Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Christopher Michael Engels

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 48
Filing address
Newport Beach, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
ENGELS, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL
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 H0CA48206 · Principal campaign committee: CHRISTOPHER ENGELS FOR CONGRESS 2020

Total raised$8,500.00
Total spent$5,000.00
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through May 6, 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: $8,500.00
  • Individual contributions$8,500.00100%

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
Christopher Michael Engels (R)$8,500.00$0.002020-05-06
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
Brian J Burley (R)$86,124.04$609.762020-12-31
Scott Baugh (R)$59,503.16$0.002019-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

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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: CHRISTOPHER ENGELS FOR CONGRESS 2020.
  • 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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