Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Kevin McCarthy

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 20
Filing address
Bakersfield, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MCCARTHY, KEVIN
Next election
Primary June 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of California with the 2022 district highlighted

California, District 20

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 20IncumbentRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6CA22125 · Principal campaign committee: KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 20$15,739,441.84Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 20$28,295,639.53Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 23$28,663,630.10Lost the general election (66.5%)
Total raised$28,295,639.53
Total spent$27,609,762.68
Cash on hand$5,488,009.58
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $20,103,886.33PACs and other committees: $676,860.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $7,492,030.28Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $22,862.92
  • Individual contributions$20,103,886.3371%
  • PACs and other committees$676,860.002%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$7,492,030.2826%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$22,862.920%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

288 committees reported giving $1,705,110.00 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 Kevin McCarthy$6,437.06
  • Independent expenditures opposing Kevin McCarthy$116,141.25
  • Company and union communications to members about Kevin McCarthy$1,716.85

FEC totals for the 2022 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 20, 2022 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Kevin McCarthy (R)$28,295,639.53$5,488,009.582022-12-31
Marisa Wood (D)$1,051,451.47$4,497.852022-12-31
Ben Dewell (D)$1,797.00$562.402022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RDecember 21, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsDecember 28, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJanuary 4, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQJuly 20, 2022
  • 538June 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 7, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: KEVIN MCCARTHY 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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