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U.S. Representative · CA · District 26

Julia Brownley

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

5% of the money Brownley raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 51% of the House.

Brownley raised $1.6M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $942K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

5%from small donors
Small donors
5%$0.1M
Large donors
43%$0.7M
Bundled
2%$0.0M
PACs
47%$0.8M
Other
3%$0.0M

Against the house

How Brownley compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
5%vs 5% house median
PAC share
47%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Brownley

The organizations behind the money.

Brownley's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Brownley

AIPAC›

$34K

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.

Who it funds, across Congress

59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.

Jstreet PAC›$14K

J Street's PAC, a liberal pro-Israel group that backs candidates supporting a two-state solution, often a counterweight to AIPAC.

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $4.0M to 144 members

Carpenters' Legislative Improvement Committee›$10K

The Carpenters union's political committee, representing carpentry and construction trades.

Who it funds, across Congress

85% Democrats · 13% Republicans · $1.8M to 216 members

Machinists Non Partisan Political League Of The International Association Of Machinists›$10K

The political arm of the Machinists union (IAM), representing aerospace, airline, and manufacturing workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

98% Democrats · 1% Republicans · $2.0M to 230 members

Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education›$10K

SEIU COPE, the political fund of the Service Employees International Union, representing health-care, janitorial, and public-service workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.6M to 202 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $2.0M to elect Democrats; $634K to defeat Republicans.

› What is organized money?

An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Brownley's backing, not just the individual groups.

$188KLabor
$122KHealth
$48KPro-Israel
$40KFinance
$33KEnergy

Plus $156K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Brownley

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Brownley, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Brownley.

All outside groups$230K
  1. Veterans Aid PAC$107K
    To help Brownley
    $107K
    To hurt Brownley
    —
  2. Autism Hear US Now PAC$50K
    To help Brownley
    $50K
    To hurt Brownley
    —
  3. United Veterans Alliance Of America PAC$47K
    To help Brownley
    $47K
    To hurt Brownley
    —
  4. American Veterans Initiative PAC$20K
    To help Brownley
    $20K
    To hurt Brownley
    —

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 201 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to Brownley's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Brownley stands