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Who funds Darrell Issa?

California U.S. House District 48RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H0CA48024
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Darrell Issa

In the U.S. House (CA-48) since 2021 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology · 6 subcommittees
  • 111 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 2 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H0CA48024) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Darrell IssaFEC filing: Darrell Issa · H0CA48024 ↗
Raised
$1.7M
Spent
$3.5M
Cash on hand
$294K
Debts
$2.5M
  • Individuals 46% $780K
  • PACs & other committees 23% $388K
  • Other receipts 31% $513K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $502K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $0 supporting · $3,550 opposing ($3,487 of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $3,487
  2. VOTER TO VOTER PACSuper PAC $63

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACCorporate PAC · Consumer Technology Association $15K
  2. EDISON INTERNATIONAL PACCorporate PAC · Edison International $10K
  3. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants $7,500
  4. NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMPAC)Trade association PAC · National Music Publishers' Association $6,500
  5. UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)Corporate PAC · Ubs Americas Inc. $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives

33% from California · 67% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

5% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $89K
  2. Virginia $51K
  3. New York $23K
  4. District of Columbia $17K
  5. Maryland $16K
  6. Florida $12K
  7. Michigan $7,014
  8. Washington $6,400

Top employers named by donors

  1. COUPANG INC $22K

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $282K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Itemized gifts dated Jan 5, 2025 to Jun 28, 2026, net of refunds (1,270 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Darrell Issa. The outside spending shown from regular reports is the latest available.

Where it went.

Where the money went $687K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $687K of the $3.5M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 15% $104K
  • Consultants & strategy 2% $16K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 48% $328K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $49K
  • Travel, meals & events 6% $42K
  • Office, technology & overhead 10% $70K
  • Legal & compliance 0.3% $1,740
  • Other or unclassified 11% $77K

Largest payees

  1. FRANKLINCOM, INC $259K
  2. BOGART ASSOCIATES, INC. $93K
  3. CAMPAIGN COMPLIANCE GROUP $62K
  4. PACIFIC POLITICAL, INC $43K
  5. PUBLIC OPINION STRATEGIES $37K

Paid to individuals: $23K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (395 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.