactions: 162 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $212,200.00;Transactions: 185 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $331,400.00;Transactions: 108 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 10% in district
- District share basis
- $62,400.00 in district and $538,422.00 out of district; $34,400.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $34,400.00 with 26 reported transactions; visible denominator is $635,222.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $62,400.00;Transactions: 48;Denominator: $635,222.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $426,922.00;Transactions: 302;Denominator: $635,222.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $111,500.00;Transactions: 115;Denominator: $635,222.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $34,400.00;Transactions: 26;Denominator: $635,222.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| COSTA, NADINE | $8,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CAGLIA, RICHARD | $7,300.00 | 3 transactions |
| CAMPOS, TONY | $6,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| HARRIS, JOHN C. | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| FISHER, ROBERT J. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| FISHER, WILLIAM S. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| FORHAN, BRYN A. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| FORHAN, PHILLIP J. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GUNNER, MIMI | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GUNNER, RICHARD V. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $229,750.00 | 164 transactions |
| CALIFORNIA STRATEGIES | $13,900.00 | 7 transactions |
| FORHAN COMPANY | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| CDM | $7,300.00 | 3 transactions |
| CAMPOS BROS. FARMS | $6,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| HARRIS FARMS, INC. | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| CO-FOUNDER | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| MANZANITA CAPITAL | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| OAKTREE REALTY | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| PISCES, INC. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $74,100.00 | 29 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $74,100.00 and 29 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4CA20082
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4CA20082
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H4CA20082
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:C001059
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA20082:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA20082:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA20082:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001059
- fec_candidate_id
- H4CA20082
- fec_candidate_ids
- H4CA20082
- govtrack_id
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- wikidata_id
- Q675869