Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

George Whitesides

Official portrait of George Whitesides
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 27th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Agua Dulce, CA
Born
1974
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
WHITESIDES, GEORGE
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 27

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

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 27IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4CA27111 · Principal campaign committee: GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 27$4,439,787.15General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 27$10,614,137.63Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$4,439,787.15
Total spent$2,497,625.60
Cash on hand$2,268,894.91
Debts owed by the campaign$1,310,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 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: $3,117,817.69PACs and other committees: $736,087.62Party committees: $6,911.14Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $482,638.90Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $96,331.80
  • Individual contributions$3,117,817.6970%
  • PACs and other committees$736,087.6217%
  • Party committees$6,911.140%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$482,638.9011%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$96,331.802%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$555,747.5217%
  • Contributions over $200$2,705,569.4383%
  • Itemized from inside California$1,441,407.0651%
  • Itemized from other states$1,411,803.1349%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $356,304.17 · Massachusetts $199,818.99 · Illinois $131,538.11 · Virginia $86,503.13 · Connecticut $84,427.18. 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 $758,846.33APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $218,969.12JULY QUARTERLY: raised $882,080.42JULY QUARTERLY: spent $293,940.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $811,634.67OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $198,562.72YEAR-END: raised $514,935.82YEAR-END: spent $269,314.95APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $421,154.91APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $239,879.82PRE-PRIMARY: raised $147,501.76PRE-PRIMARY: spent $320,653.90JULY QUARTERLY: raised $427,376.31JULY QUARTERLY: spent $194,026.43OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $476,256.93OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $762,278.662025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea318
Voted nay339
Voted present1
Did not vote16 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored27
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored320

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
PassedYea
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
PassedYea
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. 10907 To prohibit interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 10854 Public Safety Power Shutoff Data Transparency Act
    Introduced Oct 19, 2026 · Latest action Oct 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10750 Advanced Nuclear Fission and Fusion Propulsion Systems Act
    Introduced Oct 5, 2026 · Latest action Oct 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 10719 Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determi…
  • H.Res. 1557 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the rollout of Space Shuttle Enterprise from the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California.
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 10350 Protecting Elders from Wire Fraud Act
    Introduced Sep 10, 2026 · Latest action Sep 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 10180 Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act
    Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Latest action Aug 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 10181 Stop Predator Dumping Act
    Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Latest action Aug 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 10137 No Insider Trading on National Security Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 20, 2026 · Latest action Aug 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 10069 Military Readiness Through Resilient Lands Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…

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

227 committees reported giving $678,605.00 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 George Whitesides$476,464.18
  • Independent expenditures opposing George Whitesides$4,551.51

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 27, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
George Whitesides (D)$4,439,787.15$2,268,894.912026-09-30
Jason Gibbs (R)$413,837.88$60,498.542026-10-14
David Neidhart (R)$518.45$0.002026-06-30
Caleb Gabriel Norwood (D)$350.00$350.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DNovember 6, 2025
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DNovember 5, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 5, 2026
  • 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: GEORGE WHITESIDES 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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