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JOANNA MENDOZA RAISES “EYE-POPPING” $2.3 MILLION IN Q1 TO TAKE ON JUAN CISCOMANI [POLITICO]

“The massive haul… is the latest sign the district based around Tucson’s suburbs and the southeast Arizona desert could pose a headache for Republicans”
In just her latest sign of momentum, AZ-06 Democratic candidate JoAnna Mendoza today announced raising $2.3 MILLION in the first quarter of 2026 – a haul Politico is calling “massive” and “eye-popping.”

REMINDER: National Republicans are freaking out about Ciscomani’s seat. Ciscomani got nearly $1 million from GOP leadership in 2025, the second most of all vulnerable Republican incumbents, after he caved to DC party bosses and broke his explicit campaign promises by cutting Medicaid, attacking the ACA tax credits, and raising costs for families. 

October polling shows Ciscomani losing to Mendoza in a head-to-head matchup, while Republican David Schweikert admitted that private GOP polling shows Ciscomani losing re-election. Mendoza also outraised Ciscomani in Q3 2025.

Read the coverage for yourself…

Politico: Democratic House challenger in Arizona pulls in $2.3M quarterly haul

  • A Democratic challenger in a battleground Arizona district raised over $2 million in the first quarter of the year, an eye-popping haul that suggested donors are bullish about Democrats’ chances of taking the House.
  • JoAnna Mendoza, a Marine veteran challenging GOP Rep. Juan Ciscomani in Arizona’s 6th District, says she raised over $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2026. 
  • The massive haul, shared first with POLITICO, is the latest sign the district based around Tucson’s suburbs and the southeast Arizona desert could pose a headache for Republicans as they seek to maintain control of Congress.
  • “That number shows that we’re not playing around, that we’re serious and that we’re doing the work,” Mendoza said in an interview Thursday.
  • The district is considered one of the most competitive on the map this year, and Democrats have carried it in recent statewide elections. Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego won the district in 2024, as did Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Sen. Mark Kelly in 2022.
  • House Democrats see the district — which President Donald Trump narrowly won two years ago, according to calculations from The Downballot — as one of its dozen top targets to flip.
  • Mendoza’s total is among the highest reported by a Democratic House challenger this quarter.
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