Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Stan Caplan

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 51
Filing address
San Diego, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
CAPLAN, STAN
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 51

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 51ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H2CA51206 · Principal campaign committee: STAN CAPLAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 51—Lost primary
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 51$41,980.92Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 51$135,385.49Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$135,385.49
Total spent$135,385.49
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$15,000.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 7, 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: $94,730.62PACs and other committees: $8,135.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $22,519.87Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $10,000.00
  • Individual contributions$94,730.6270%
  • PACs and other committees$8,135.006%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$22,519.8717%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$10,000.007%

Self-funding: $22,519.87 (17% of money raised): $7,519.87 given and $15,000.00 lent by the candidate. $4,286.86 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $5,000.00 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.

The race

California U.S. House, District 51, 2022 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Stan Caplan (R)$135,385.49$0.002022-12-07
Sara Jacobs (D)$1,712,465.57$90,027.282022-12-31
Jose Marcos Cortes (PFP)$7,444.04$697.712022-12-31
Barrett Holman Leak (D)$3,741.05$100.002022-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DDecember 21, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsDecember 28, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJanuary 4, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid DApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQJuly 20, 2022
  • 538June 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe DSeptember 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: STAN CAPLAN 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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