Race context
Zakaria Mohamed Kortam is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Republican profile for California, U.S. House, 18. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - California 18.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 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.
Christopher Demers (Nonpartisan), Luis Antonio Acevedo-Arreguin (Democratic), Ryan R Guerrero (Democratic), Shane Lewis (Republican), Uloma Ekpete (Democratic), Zoe Lofgren (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 1 background claim; 9 media claims; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-05-14.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6CA18149.
Indexed field reading
Zakaria Mohamed Kortam is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Republican profile for California, U.S. House, 18. 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 Zakaria Mohamed Kortam, 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 Zakaria Mohamed Kortam is 2026 U.S. House - California 18. 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 Zakaria Mohamed Kortam. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Zakaria Mohamed Kortam is H6CA18149.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-05-09.
The route record for Zakaria Mohamed Kortam reports 11 public claims, 11 valid citations, and 11 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-05-14. 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 Zakaria Mohamed Kortam: background (1), media (9), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Zakaria Mohamed Kortam returned 6 other indexed profiles: Christopher Demers (Nonpartisan), Luis Antonio Acevedo-Arreguin (Democratic), Ryan R Guerrero (Democratic), Shane Lewis (Republican), Uloma Ekpete (Democratic), Zoe Lofgren (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Zakaria Mohamed Kortam: FEC H6CA18149; Other irs-990:_run; FEC Committee C00921361.
Profile questions
What office is Zakaria Mohamed Kortam indexed for?
Zakaria Mohamed Kortam is indexed for California, U.S. House, 18. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - California 18. 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 Zakaria Mohamed Kortam?
The party label on file for Zakaria Mohamed Kortam is Republican.
What is Zakaria Mohamed Kortam's candidate status?
Zakaria Mohamed Kortam is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Zakaria Mohamed Kortam?
FEC candidate id on file: H6CA18149.
How many public claims are attached to Zakaria Mohamed Kortam?
The route record reports 11 public claims, 11 valid citations, and 11 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 1, Media 9, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Zakaria Mohamed Kortam indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Zakaria Mohamed Kortam's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Christopher Demers (Nonpartisan), Luis Antonio Acevedo-Arreguin (Democratic), Ryan R Guerrero (Democratic), Shane Lewis (Republican), Uloma Ekpete (Democratic), Zoe Lofgren (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.