Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Scott H. Peters

Official portrait of Scott H. Peters
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 50th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
San Diego, CA
Born
1958
In Congress
House since 2013 · 13 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
PETERS, SCOTT
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 50

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 50IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2CA52089 · Principal campaign committee: SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 50$2,193,968.34General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 50$2,292,635.53Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 50$2,410,741.93Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 52$1,940,163.42Lost the general election (49.1%)
Total raised$2,193,968.34
Total spent$1,774,833.62
Cash on hand$2,569,655.53
Debts owed by the campaign$170,760.12
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $427,703.55PACs and other committees: $1,335,250.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,921.54Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $331,527.57Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $97,565.68
  • Individual contributions$427,703.5519%
  • PACs and other committees$1,335,250.0061%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,921.540%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$331,527.5715%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$97,565.684%

Self-funding: $1,921.54 (0% of money raised): $1,921.54 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$29,790.534%
  • Contributions over $200$646,418.6396%
  • Itemized from inside California$437,275.0067%
  • Itemized from other states$218,948.6333%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $39,645.00 · Massachusetts $37,500.00 · Virginia $33,750.00 · Maryland $9,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2.6M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $248,979.22APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $269,365.86JULY QUARTERLY: raised $269,665.44JULY QUARTERLY: spent $164,614.42OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $210,412.58OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $113,426.52YEAR-END: raised $297,288.86YEAR-END: spent $149,205.40APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $379,354.97APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $282,271.94PRE-PRIMARY: raised $161,168.69PRE-PRIMARY: spent $206,223.91JULY QUARTERLY: raised $244,091.26JULY QUARTERLY: spent $178,098.04OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $345,399.51OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $311,782.872025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea308
Voted nay355
Voted present1
Did not vote10 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored38
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored453

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedNot voting
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10591 Safer Choice Program Authorization Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10302 Certainty in Litigation for Electric Asset Reliability (CLEAR) Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 4, 2026 · Latest action Sep 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10215 Workforce Mobility Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 1, 2026 · Latest action Sep 1, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by …
  • H.R. 9929 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 9870 Affordable Housing Incentives Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 9760 National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be su…
  • H.R. 9599 SECURE 340B Act
    Introduced Jul 6, 2026 · Latest action Jul 6, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subseq…
  • H.R. 9564 Military Housing Innovation Act
    Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.Res. 1396 Expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2026 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2026, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day".
    Introduced Jun 29, 2026 · Latest action Jun 29, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
  • H.Res. 1265 Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 3, 2026, through May 9, 2026, as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week".
    Introduced May 7, 2026 · Latest action May 7, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

327 committees reported giving $1,215,500.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Scott Peters$8.08
  • Independent expenditures opposing Scott Peters$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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 50, 2026 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Scott Peters (D)$2,193,968.34$2,569,655.532026-10-14
Jerlilia Ryans (D)$58,000.00−$1,284.912026-09-30
Aishwarya Mitra (D)$16,969.61$3,347.342026-09-30
Timothy Daniel M.d. Bilash (D)$5,454.00$243.472026-09-30
Stephen Jay Cohen (R)$4,092.00$2,031.612026-10-14
Hatim Arnous (D)$559.28$7.442026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 27–52) (retrieved October 22, 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: SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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