Union PAC · CA

Pace of California School Employees Association - Local, State, Federal Candidates

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00480830.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

100% of the $58K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Backs

  1. Mike McGuireDemocrat$10K
  2. Richard PanDemocrat$10K
  3. Marni Von WilpertDemocrat$10K
  4. Juan VargasDemocrat$5,500
  5. Scott WienerDemocrat$5,000

Run by Keith Pace (treasurer) More

On the record

Type
Union PAC1
Based in
Sacramento, CA1

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
Keith Pace1
Connected to
California School Employees Association1

Who funds it

It reported raising $2.2M: $2.2M from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026.2

Raised$2.2M
Spent$2.6M
Cash on hand$1.3M
Given to candidates and committees$182K
  • From individuals $2.2M
  • Other $30K

Who it gives to

12 candidates, $64K in direct gifts.3

Mike McGuire DemocratU.S. House, California 1st District (2026)$10,000
Richard Pan DemocratU.S. House, California 6th District (2026)$10,000
Marni Von Wilpert DemocratU.S. House, California 48th District (2026)$10,000
Juan Vargas DemocratU.S. House, California 52nd District (2026)$5,500
Scott Wiener DemocratU.S. House, California 11th District (2026)$5,000
Candidate H8CA14193 (FEC record)$5,000
Randy Villegas DemocratU.S. House, California 22nd District (2026)$5,000
Mai Vang DemocratU.S. House, California 7th District (2026)$5,000
Jacqui Irwin DemocratU.S. House, California 26th District (2026)$3,000
Dave Min DemocratU.S. House, California 47th District (2026)$2,000
Joseph Kerr DemocratU.S. House, California 40th District (2026)$2,000
John Garamendi DemocratU.S. House, California 8th District (2026)$1,000

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Pace of California School Employees Association - Local, State, Federal Candidates (C00480830)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00480830/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Pace of California School Employees Association - Local, State, Federal Candidates financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00480830/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through June 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: contributions from Pace of California School Employees Association - Local, State, Federal Candidates to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00480830&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    FEC: receipts of Pace of California School Employees Association - Local, State, Federal Candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00480830&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026