Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
George Whitesides
- 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
- Next election
- Primary March 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 27
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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4CA27111 · Principal campaign committee: GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · California District 27 | $4,439,787.15 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · California District 27 | $10,614,137.63 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
Total raised$10,614,137.63
Total spent$10,287,404.27
Cash on hand$326,733.36
Debts owed by the campaign$1,310,000.00
Loans from the candidate$1,310,000.00
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$7,546,688.5471%
- PACs and other committees$692,133.417%
- Party committees$10,190.360%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,583,627.5015%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$575,881.715%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$205,616.112%
Self-funding: $1,583,627.50 (15% of money raised): $273,627.50 given and $1,310,000.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
- Seapower and Projection Forces
- Strategic Forces
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Space and Aeronautics
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
196 committees reported giving $755,067.00 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.
- WHITESIDES VICTORY FUNDJoint fundraising committee$52,923.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$16,950.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$15,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$15,000.00
- 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC$15,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$10,500.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- HMPHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,997.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACPAC$8,000.00
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pagePAC$7,500.00
- DEFENSE, ECONOMIC RENEWAL, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
Show all 196 committees
- BLUE WAVE CALIFORNIAHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- REMEDY PACLeadership PAC$7,000.00
- BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS NOW PACHybrid PAC$6,600.00
- ELECT DEMS NOW PACLeadership PAC$6,600.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$6,049.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$6,000.00
- SERVE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL NO. 12 VOLUNTARY LEGISLATIVE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATS OF ORANGE COUNTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DEMOC PAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$5,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTYParty committee$5,000.00
- TRIED-AND-TRUE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SERVICE FIRST PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEFEND THE DREAMLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GREAT CHAIN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIGHT LIKE HELL PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PRO PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,999.00
- YOUTH PROGRESSIVE ACTION CATALYSTHybrid PAC$4,760.00
- ASPIRE PACPAC$4,500.00
- LIFTOFF PACLeadership PAC$4,500.00
- 314 ACTION IMPACT SLATEHybrid PAC$4,373.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$4,000.00
- JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JOBS UNITE LABOR AND INDUSTRY IN AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- CANYON DEMOCRATSPAC$3,300.00
- DIGIDEMS PACHybrid PAC$3,300.00
- ON THE MOVE PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$3,000.00
- VICTORY IN NOVEMBER ELECTION PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACConnected PAC$3,000.00
- JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC PACConnected PAC$2,700.00
- SWING LEFTHybrid PAC$2,514.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PENINSULA DEMOCRATIC COALITIONPAC$2,500.00
- DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUBConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EQUALITY CALIFORNIA FEDERAL PACPAC$2,500.00
- UPSET THE SETUPPAC$2,500.00
- CE4A ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- HOLD THE LINE PACPAC$2,500.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,405.00
- KIDSPACPAC$2,250.00
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FUNDLeadership PAC$2,235.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- SAC PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LOFGREN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRACYLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DELBENE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- MAKE IT IN AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMONWEALTH PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PEOPLE FOR DEREK KILMERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICA NEEDS NEW INNOVATION AND ENERGY PACPAC$2,000.00
- KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MARK DESAULNIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LUCHADORA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- KATHY MANNING FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TOGETHER WE RISELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SHARICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GENERATION GO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCIENCE TRUTH AND EXPERTISE MATTER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- WILL ROLLINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LANDSMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOCRACYFIRST PACPAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRACY DEFENSE FUNDHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- DOCTORS FOR FERTILITY PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- LAURA FRIEDMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- COURAGEOUS LEADERSPAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PACLeadership PAC$1,501.00
- PACIFIC PALISADES DEMOCRATIC CLUB CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC)PAC$1,500.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,300.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS STAFF UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO ETHICS AND SCIENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEACH CITIES DEMOCRATS - FEDERALConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MALIBU DEMOCRATIC CLUBConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- QUIGLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT FEDERAL PAC (PECG FED-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EDPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SWALWELL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GRACE FOR NEW YORKCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VIBE PAC (VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING EMPOWERING)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- BARRAGAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CHRISSY HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRACY FUNDHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- STANTON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE LINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC. PAC (PATTERN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- STRICKLAND FOR WASHINGTONCandidate committee$1,000.00
- HMS SCRAP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACPAC$1,000.00
- PAC FOR GOODLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUILD THE BENCH PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PACPAC$1,000.00
- DEFEAT EXTREMISTSConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BUDWINSKI PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CISNEROS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ALSOPACPAC$1,000.00
- WEST LA DEMOCRATIC CLUBPAC$750.00
- SAILORS' POLITICAL FUNDPAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC VALUESHybrid PAC$500.00
- ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- PALOS VERDES DEMOCRATSPAC$250.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$211.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting George Whitesides$3,884,245.32
- Independent expenditures opposing George Whitesides$11,418,131.40
- Company and union communications to members about George Whitesides$10,218.70
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.
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$9,096,557.00
- HMPSupporting$2,399,677.00
- NRCCOpposing$2,285,222.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDSupporting$1,262,353.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA VOTES PACSupporting$95,233.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Supporting$43,134.00
- MAJORITY PACOpposing$36,330.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$16,898.00
- WORKER POWER PACSupporting$11,315.00
- VOTE PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, A PROJECT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHERN CA ACTION FUNDSupporting$11,141.00
- VALLEY WORKS ACTION FUNDSupporting$10,000.00
- DOLORES HUERTA ACTION FUNDSupporting$6,175.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 27, 2024 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Whitesides (D) | $10,614,137.63 | $326,733.36 | 2024-12-31 |
| Michael Garcia (R) | $6,539,107.78 | $49,856.09 | 2024-12-31 |
| Francisco Carrillo Jr. (D) | $34,034.53 | $0.00 | 2023-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC/CSU | September 14–21, 2024 | 522 (LV) | ± 4.3% | Mike Garcia 46% · George Whitesides 48% |
| Impact Research (D) | April 12–18, 2024 | 650 (V) | – | Mike Garcia 44% · George Whitesides 47% |
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: GEORGE WHITESIDES 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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