George Whitesides

Representative · CA-27

DemocratCurrent memberServed 2025–presentAge 52

Campaign fundraising

House · CA-27

Raised, 2025–26

$4.51M

Spent

$2.67M

Cash on hand

$2.17M

Reported through

Oct 14, 2026

Current cycle

Receipts per two-year cycle

Campaign receipts per two-year cycle
Cycle	Receipts
2023–24	$10,614,137.63
2025–26	$4,512,697.32

2026 race · CA-27

George Whitesides · D · Incumbent$4.51M
Jason Gibbs · R · Challenger$414K
David Neidhart · R · Challenger$518
Caleb Gabriel Norwood · D · Challenger$350

Total receipts for the whole 2026 election period. 4 candidates reported receipts.

Source: Federal Election Commission candidate totals, all authorized campaign committees combined; principal campaign committee GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS; cycles since 2023–24; updated Nov 2, 2026. No individual donor data.

Cycle2025–26 2023–24

PAC contributions

2025–26 · current cycle

From committees

$704K

Net of refunds

Committees

236

Contributions

401

By type of committee

All Corporate$223K · 32%Leadership PAC$117K · 17%Ideological / issue$109K · 15%Labor union$108K · 15%Membership org$56,134 · 8%Candidate committee$39,500 · 6%Trade association$31,000 · 4%Cooperative$13,000 · 2%Party$7,539 · 1%

Committee	Company / sponsor	Member's trades	Contributions	Total
Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersLabor union	International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers	—	2	$10,000
Nea Fund for Children and Public EducationLabor union	National Education Association	—	3	$10,000
Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) PACLabor union	Laborers' International Union of North America	—	2	$10,000
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L ELabor union	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio	—	4	$10,000
American Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio Committee on Political EducationLabor union	—	—	2	$10,000
International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PACLabor union	International Association of Fire Fighters	—	3	$10,000
Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PACCorporate	NOCNorthrop Grumman Corp. /De/	—	5	$10,000
American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action CommitteeCooperative	American Crystal Sugar Compay	—	2	$10,000
New York Life Insurance Company Political Action CommitteeCorporate	New York Life Insurance Company	—	2	$10,000
Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater AmericaLeadership PAC	Hoyer	—	2	$10,000
Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action CommitteeCorporate	LMTLockheed Martin Corp.	1 trade	5	$10,000
PAC to the FutureLeadership PAC	Pelosi	—	2	$10,000
BWX Technologies, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporate	BWXTBWX Technologies, Inc.	—	4	$10,000
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PACCorporate	SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.	—	2	$10,000
Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United FOR Victory PAC)Leadership PAC	Aguilar	—	2	$10,000
Fair Shot PACLeadership PAC	Clark	—	2	$10,000
No Labels PACMembership org	—	—	2	$10,000
Transdigm Group Inc. Employee Political Action CommitteeCorporate	TDGTransDigm Group INC	—	2	$10,000
Zinc Collective PACIdeological / issue	—	—	3	$8,500
American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (AAJ PAC)Membership org	American Association for Justice (AAJ)	—	3	$7,500
Allied Pilots Association Political Action CommitteeLabor union	—	—	2	$7,500
Blue Origin LLC Political Action Committee (Blue Origin PAC)Corporate	Blue Origin, LLC	—	7	$7,500
Doing Right - Results Action Unity Leadership PACLeadership PAC	—	—	3	$7,500
Defend the VoteIdeological / issue	Defend the Vote Leadership Fund	—	3	$7,500
General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC)Corporate	GDGeneral Dynamics Corp.	—	6	$7,000

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Contributions (incl. in-kind) from PACs, party and other candidate committees to George Whitesides's campaign committees in the 2025–26 cycle, net of refunds, from the committees' own FEC reports. Donations from individuals passed through WinRed or ActBlue are not included. Company and ticker matched by name; no ticker means no listed company was found; for other committees the sponsor as registered with the FEC. Member's trades counts every disclosed trade in that company's stock. Filers that aren't committees are combined into one line.

Outside spending

2025–26 · through the latest regular FEC reports

Supporting

$476K

Opposing

$4,548

Spenders

Spender	Supporting	Opposing
Protect ProgressSuper PAC	$476K	—
Individuals and groups that aren't committees (1 combined)	—	$4,548
Givegreen United ActionSuper PAC	$199	—
Sierra Club Independent ActionSuper PAC	$10	—

4 spenders

Independent expenditures for or against George Whitesides in the 2025–26 cycle, through the latest regular FEC reports. Spending reported on 24- and 48-hour notices in the final weeks before an election appears here once the spender's next regular report is processed. Spenders that aren't registered committees (individuals and groups filing FEC Form 5) are combined into one line.

Source: Federal Election Commission bulk data (committee contributions and independent expenditures); updated Nov 2, 2026. No individual donor data.