Malia M. Cohen

Office

Office

State Controller

Body

California's statewide elected offices

Website

Official site ↗

Source

Last verified Oct 5, 2026.

Record

State Controller, elected statewide. ThePillory tracks the President's and the Governor's executive orders and bill actions; other executive offices have no separate record here yet.

Totals

• Raised

  8 statements, Summary Page line 5
  $551,963
• Spent

  Summary Page line 11
  $282,567
• From individuals (itemized)

  113 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
  $205,960 37%

Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.

Top contributing industries (approximate)

• Labor unions
  $93,120
• Finance, insurance and banking
  $79,200
• Construction and engineering
  $30,050
• Real estate
  $23,350
• Tribal governments
  $19,200
• Issue and advocacy groups
  $11,850
• Education
  $9,300
• Technology and telecommunications
  $8,500

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 52% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

Top employers of individual donors

• THE PACIFIC COMPANIES

  3 donors · Not classified
  $27,300

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $16,610 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

• California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action Fund Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Finance, insurance and banking
  $18,200
• Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Small Contributor Committee

  1 contribution · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $18,200
• Sprinkler Fitters Local 483 Statewide PAC Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Not classified
  $18,200
• Steamfitters Local 342 PAC

  2 contributions · committee · Not classified
  $18,200
• United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria

  2 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
  $18,200
• California State Association of Electrical Workers Small Contributor Committee

  1 contribution · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $10,000
• California State Pipe Trades Council PAC Small Contributor Committee

  1 contribution · small contributor committee · Issue and advocacy groups
  $10,000
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 6 Political Account Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $10,000
• Ryan, LLC PAC (RyanPAC) (FED PAC ID# C00574921)

  3 contributions · committee · Not classified
  $10,000
• US General Chamber of Commerce for Entrepreneurs of Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong

  3 contributions · organization · Not classified
  $10,000

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Malia M. Cohen's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spending on ads and outreach about Malia M. Cohen by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.