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Full profileFour candidates are running to represent California’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House. The field includes three Democrats — Saikat Chakrabarti, Cole Bettles and Connie Chan — and Nathan Deer, whose designation is listed as NNE.
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. No policy positions are documented for any of the four candidates, making campaign finance activity the clearest measurable difference in the race at this stage.
The candidate field
The contest has four candidates and two listed political designations. Chakrabarti, Bettles and Chan are Democrats. Deer is listed as NNE.
That makes CA-11 a contested race rather than one with a single candidate. Voters will be choosing among all four candidates in the 2026 general election for the district’s seat in the U.S. House.
Who is running
Saikat Chakrabarti, Democrat: Chakrabarti has reported raising $0 and spending $0. A cash-on-hand figure is not listed, and no policy positions are documented for his campaign.
Nathan Deer, NNE: Deer has reported raising $3,987.42 and spending $3,987.42. A cash-on-hand figure is not listed, and no policy positions are documented for his campaign.
Cole Bettles, Democrat: Bettles has reported raising $0 and spending $0. A cash-on-hand figure is not listed, and no policy positions are documented for his campaign.
Connie Chan, Democrat: Chan has reported raising $1,094,321.06 and spending $732,236.42. A cash-on-hand figure is not listed, and no policy positions are documented for her campaign.
What the campaign finance numbers show
The reported totals establish a significant difference in financial activity among the campaigns. Chan has reported the most money raised and spent. Deer has reported equal amounts raised and spent, while Chakrabarti and Bettles each report no money raised or spent.
Those figures describe campaign fundraising and spending, not election results or voter support. They also are not current account balances. Because no cash-on-hand figure is listed for any candidate, subtracting spending from fundraising should not be treated as a complete measure of how much money a campaign currently has.
Each candidate’s totals can change as the campaign continues. New fundraising and spending figures will help show whether the financial difference between the campaigns is growing, narrowing or remaining steady.
What is contested in CA-11
The race is contested because four candidates are seeking the same House seat. The field also creates a choice among three candidates with the Democratic designation and one candidate using the NNE designation.
The candidates’ policy differences are not yet defined by documented positions. That leaves several central questions unresolved, including which issues each candidate will emphasize and how they would approach the work of representing District 11 in Congress.
The next major developments will be the candidates’ public policy positions and additional campaign finance activity. Those details will give voters more ways to compare Chakrabarti, Deer, Bettles and Chan before the Nov. 3 general election.
