Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

J. Luis Correa

Official portrait of J. Luis Correa
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 46th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Santa Ana, CA
Born
1958
In Congress
House since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CORREA, LOU
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 current district highlighted

California, District 46

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

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 46IncumbentRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6CA46116 · Principal campaign committee: LOU CORREA FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 46$1,493,328.69General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 46$1,385,045.32Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 46$1,293,189.19Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 46$1,208,554.85Lost the general election (58.2%)
Total raised$1,293,189.19
Total spent$918,746.97
Cash on hand$1,520,142.93
Debts owed by the campaign$9,048.98
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: $388,495.18PACs and other committees: $904,694.01
  • Individual contributions$388,495.1830%
  • PACs and other committees$904,694.0170%

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

256 committees reported giving $891,677.00 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 Lou Correa$40.33
  • Independent expenditures opposing Lou Correa$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Lou Correa$5,750.88

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 46, 2022 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Lou Correa (D)$1,293,189.19$1,520,142.932022-12-31
Michael Ortega (D)$63,440.40$25.402022-12-31
Christopher Gonzales (R)$55,923.37$6,729.072022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DDecember 21, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsDecember 28, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJanuary 4, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid DApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQJuly 20, 2022
  • 538June 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe DSeptember 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: LOU CORREA 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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