2020 general election
California 17th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$4.1M was spent on the 2020 California 17th District race: $4.1M raised by the campaigns, $8K of it from PACs, plus $14 from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Ro Khanna (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$4.1M
Raised by campaigns
$4.1M
PAC checks
$8K
Outside money
$14
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Ro KhannaDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $3.9M
- Spent
- $2.5M
- From individuals
- $3.9M
- From PACs
- $0
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $14
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 0% of Khanna's money came from PACs
Corporate $1K (3%)Trade group $550 (2%)Membership $3K (8%)Union $22K (65%)Super PAC $8K (23%)
- American Postal Workers Union Committee On Political Action Super PAC$6K
- National Union of Healthcare Workers Union$5K
- Communications Workers of America Union$5K
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union$4K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education Union$3K
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Union$3K
- Fraternity & Sorority Political Action Committee Super PAC$2K
- Nea Fund for Children and Public Education Union$1K
Biggest outside spenders
- National Union of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education · $14 supporting
Ritesh TandonRepublican
✗ Lost- Raised
- $179K
- Spent
- $178K
- From individuals
- $168K
- From PACs
- $8K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $3K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 4% of Tandon's money came from PACs
Super PAC $5K (66%)Other $3K (34%)
- Americans4hindus (Multi-Candidate) Super PAC$5K
- Sentinel PAC Other$2K
- US Impact PAC Other$800
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 California 17th District race?
- $4.1M was spent on the 2020 California 17th District race: $4.1M raised by the campaigns, $8K of it from PACs, plus $14 from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Ro Khanna (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 California 17th District race?
- Ro Khanna (Democrat) raised $3.9M and had $14 in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 California 17th District race?
- National Union of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education ($14).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 California 17th District race?
- American Postal Workers Union Committee On Political Action gave $6K to Ro Khanna; National Union of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education gave $5K to Ro Khanna; Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee gave $5K to Ro Khanna.