Race context
Paul Chakalian is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Democratic 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 first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-05-09.
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), Karen Matthews (Independent), Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 5 media claims; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-05-13.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6CA23263.
Indexed field reading
Paul Chakalian is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Democratic 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 Paul Chakalian, 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 Paul Chakalian 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 Paul Chakalian. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Paul Chakalian is H6CA23263.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-05-09.
The route record for Paul Chakalian reports 13 public claims, 13 valid citations, and 13 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-05-13. 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 Paul Chakalian: background (2), media (5), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Paul Chakalian 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), Karen Matthews (Independent), Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Paul Chakalian: FEC H6CA23263; Other sec-edgar:_run; FEC Committee C00902072.
Profile questions
What office is Paul Chakalian indexed for?
Paul Chakalian 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 Paul Chakalian?
The party label on file for Paul Chakalian is Democratic.
What is Paul Chakalian's candidate status?
Paul Chakalian is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Paul Chakalian?
FEC candidate id on file: H6CA23263.
How many public claims are attached to Paul Chakalian?
The route record reports 13 public claims, 13 valid citations, and 13 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Media 5, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Paul Chakalian indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Paul Chakalian'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), Karen Matthews (Independent), Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.