Esmeralda Soria
Democratic · CA · Member of the California State Assembly, District 27
Esmeralda Soria is a Democratic candidate for California's 14th State Senate District (Central Valley — Fresno/Merced) in the 2026 general election, an open-seat top-two contest against Republican Darin DuPont. She currently serves in the California State Assembly (District 27), first elected in 2022, and previously served two terms on the Fresno City Council.
Campaign Finance Information — State Senator, District 14
Campaign Finance Information · State Senator, District 14 · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 24, 2026
- Raised
- $3,059,894
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Attorney$51,450
- Chief Executive Officer$40,300
- Not Employed$32,550
- Farmer$28,900
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- Vice Chairman$23,600
Spending by outside groups
Money spent on this race by outside groups — such as PACs and super PACs — not by the candidate's own campaign. This spending is not coordinated with the candidate's campaign and does not go directly to the candidate.
Outside money spent supporting this candidate: $697,618
Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (5)
- Valley Voices for Soria for Senate 2026, a coalition of Technology and Housing Providers$348,116
Realtor and landlord money: paid for by the California Association of Realtors and the California Apartment Association. · transparencyusa.org
- Uber Innovation Political Action Committee$164,239
Funded entirely by Uber, the ride-hailing company. · transparencyusa.org
- California Leads$115,045
Big Tech money: funded almost entirely by Meta and Google. · transparencyusa.org
- Working Families for a Stronger California, Sponsored by LCCC PAC, A Bi-partisan Coalition of Municipal, County, Latino Appointed and Elected Leaders PAC$31,657
Paid for entirely by LCCC PAC, a bipartisan group of Latino city and county elected officials. · transparencyusa.org
- Table Mountain Rancheria$25,000
The political fund of Table Mountain Rancheria, a Fresno County tribe that runs a casino. · en.wikipedia.org
Source: California Secretary of State · 2026 cycle · campaignfinance.cdn.sos.ca.gov
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Authored Assembly Bill 2661 (Chapter 573, Statutes of 2024), signed 2024, a Central Valley clean-energy measure amending the Water Code to facilitate electricity/solar projects associated with the Westlands Water District on fallowed farmland.
September 25, 2024For
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 17, 2026
Elections
- State Senator, District 14 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 14; California
Profile last researched July 17, 2026.