Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Michelle Steel
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 48
- Filing address
- Surfside, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- STEEL, MICHELLE
- Next election
- Primary March 3, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 48
FEC candidate ID H0CA48198 · Principal campaign committee: MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · California District 45 | $1,252,671.58 | Not running (declined to run) |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · California District 45 | $10,730,106.83 | Won the general election |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · California District 45 | $7,411,601.19 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · California District 48 | $6,428,812.51 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
Total raised$6,428,812.51
Total spent$6,271,738.60
Cash on hand$157,073.91
Debts owed by the campaign$250,000.00
Loans from the candidate$250,000.00
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$3,456,632.8154%
- PACs and other committees$400,751.736%
- Party committees$15,300.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,979,107.2031%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$503,395.988%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$73,624.791%
Self-funding: $1,979,107.20 (31% of money raised): $1,729,107.20 given and $250,000.00 lent by the candidate. $100,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
119 committees reported giving $420,333.00 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.
- WINREDHybrid PAC$28,316.00
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEW MAJORITY FEDERAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GEN EQUITY FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- INVEST IN A STRONG AND SECURE AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ANN PACLeadership PAC$6,500.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- JUMP INTO ACTION FOR CONSERVATIVES TO KEEP OUR IDEAS ELEVATED PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$5,500.00
- WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PACPAC$5,017.00
- CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- LINCOLN CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FEDERAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYParty committee$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CALPORTLAND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CALPORTLAND PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
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- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- MAGGIE'S LISTPAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GREAT AMERICA PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- SPIRIT OF '76 PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GET AMERICA RIGHT: COMMUNITY IN ACTION - GARCIA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$4,950.00
- FOREVER YOUTH ORGANIZATION UTILIZING A NEW GENERATION PACLeadership PAC$4,700.00
- SALEM MEDIA GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC.) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- LIBERTY FUND; THELeadership PAC$3,800.00
- SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUNDConnected PAC$3,500.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$3,500.00
- GEN-NEXT GOP LEADERS FUNDPAC$3,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- TEXAS REPUBLICANS UNITED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TRU PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- RE-JOYCE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC.Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY (ROD PAC)Leadership PAC$2,800.00
- 1848 PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC)Leadership PAC$2,800.00
- TENACIOUS PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- STAR PACPAC$2,800.00
- BIG TENT REPUBLICANS PACConnected PAC$2,800.00
- VITORIA PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- SOUTH JERSEY UNITED IN TRUST (SJUIT) PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- HONOR COURAGE COMMITMENT PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- DELIVERS PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- NO NONSENSE PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY EMPLOYEE PAC (AKA WELLS FARGO EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- WINNOVEMBER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- EXCELSIOR PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BULLDOG VICTORY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY LINCOLN CLUBPAC$2,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NEW PACPAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLAINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF SUSAN BROOKSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NORCAL WATER JOBS LIBERTY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF MIA LOVE PACPAC$2,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACPAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$1,500.00
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- MAVERICK PAC USAHybrid PAC$1,250.00
- AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH UNDERWRITERS PAC (HUPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM PROJECT; THEPAC$1,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. EDWARDS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PINNACLE PACPAC$1,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LONE STAR LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HSP DIRECT LLC PAC HSP PACPAC$1,000.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$1,000.00
- VICKY HARTZLER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- VICKY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM FIRST PACPAC$1,000.00
- HEARTDOCPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MARTHA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICANS FOR LEGISLATING EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DR JOHN JOYCE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CUT THE BULL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Michelle Steel$229,115.38
- Independent expenditures opposing Michelle Steel$10,148,181.92
- Company and union communications to members about Michelle Steel$1,844.79
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.
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$7,431,880.00
- DCCCOpposing$2,109,487.00
- EDF ACTION VOTESOpposing$306,263.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EOpposing$224,797.00
- WOMEN FOR AMERICAN VALUES AND ETHICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A/K/A WAVE PAC)Opposing$46,080.00
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONOpposing$15,500.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PACOpposing$14,099.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$8,856.00
- SAVECALIFORNIANOWSupporting$3,500.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$2,232.00
- WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PACSupporting$190.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$59.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 48, 2020 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Steel (R) | $6,428,812.51 | $157,073.91 | 2020-12-31 |
| Harley E Rouda Jr. (D) | $6,259,589.71 | $70,079.75 | 2020-12-31 |
| Brian J Burley (R) | $86,124.04 | $609.76 | 2020-12-31 |
| Scott Baugh (R) | $59,503.16 | $0.00 | 2019-03-31 |
| Christopher Michael Engels (R) | $8,500.00 | $0.00 | 2020-05-06 |
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: MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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