Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Carl Demaio
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 50
- Filing address
- San Diego, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- DEMAIO, CARL
- Next election
- Primary March 3, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 50
FEC candidate ID H0CA50145 · Principal campaign committee: CARL DEMAIO FOR CONGRESS
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 7, 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$514,122.3115%
- PACs and other committees$17,500.001%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$464,000.0014%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,361,642.8569%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$48,285.671%
Self-funding: $464,000.00 (14% of money raised): $114,000.00 given and $350,000.00 lent by the candidate. $250,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
5 committees reported giving $22,000.00 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.
- THE EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYParty committee$5,000.00
- LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GEN-NEXT GOP LEADERS FUNDPAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Carl Demaio$117,350.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Carl Demaio$0.00
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.
- AMERICAN UNITY PAC INCSupporting$117,350.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 50, 2020 · 11 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Demaio (R) | $3,410,550.83 | $0.00 | 2020-12-07 |
| Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) | $6,429,130.92 | $3,438.09 | 2020-12-31 |
| Duncan D Hunter (R) | $1,715,885.12 | $15,200.19 | 2020-12-31 |
| Larry A Wilske (R) | $476,219.87 | $4,091.55 | 2020-12-31 |
| Brian W Jones (R) | $247,831.59 | $861.80 | 2020-12-31 |
| Marisa Calderon (D) | $119,456.20 | $0.00 | 2020-04-20 |
| William Daniel Wells (R) | $53,069.00 | $8,582.36 | 2020-12-31 |
| Alex Balkin (D) | $44,829.95 | $0.00 | 2019-04-12 |
| Sam Abed (R) | $35,248.00 | $10,400.23 | 2020-12-31 |
| Nathan "nate" Wilkins (R) | $4,800.00 | −$5,063.95 | 2020-05-16 |
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: CARL DEMAIO 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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