Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Katherine Porter
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · California District 47
- Filing address
- Irvine, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- PORTER, KATHERINE
- Next election
- Primary June 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
California, District 47
FEC candidate ID H8CA45130 · Principal campaign committee: KATIE PORTER FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · California District 47 | $490,931.75 | Registered with the FEC; has not yet raised or spent $5,000 |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · California District 47 | $26,031,047.87 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · California District 45 | $16,901,194.24 | Lost the general election (50.8%) |
Total raised$26,031,047.87
Total spent$28,863,841.45
Cash on hand$7,434,958.86
Debts owed by the campaign$24,395.65
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$24,796,009.3295%
- PACs and other committees$691,744.253%
- Party committees$6,925.670%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$253,869.811%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$282,498.821%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
186 committees reported giving $686,319.00 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.
- DEMOCRATS OF ORANGE COUNTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DEMOC PAC)Connected PAC$19,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE 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
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALPAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTYParty committee$10,000.00
- WOMEN FOR AMERICAN VALUES AND ETHICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A/K/A WAVE PAC)Hybrid PAC$10,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACPAC$9,999.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
Show all 186 committees
- COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PAC$7,930.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$6,500.00
- BACKPACPAC$6,500.00
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACConnected PAC$6,274.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC$6,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$5,860.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYConnected PAC$5,800.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$5,500.00
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE 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
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- PACE OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION - LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL CANDIDATES Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- CAPA21- FEDERALHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- DIGIDEMS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- VOTE MAMAHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MOMS IN OFFICEPAC$5,000.00
- HOLD THE HOUSE PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEFEAT REPUBLICANS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SD PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- POLICY IS PERSONAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEFEND THE DREAMLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,960.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEConnected PAC$4,554.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- BERA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$4,000.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACPAC$4,000.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$3,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- ELECTING WOMEN BAY AREA PACPAC$3,288.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$2,900.00
- THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) Company pagePAC$2,900.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$2,833.00
- LAGUNA BEACH DEMOCRATIC CLUB FEDERALConnected PAC$2,700.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,512.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FAA MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INC. PACPAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST, INC. PAC (WGAW PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC., PACPAC$2,500.00
- HUDSON VALLEY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$2,500.00
- ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$2,090.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION TITLE INDUSTRY PAC (TIPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$2,000.00
- SAC PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BLUMENAUER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VICTORY IN NOVEMBER ELECTION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GARAMENDI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SEE CHANGE - SCIENCE, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT CHANGE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- VALLEY FIRST LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- POWER OF US PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JUSTICE LEAGUE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,559.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS PARITY PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN ROAD & TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pagePAC$1,500.00
- PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- FRIENDS OF RAJA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,001.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SAILORS' POLITICAL FUNDPAC$1,000.00
- MARINE FIREMAN'S UNION POLITICAL ACTION FUNDPAC$1,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AOTPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITHPAC$1,000.00
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ROBINS KAPLAN PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DOGGETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ACTION FUND PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SILK PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- WOLVERINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT FEDERAL PAC (PECG FED-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EQUALITY CALIFORNIA FEDERAL PACPAC$1,000.00
- ALAN LOWENTHAL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW VOICE PACPAC$1,000.00
- INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REMEDY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NEWPORT BEACH WOMEN'S DEMOCRATIC CLUB FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- WOLF PACKLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MOMS FED UPPAC$1,000.00
- MAD 4 PA PACCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- JOINING IDEAS TO MOTIVATE MOVEMENT FOR YOU (JIMMY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUNSHINE ORGANIZATION FOR TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES (SOTO PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY COUNCIL RIDER ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- A WOMAN'S PLACE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- WIN BACK PACPAC$1,000.00
- C6 PROJECTConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TEAM BLUE PACPAC$1,000.00
- PENINSULA DEMOCRATIC COALITIONPAC$999.00
- NIAC ACTION PACPAC$833.00
- CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$617.00
- LEISURE WORLD DEMOCRATIC CLUBParty committee$600.00
- ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (APFA PAC) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- SANTA BARBARA WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE (FED)Connected PAC$500.00
- MOULTON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- SERVE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACPAC$450.00
- ELECT EDUCATORS EVERYWHEREHybrid PAC$300.00
- SQUARE ONE POLITICSHybrid PAC$250.00
- VOTING RIGHTS FUNDConnected PAC$250.00
- MORE BLUEHybrid PAC$250.00
- DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF WEST ORANGE COUNTYPAC$100.00
- EMILY'S LISTConnected PAC$10.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Katherine Porter$690,472.27
- Independent expenditures opposing Katherine Porter$9,209,030.28
- Company and union communications to members about Katherine Porter$71,184.44
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.
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONOpposing$2,284,849.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$2,157,988.00
- CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/FEDERAL - CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSSupporting$386,341.00
- STOP SOCIALISM IN OCOpposing$138,399.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$65,063.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDSupporting$63,551.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDSupporting$57,595.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PACSupporting$34,466.00
- THE SIX PACSupporting$15,000.00
- MOMSRISING TOGETHERSupporting$10,759.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONSupporting$9,344.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$8,029.00
The race
California U.S. House, District 47, 2022 · 7 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Porter (D) | $26,031,047.87 | $7,434,958.86 | 2022-12-31 |
| Scott Baugh (R) | $3,071,107.19 | $10,686.21 | 2022-12-31 |
| Brian J Burley (R) | $379,928.31 | $280.71 | 2022-12-31 |
| Amy Phan West (R) | $202,253.49 | $8,542.86 | 2022-12-31 |
| Alan Lowenthal (D) | $193,408.74 | $191,976.68 | 2022-12-31 |
| Errol Webber (R) | $32,390.54 | $0.00 | 2022-06-30 |
| Michelle Lyons (R) | $21,515.00 | $9,338.30 | 2021-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
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: KATIE PORTER FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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