Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Brian J Burley

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 48
Filing address
Ca Huntington Beach, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BURLEY, BRIAN J MR.
Next election
Primary March 3, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of California with the 2020 district highlighted

California, District 48

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 48ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H0CA48172 · Principal campaign committee: BRIAN BURLEY FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 42$249,676.54General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 47$61,946.37Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 47$379,928.31Lost primary
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 48$86,124.04Lost primary
Total raised$86,124.04
Total spent$85,514.28
Cash on hand$609.76
Debts owed by the campaign$54,131.77
Loans from the candidate$19,805.01

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: $64,342.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $20,079.76Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,702.28
  • Individual contributions$64,342.0075%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$20,079.7623%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,702.282%

Self-funding: $20,079.76 (23% of money raised): $274.75 given and $19,805.01 lent by the candidate. $5,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

The race

California U.S. House, District 48, 2020 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Brian J Burley (R)$86,124.04$609.762020-12-31
Michelle Steel (R)$6,428,812.51$157,073.912020-12-31
Harley E Rouda Jr. (D)$6,259,589.71$70,079.752020-12-31
Scott Baugh (R)$59,503.16$0.002019-03-31
Christopher Michael Engels (R)$8,500.00$0.002020-05-06

Polling and ratings

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Recent polls

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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: BRIAN BURLEY 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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