| Kevin Kiley’s fake ‘independent’ mask is slipping to reveal what California voters knew all along: ‘MAGA Champion’ Kiley is still in lockstep with and bankrolled by extreme Republicans and his D.C. party bosses.
New reporting from the Sacramento Bee reveals that a significant portion of Kiley’s PAC contributions came from “organizations explicitly aligned with Republican or conservative causes” and that they still view him as “one of their own.”
While Kiley attempts to lie about his deep MAGA ties to CA-06 voters, the campaign contributions speak for themselves:
- $550,000 transferred from Mike Johnson’s fundraising committee, Grow the Majority
- Another $157,800 from Grow the Majority after announcing he was ‘leaving’ the Republican party
- $7,000 from Republican Governance Group’s affiliated PAC, of which he’s still listed as a member
- And nearly $70,000 from Republican-aligned groups
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
“Kevin Kiley can change the letter next to his name, but he can’t hide who funds his campaigns or who he fights for: his Republican Party bosses. While families suffer from Kiley’s agenda that’s raising costs and gutting their healthcare, he continues raising money from the same MAGA machine that’s bankrolled him all along. It’s disingenuous, it’s predictable — and it will be one reason among many that he loses in November.”
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Sacramento Bee: Republican-aligned PACs continue funding Kevin Kiley’s congressional campaign
- Rep. Kevin Kiley has nearly $2 million in cash on hand as he heads into the general election, aided…by support from Republican-aligned groups even after leaving the GOP earlier this year.
- Federal campaign finance filings show Kiley raised nearly $2.7 million between January 2025 and May 13, 2026. The fundraising haul included contributions from a number of conservative organizations and Republican leadership committees, including more than $550,000 transferred through Grow the Majority, a joint fundraising committee associated with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
- Kiley announced in March that he had changed his voter registration to no party preference, saying growing partisanship was “weakening the country.” While he no longer identifies as a Republican, the Rocklin congressman continues to caucus with House Republicans.
- Just a few weeks after his announcement, another $157,800 was transferred from Grow the Majority to his campaign.
- [Dr.] Richard Pan, who is running against Kiley in the November general election, said Kiley’s party switch is a political tactic to win the Democratic-leaning 6th Congressional District.
- Just four years earlier, Kiley was endorsed by President Donald Trump for the 3rd Congressional District seat, which he now holds. Trump predicted Kiley would be a “MAGA champion in Congress.”
- Kiley remains listed as a member of the Republican Governance Group, a caucus of moderate House Republicans whose affiliated PAC contributed $7,000 to his campaign.
- Among the Republican-aligned groups that have contributed to Kiley’s campaign are the House Conservatives Fund, Republican Main Street Partnership PAC and Building America’s Republican Representation PAC.
- A Sacramento Bee analysis of federal campaign finance records found that about one-fifth of Kiley’s PAC contributions — nearly $70,000 — came from organizations explicitly aligned with Republican or conservative causes.
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