Friedman, Laura
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Laura Syril Friedman (born December 3, 1966) is an American politician and former film producer who is the member for California's 30th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented California's 44th State Assembly district from 2016 to 2024. Prior to her election to the Assembly in 2016, Friedman was a member of the Glendale City Council from 2009 to 2016, where she served as mayor of Glendale from 2011 until 2012. She authored a bill to eliminate minimum parking requirements for housing near mass transit stations in California, which was signed into law in 2022.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Friedman, Laura
- First name
- Laura
- Last name
- Friedman
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- California 30th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- California 30th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $827,895.09
- Total disbursements
- $655,389.44
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $827,895.09 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
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
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $444,364.00
- Itemized
- $444,364.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 932 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $444,364.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $735.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $38,800.00;Transactions: 49;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $5,400.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $8,106.00;Transactions: 36;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $55,964.00;Transactions: 69;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $42,872.00;Transactions: 85;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $6,815.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $29,958.00;Transactions: 52;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $57,824.00;Transactions: 114;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $17,098.00;Transactions: 44;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $3,534.00;Transactions: 36;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $25,007.00;Transactions: 64;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $21,658.00;Transactions: 48;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $8,830.00;Transactions: 44;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $37,460.00;Transactions: 87;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $65,198.00;Transactions: 107;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $19,105.00;Transactions: 40;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $444,364.00 across 932 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $23,957.00;Transactions: 413 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $48,942.00;Transactions: 191 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $68,135.00;Transactions: 137 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $151,781.00;Transactions: 136 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $151,549.00;Transactions: 55 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 37% in district
- District share basis
- $165,153.00 in district and $277,111.00 out of district; $2,100.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $2,100.00 with 3 reported transactions; visible denominator is $444,364.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $165,153.00;Transactions: 499;Denominator: $444,364.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $230,702.00;Transactions: 383;Denominator: $444,364.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $46,409.00;Transactions: 47;Denominator: $444,364.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $2,100.00;Transactions: 3;Denominator: $444,364.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| MORA, STEVEN | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| BLUE, ALLEN | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CHRAGHCHIAN, PATRICK | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| DAKE, GLEN | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FISHMAN, EDWARD | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| JANOWITZ, JESSIA | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| MADISON, STEVEN | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| WILSON, RENEE | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CAMERON, RIMA | $6,900.00 | 6 transactions |
| GROSSMAN, TERRY | $6,000.00 | 8 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 | $211,388.00 | 579 transactions |
| MCS BURBANK LLC | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| ADEPT | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| DAKE WILSON ARCHITECTS | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| DE SHAW | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| GDML | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| $7,000.00 | 2 transactions | |
| QUINN EMANUEL | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FORD MOTOR COMPANY | $5,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| WBPA | $4,000.00 | 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 | $53,000.00 | 17 transactions |
| Automotive | $5,500.00 | 3 transactions |
Classified: $5,500.00 and 3 transactions out of $58,500.00 and 20 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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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:2026:H4CA30149
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4CA30149
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:F000483
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA30149:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA30149:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- F000483
- fec_candidate_id
- H4CA30149
- fec_candidate_ids
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- wikidata_id
- Q6498920