Race context
Karen Matthews is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Independent profile for California, U.S. House, 23. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - California 23.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was last indexed on 2026-05-07.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Alexis L Claiborne (Democratic), Charles Patrick Wallis (Democratic), David Allen Jones (Democratic), Edwin Alonzo (Democratic), Eli C. Owens (Independent), Jay Obernolte (Republican), Paul Chakalian (Democratic), Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 10 background claims; 18 media claims; 1 finance claim; 1 controversies claim; 1 federal court records claim; 11 other sourced notes claims.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-08-15.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6CA23289.
Indexed field reading
Karen Matthews is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Independent profile for California, U.S. House, 23. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Karen Matthews, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Karen Matthews is 2026 U.S. House - California 23. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Karen Matthews. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Karen Matthews is H6CA23289.
The profile was last indexed on 2026-05-07.
The route record for Karen Matthews reports 84 public claims, 84 valid citations, and 84 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-08-15. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Karen Matthews: background (10), media (18), finance (1), controversies (1), federal court records (1), other sourced notes (11). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Karen Matthews returned 8 other indexed profiles: Alexis L Claiborne (Democratic), Charles Patrick Wallis (Democratic), David Allen Jones (Democratic), Edwin Alonzo (Democratic), Eli C. Owens (Independent), Jay Obernolte (Republican), Paul Chakalian (Democratic), Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Karen Matthews: FEC H6CA23289; Other irs-990:_run; FEC Committee C00922336.
Social handles stored for Karen Matthews: TikTok karenmatthewsforcongress (last polled 2026-06-30); LinkedIn in/karen-leigh-matthews-64b55a57 (last polled 2026-06-30); Facebook karenmatthewsforcongress (last polled 2026-06-30); YouTube KarenMatthewsCA (last polled 2026-06-30); X KarenMatthewsCA (last polled 2026-06-30); Instagram karenmatthewsforcongress (last polled 2026-06-30).
Profile questions
What office is Karen Matthews indexed for?
Karen Matthews is indexed for California, U.S. House, 23. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - California 23. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Karen Matthews?
The party label on file for Karen Matthews is Independent.
What is Karen Matthews's candidate status?
Karen Matthews is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Karen Matthews?
FEC candidate id on file: H6CA23289.
How many public claims are attached to Karen Matthews?
The route record reports 84 public claims, 84 valid citations, and 84 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 10, Media 18, Finance 1, Controversies 1, Federal Court Records 1, Other Sourced Notes 11. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Karen Matthews indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Karen Matthews's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Alexis L Claiborne (Democratic), Charles Patrick Wallis (Democratic), David Allen Jones (Democratic), Edwin Alonzo (Democratic), Eli C. Owens (Independent), Jay Obernolte (Republican), Paul Chakalian (Democratic), Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.