2020 general election
California 50th District
The winner was outraised and won anyway.
$7.0M was spent on the 2020 California 50th District race: $6.4M raised by the campaigns, $272K of it from PACs, plus $598K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Darrell Issa (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Total money
$7.0M
Raised by campaigns
$6.4M
PAC checks
$272K
Outside money
$598K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Ammar Campa-NajjarDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $6.4M
- Spent
- $6.4M
- From individuals
- $6.1M
- From PACs
- $272K
- From party
- $8K
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $68K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 4% of Campa-Najjar's money came from PACs
Corporate $2 (0%)Leadership PAC $65K (26%)Membership $17K (7%)Union $87K (34%)Super PAC $32K (13%)Party $8K (3%)Other $45K (18%)
- Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 22 PAC Inc Union$10K
- Chc Bold PAC Other$10K
- Service Employees International Union Union$8K
- Laborers' International Union of North America Union$8K
- Let America Vote PAC Other$6K
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. Membership$6K
- Int'l Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America Uaw Union$6K
- League of Conservation Voters, Inc Membership$6K
Biggest outside spenders
- Working Families Party Independent Expenditure Committee · $50K supporting
- Equality California Votes · $18K supporting
- Butterflypac · $74 supporting
- National Union of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education · $14 supporting
Darrell IssaRepublican
✓ WonThe FEC's 2020 summary file has no campaign finance record for this candidate.
Who paid: 0% of Issa's money came from PACs
Corporate $7K (36%)Trade group $3K (14%)Membership $2K (11%)Super PAC $7K (40%)
- Winred Super PAC$7K
- General Atomics Political Action Committee Corporate$7K
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Political Action Committee (Abc PAC) Trade group$3K
- Indiana Dental PAC Membership$2K
Biggest outside spenders
- Patriot Majority PAC · $469K attacking
- Sycuan Band Kumeyaay Nation · $30K supporting
- Conservatives for Effective Government · $28K supporting
- House Freedom Fund · $3K supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 California 50th District race?
- $7.0M was spent on the 2020 California 50th District race: $6.4M raised by the campaigns, $272K of it from PACs, plus $598K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Darrell Issa (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 California 50th District race?
- Ammar Campa-Najjar (Democrat) raised $6.4M and had $68K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 California 50th District race?
- Patriot Majority PAC ($469K), Working Families Party Independent Expenditure Committee ($50K), Sycuan Band Kumeyaay Nation ($30K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 California 50th District race?
- Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada) gave $10K to Ammar Campa-Najjar; Chc Bold PAC gave $10K to Ammar Campa-Najjar; Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) gave $8K to Ammar Campa-Najjar.