Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Summer L. Lee
- Office
- U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 12th district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Swissvale, PA
- Born
- 1987
- In Congress
- House since 2023 · 3 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- LEE, SUMMER
- Next election
- Primary April 23, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Pennsylvania, District 12
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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H2PA18200 · Principal campaign committee: SUMMER LEE FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 12 | $1,630,367.66 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 12 | $2,959,031.02 | Won the general election |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 12 | $1,851,679.14 | Won the general election (56.2%) |
Total raised$2,959,031.02
Total spent$1,971,818.87
Cash on hand$1,011,579.11
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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$2,498,511.2584%
- PACs and other committees$330,384.9911%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$127,659.754%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,475.030%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- The Constitution and Limited Government
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
91 committees reported giving $339,826.00 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.
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2024Joint fundraising committee$20,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$6,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
Show all 91 committees
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEMAND JUSTICE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- JANE FONDA CLIMATE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- WAY TO LEAD PACHybrid PAC$4,999.00
- NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- SUNRISE PACHybrid PAC$4,117.00
- END THE OCCUPATIONPAC$4,060.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENConnected PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY PAC, INC. (AKA AKA 1908 PAC)Connected PAC$3,300.00
- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- A LOVE SUPREME PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- AFL-CIO COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected 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 RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HIGHER HEIGHTS FOR AMERICA PACPAC$2,500.00
- BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POWER OF US PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED WITH DELIA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,500.00
- MUSLIMS UNITED PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BLUE NEVADA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- GREG CASAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRESHMAN PROTECTION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- COURAGE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- 99 COALITIONPAC$2,000.00
- EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,500.00
- PA UNITED FEDPACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACConnected PAC$1,250.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GIVING WILLINGLY EMPOWERING NATIONALLY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- ALMA ADAMS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CHRISSY HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$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
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$890.00
- GRIDIRON-PACConnected PAC$500.00
- ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION FUNDPAC$500.00
- MCKENZIE RIVER PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- A NEW POLICY PACConnected PAC$500.00
- VOTERS OF TOMORROW PACHybrid PAC$100.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACPAC$60.00
- SURJ PACHybrid PAC$50.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Summer Lee$736,268.96
- Independent expenditures opposing Summer Lee$210.18
- Company and union communications to members about Summer Lee$23,492.38
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.
- WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACSupporting$348,685.00
- PA UNITED FEDERAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$104,636.00
- EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$100,000.00
- JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACSupporting$80,000.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONSupporting$63,785.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUNDSupporting$17,320.00
- SOLIDARITY VICTORY PACSupporting$8,559.00
- API PA VOTESSupporting$7,351.00
- STRAIGHT AHEAD ORGANIZATIONSupporting$1,125.00
- VOTE FOR EQUALITYSupporting$1,001.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Supporting$525.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$474.00
The race
Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 12, 2024 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Lee (D) | $2,959,031.02 | $1,011,579.11 | 2024-12-31 |
| Bhavini Patel (D) | $701,477.21 | $41,081.33 | 2024-12-31 |
| James Hayes (R) | $136,244.75 | $685.51 | 2024-12-31 |
| Laurie Macdonald (D) | $126,170.00 | $0.00 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania (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: SUMMER LEE 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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