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U.S. Representative · CA · District 28

Judy Chu

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

3% of the money Chu raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 37% of the House.

Chu raised $1.9M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $3.6M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

3%from small donors
Small donors
3%$0.1M
Large donors
59%$1.1M
Bundled
0%$0.0M
PACs
38%$0.7M
Other
0%$0.0M

Against the house

How Chu compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
3%vs 5% house median
PAC share
38%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Chu

The organizations behind the money.

Chu's largest organized backing comes from National Association Of Letter Carriers Of The Usa. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Chu

National Association Of Letter Carriers Of The Usa

$12K

The National Association of Letter Carriers' political fund, representing postal workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

82% Democrats · 18% Republicans · $1.5M to 253 members

National Association Of Real Estate Investmet Trust, Inc. PAC$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

50% Democrats · 50% Republicans · $791K to 126 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

Sheet Metal Air Rail Transportation PAC$10K

The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) union's political committee.

Who it funds, across Congress

98% Democrats · 2% Republicans · $1.6M to 210 members

Asian American Hotel Owners Association (Aahoa) PAC$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

45% Democrats · 55% Republicans · $406K to 79 members

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 Chu's backing, not just the individual groups.

$159KLabor
$112KFinance
$86KHealth
$57KTech
$30KReal Estate

Plus $159K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 178 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 Chu'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 Chu stands