Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Robert Buzz Patterson
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 7
- Filing address
- Long Beach, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- PATTERSON, ROBERT BUZZ
- Next election
- Primary March 3, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 7
FEC candidate ID H0CA07137 · Principal campaign committee: BUZZ PATTERSON FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · California District 7 | $19,165.30 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · California District 7 | $81,731.71 | Lost the general election (43.4%) |
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$79,231.7197%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,500.003%
Self-funding: $2,500.00 (3% of money raised): $0.00 given and $2,500.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
4 committees reported giving $3,980.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- US IMPACT PACConnected PAC$700.00
- COMBAT VETERANS FOR CONGRESS PACConnected PAC$500.00
- REPUBLICAN WOMEN OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RESTORE CALIFORNIA TOGETHERConnected PAC$280.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Robert Buzz Patterson$0.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Robert Buzz Patterson$59.76
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$59.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 7, 2020 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Buzz Patterson (R) | $81,731.71 | $139.53 | 2020-12-31 |
| Amerish Bera (D) | $1,830,740.69 | $2,029,018.19 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jeff Burdick (D) | $26,081.94 | $0.00 | 2020-03-31 |
| Jon Ivy (R) | $15,050.28 | $19.50 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: BUZZ PATTERSON FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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