Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Jay Chen
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 45
- Filing address
- Hacienda Heights, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- CHEN, JAY
- Next election
- Primary June 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 45
FEC candidate ID H2CA39136 · Principal campaign committee: JAY CHEN FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · California District 45 | $5,037,026.06 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · California District 39 | $0.00 | Registered with the FEC; has not yet raised or spent $5,000 |
Total raised$5,037,026.06
Total spent$5,100,737.36
Cash on hand$10,014.25
Debts owed by the campaign$6,944.70
Loans from the candidate$0.00
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$4,403,704.3087%
- PACs and other committees$498,506.3410%
- Party committees$15,389.450%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$112,533.122%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,892.850%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
141 committees reported giving $470,303.00 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.
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- VOTEVETSHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- DEMOCRATS OF ORANGE COUNTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DEMOC PAC)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- CAPA21- FEDERALHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC. PAC Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WOMEN FOR AMERICAN VALUES AND ETHICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A/K/A WAVE PAC)Hybrid PAC$10,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,525.00
- SERVE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$8,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$7,500.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTYParty committee$7,500.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- REMEDY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$7,000.00
- ASPIRE PACConnected PAC$6,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$6,000.00
- EQUALITY CALIFORNIA FEDERAL PACPAC$5,525.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$5,193.00
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- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL NO. 12 VOLUNTARY LEGISLATIVE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- RED TO BLUE CAHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$4,900.00
- 80-20 ASIAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT PACHybrid PAC$4,500.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$4,000.00
- TOGETHER WE RISELeadership PAC$4,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$3,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- BUILD OUR MOVEMENT PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUBConnected PAC$2,900.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$2,500.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACPAC$2,500.00
- WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST, INC. PAC (WGAW PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MATSUI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PENINSULA DEMOCRATIC COALITIONPAC$2,000.00
- GARAMENDI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ALAN LOWENTHAL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HARLEY ROUDA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JAIME HARRISON FOR US SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACPAC$1,500.00
- DIGIDEMS PACHybrid PAC$1,012.00
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PACLeadership PAC$1,001.00
- ANNA ESHOO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUMENAUER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DNC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MIKE THOMPSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WEST LA DEMOCRATIC CLUBPAC$1,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$1,000.00
- JOBS AND INNOVATION MATTER PAC (JIM PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- AT THE TABLE!Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VIBE PAC (VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING EMPOWERING)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAD 4 PA PACCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION PROJECT - FEDERALHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- GENERATION GO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ASIAN AMERICAN FORWARDHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- IN OUR HANDSLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TAHOMA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEN SAMUELS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAXWELL ALEJANDRO FROST FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TOKUDA FOR HAWAIICandidate committee$1,000.00
- SECURING A KINDER DEMOCRACY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- UCA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INDOCHINESE AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$875.00
- CANADA CRESCENTA DEMOCRATIC CLUBPAC$750.00
- CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$617.00
- LEISURE WORLD DEMOCRATIC CLUBParty committee$600.00
- NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN PAC, INC.Connected PAC$500.00
- BEACH CITIES DEMOCRATS - FEDERALConnected PAC$500.00
- PACIFIC PALISADES DEMOCRATIC CLUB CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTConnected PAC$500.00
- WESTCHESTER-PLAYA DEMOCRATIC CLUBPAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF WEST ORANGE COUNTYPAC$500.00
- AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC)PAC$500.00
- KAHELE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- MELANIE FOR NEW MEXICOCandidate committee$500.00
- PALOS VERDES DEMOCRATSPAC$425.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$340.00
- GOLDEN STATE YOUNG ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER DEMOCRATSPAC$90.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$50.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Jay Chen$103,098.09
- Independent expenditures opposing Jay Chen$4,733,439.28
- Company and union communications to members about Jay Chen$44,355.29
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.
- NRCCOpposing$1,714,731.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$793,697.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PACSupporting$38,627.00
- MAJORITY PACOpposing$29,831.00
- PIVOT VICTORY FUNDSupporting$19,236.00
- UNITED WE CANSupporting$17,777.00
- ACTIVATE AMERICASupporting$8,143.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$8,029.00
- PROTECTING CHOICE IN CALIFORNIA, A PROJECT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIASupporting$5,000.00
- WOMEN FOR AMERICAN VALUES AND ETHICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A/K/A WAVE PAC)Supporting$2,861.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONSupporting$1,802.00
- COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PACSupporting$828.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 45, 2022 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Chen (D) | $5,037,026.06 | $10,014.25 | 2022-12-31 |
| Michelle Steel (R) | $7,411,601.19 | $456,537.21 | 2022-12-31 |
| Shawn Collins (R) | $516,145.52 | $0.00 | 2022-10-14 |
| Terry Dale (R) | $600.00 | $0.00 | 2021-12-31 |
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: JAY CHEN FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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