Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Stephen William Houlahan

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 48
Filing address
Santee, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HOULAHAN, STEPHEN WILLIAM
Next election
Primary June 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of California with the 2022 district highlighted

California, District 48

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 48ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H2CA50174 · Principal campaign committee: STEPHEN HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 48$29,975.29Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 48$71,577.85Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$71,577.85
Total spent$61,315.73
Cash on hand$11,234.67
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $71,427.85PACs and other committees: $150.00
  • Individual contributions$71,427.85100%
  • PACs and other committees$150.000%

Raised and spent over time

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

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Stephen William Houlahan$289.83
  • Independent expenditures opposing Stephen William Houlahan$0.00

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.

The race

California U.S. House, District 48, 2022 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Stephen William Houlahan (D)$71,577.85$11,234.672022-12-31
Darrell Issa (R)$2,337,213.84$617,589.932022-12-31
Harley E Rouda Jr. (D)$1,240,825.68$25,357.682022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RDecember 21, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsDecember 28, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJanuary 4, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQJuly 20, 2022
  • 538June 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 7, 2022

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: STEPHEN HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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