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U.S. Representative · CA · District 27

George Whitesides

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

15% of the money Whitesides raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 79% of the House.

Whitesides raised $10.6M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $327K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

15%from small donors
Small donors
15%$1.6M
Large donors
55%$5.9M
Bundled
1%$0.1M
PACs
7%$0.7M
Other
22%$2.4M

Against the house

How Whitesides compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
15%vs 5% house median
PAC share
7%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Whitesides

The organizations behind the money.

Whitesides's largest organized backing comes from Ameripac: The Fund For A Greater America. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Whitesides

Ameripac: The Fund For A Greater America›

$29K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.0M to 79 members

Swing Left›$28K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $895K to 34 members

Zinc Collective PAC›$26K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $693K to 25 members

Frontline Usa›$20K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $406K to 36 members

Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC›$15K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $756K to 92 members

› 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 Whitesides's backing, not just the individual groups.

$112KLabor
$60KIdeological
$29KDefense
$21KEnergy
$10KTech

Plus $341K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Whitesides

Spent for or against.

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

All outside groups25% to help, 75% to hurt$15.3M
  1. Congressional Leadership Fund›$9.1M
    To help Whitesides
    —
    To hurt Whitesides
    $9.1M

    The super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership.

  2. House Majority PAC›$2.4M
    To help Whitesides
    $2.4M
    To hurt Whitesides
    —

    The super PAC aligned with House Democratic leadership.

  3. NRCC›$2.3M
    To help Whitesides
    —
    To hurt Whitesides
    $2.3M

    The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.

  4. LCV Victory Fund›$1.3M
    To help Whitesides
    $1.3M
    To hurt Whitesides
    —

    The League of Conservation Voters' super PAC, spending on environmental-minded candidates.

  5. Planned Parenthood Affiliates Of California Votes PAC$95K
    To help Whitesides
    $95K
    To hurt Whitesides
    —

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 149 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 Whitesides'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 Whitesides stands