Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Darrell Issa
- Office
- U.S. representative for California’s 48th district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- San Diego, CA
- Born
- 1953
- In Congress
- House since 2001 · 23 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- ISSA, DARRELL
- Next election
- Primary June 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 48
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0CA48024 · Principal campaign committee: DARRELL ISSA FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · California District 48 | $2,181,705.10 | Withdrawn |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · California District 48 | $1,782,412.46 | Won the general election |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · California District 48 | $2,337,213.84 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
Total raised$2,337,213.84
Total spent$2,012,187.17
Cash on hand$617,589.93
Debts owed by the campaign$5,081,387.99
Loans from the candidate$200,000.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$1,300,954.7456%
- PACs and other committees$350,069.0315%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$200,000.009%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$477,951.0820%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$8,238.990%
Self-funding: $200,000.00 (9% of money raised): $0.00 given and $200,000.00 lent by the candidate. $950,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Middle East and North Africa
- Oversight and Intelligence
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Investigations and Oversight
- Research and Technology
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Chair
- The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
84 committees reported giving $269,556.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$12,000.00
- GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$7,900.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- VIATRIS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- CALIFORNIA DAIRIES, INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEW MAJORITY FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TENACIOUS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BMI POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMI PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- BROADCOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BROADCOM PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN PATRIOTIC COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$5,000.00
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- SAVE AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LOCKE LORD LLP PACPAC$3,500.00
- TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITHPAC$3,000.00
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN LEBANESE POLICY INSTITUTE PAC - ALPI PACPAC$2,900.00
- FAVIR PAC (FRANCE ADVOCATES FOR VETS AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS PAC)Leadership PAC$2,900.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE- FEDERALPAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DELTA AIR LINES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TWDC ENTERPRISES 18 CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC AKA 'THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC' OR 'DISNEY PAC' Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC. PACPAC$2,500.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE, INC PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PAC (AAP PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEXSTAR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- PLAIN STATE PACPAC$2,000.00
- BURGER KING FRANCHISEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CALPORTLAND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CALPORTLAND PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- ORACLE AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ORACLE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INTA PAC) Company pagePAC$1,500.00
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYParty committee$1,356.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PRECISION METALFORMING ASSOCIATION VOICE OF THE INDUSTRY COMMITTEE (PMAVIC)PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC.Connected PAC$1,000.00
- DOMINION ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - DOMINION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PG&E CORPORATION EMPLOYEES ENERGYPAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- RELX INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- BILL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ITI PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GET AMERICA RIGHT: COMMUNITY IN ACTION - GARCIA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TELECOMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- COMBAT VETERANS FOR CONGRESS PACConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Darrell Issa$215,418.41
- Independent expenditures opposing Darrell Issa$8.68
- Company and union communications to members about Darrell Issa$493.12
FEC totals for the 2022 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.
- POLICE OFFICERS DEFENSE ALLIANCE PACSupporting$214,380.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$902.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$8.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 48, 2022 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Issa (R) | $2,337,213.84 | $617,589.93 | 2022-12-31 |
| Harley E Rouda Jr. (D) | $1,240,825.68 | $25,357.68 | 2022-12-31 |
| Stephen William Houlahan (D) | $71,577.85 | $11,234.67 | 2022-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: DARRELL ISSA FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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