Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

John Briscoe

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · California District 47
Filing address
Huntington Beach, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BRISCOE, JOHN
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 2020 district highlighted

California, District 47

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 47ChallengerLost the general election (16.8%)

FEC candidate ID H8CA47078 · Principal campaign committee: BRISCOE FOR CONGRESS 2020

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 42$527,945.00Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 47$65,302.36Lost the general election (16.8%)
Total raised$65,302.36
Total spent$61,538.47
Cash on hand$10,389.98
Debts owed by the campaign$28,708.00
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: $2,928.45PACs and other committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $36,600.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $20,773.91
  • Individual contributions$2,928.454%
  • PACs and other committees$5,000.008%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$36,600.0056%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$20,773.9132%

Self-funding: $36,600.00 (56% of money raised): $36,600.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate. $40,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $5,000.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John Briscoe$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Briscoe$59.76

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 47, 2020 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Briscoe (R)$65,302.36$10,389.982020-12-31
Alan Lowenthal (D)$683,348.24$393,034.982020-12-31
Amy Phan West (R)$65,175.15$20,464.362020-12-31
Sou Moua (R)$9,325.00$1,489.912020-12-31
Shawn Roshan (D)$1,699.00$0.002020-01-02

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe DApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

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: BRISCOE FOR CONGRESS 2020.
  • 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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