Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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
Next election
Primary March 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
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 50IncumbentWon the general election

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$2,292,635.53
Total spent$1,876,071.77
Cash on hand$2,150,520.81
Debts owed by the campaign$170,760.12
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $425,749.22PACs and other committees: $1,300,350.72Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,714.14Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $450,651.97Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $114,169.48
  • Individual contributions$425,749.2219%
  • PACs and other committees$1,300,350.7257%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,714.140%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$450,651.9720%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$114,169.485%

Self-funding: $1,714.14 (0% of money raised): $1,714.14 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

314 committees reported giving $1,290,436.00 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$92,278.96
  • Independent expenditures opposing Scott Peters$0.00

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Scott Peters (D)$2,292,635.53$2,150,520.812024-12-31
Timothy Daniel M.d. Bilash (D)$28,066.87$469.672024-12-31
Jerlilia Ryans (D)$18,223.00−$80.002024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailyFebruary 5, 2024
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
SurveyUSAJune 24–30, 2024601 (LV)± 5.0%Scott Peters 51% · Peter Bono 33%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: SCOTT PETERS 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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