Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Tom McClintock

Official portrait of Tom McClintock
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 5th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Elk Grove, CA
Born
1956
In Congress
House since 2009 · 17 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
MCCLINTOCK, THOMAS
Next election
Primary March 3, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 5

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

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 4IncumbentWon the general election (55.9%)

FEC candidate ID H8CA04152 · Principal campaign committee: MCCLINTOCK FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 5$1,208,240.24General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 5$1,171,016.98Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 5$1,674,004.02Lost the general election (45.5%)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 4$2,076,411.14Won the general election (55.9%)
Total raised$2,076,411.14
Total spent$2,130,296.45
Cash on hand$171,000.96
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $1,653,373.48PACs and other committees: $258,985.09Party committees: $3,750.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $142,462.86Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $17,839.71
  • Individual contributions$1,653,373.4880%
  • PACs and other committees$258,985.0912%
  • Party committees$3,750.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$142,462.867%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$17,839.711%

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

86 committees reported giving $211,449.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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 Thomas McClintock$813.95
  • Independent expenditures opposing Thomas McClintock$147,346.58

FEC totals for the 2020 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 4, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Thomas McClintock (R)$2,076,411.14$171,000.962020-12-31
Brynne Kennedy (D)$3,022,017.35$3,488.532020-12-31
Julianne Elizabeth Benzel (R)$120,607.86$6,444.632020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RNovember 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe ROctober 28, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RNovember 2, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RNovember 2, 2020
  • RCPLikely RNovember 2, 2020
  • Decision Desk HQLikely RNovember 3, 2020
  • 538Safe RNovember 3, 2020
  • Elections DailyLikely RNovember 1, 2020
  • CNNSafe RNovember 1, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely RNovember 2, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Lake Research Partners (D)October 12–14, 2020958 (LV)± 4.14%Tom McClintock 49% · Brynne Kennedy 45%
Lake Research Partners (D)July 22–25, 2020650 (LV)–Tom McClintock 45% · Brynne Kennedy 42%
Lake Research Partners (D)April 26 – May 4, 20202,196 (LV)–Tom McClintock 46% · Brynne Kennedy 40%
Lake Research Partners (D)April 26 – May 4, 20202,196 (LV)–Tom McClintock 36% · Generic Opponent 36%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: MCCLINTOCK 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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