2024 general election
California 51st District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$2.5M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2024 California 51st District race: $2.5M raised by the campaigns, $269K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Sara Jacobs (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$2.5M
Raised by campaigns
$2.5M
PAC checks
$269K
Outside money
$0
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Sara JacobsDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.7M
- Spent
- $1.7M
- From individuals
- $525K
- From PACs
- $252K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $758K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 15% of Jacobs's money came from PACs
Corporate $10K (5%)Trade group $15K (8%)Leadership PAC $8K (4%)Membership $23K (11%)Union $131K (63%)Super PAC $5K (2%)Other $15K (7%)
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Union$10K
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Union$10K
- Branch 193 National Association of Letter Carriers Political Action Committee Union$10K
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Union$10K
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association Union$10K
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Union$10K
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union$10K
- Service Employees International Union Union$10K
Bill WellsRepublican
✗ Lost- Raised
- $773K
- Spent
- $762K
- From individuals
- $753K
- From PACs
- $17K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 2% of Wells's money came from PACs
Leadership PAC $5K (67%)Super PAC $3K (33%)
- Scott Baugh Victory Fund Leadership PAC$4K
- Majority PAC Super PAC$3K
- Darrell Issa Leadership PAC$1K
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2024 California 51st District race?
- $2.5M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2024 California 51st District race: $2.5M raised by the campaigns, $269K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Sara Jacobs (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2024 California 51st District race?
- Sara Jacobs (Democrat) raised $1.7M.
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2024 California 51st District race?
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League gave $10K to Sara Jacobs; United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club gave $10K to Sara Jacobs; National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.a. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund) gave $10K to Sara Jacobs.