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Darrell Issa

Darrell Issa

Republican · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

25 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2001

  • role U.S. representative for California's 48th congressional district, having also represented the 50th from 2021 to 2023
  • role Served in the U.S. House from 2001 to 2019, representing the 48th and then 49th districts in the San Diego area
  • role Chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2011 to 2015
  • background Co-founded and served as CEO of Directed Electronics, a maker of automobile aftermarket products
  • background Born November 1, 1953

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-48 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,090,221 raised
  • $1,019,227 spent
  • $2,715,610 cash on hand
$2.09M
$1.16M
$775.23K
Itemized (≥ $200)$519.17K
Unitemized (< $200)$256.06K
Other committees (PACs)$387.70K
Transfers from other committees$501.71K
Offsets to expenditures$216.61
Other receipts$425.37K
$1.02M
Operating expenditures$686.93K
Loan repayments$56.71K
Contribution refunds$275.59K
Cash on hand$2.72M
Debts owed by committee$5.02M

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Darrell Issa campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2020$16,813,994$16,521,430$292,563
2022$2,337,214$2,012,187$617,590
2024$1,782,412$755,386$1,644,616
2026$2,090,221$1,019,227$2,715,610

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $23,398 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $45,911
  • ARMSCOR PRECISION INTL $18,200
  • GOOGLE $11,400
  • FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP $7,050
  • 1A AUTO $6,850
  • VIBRANT TECH $6,700
  • KIRKLAND & ELLIS $6,600
  • LINK GROUP $6,600
  • VCA ANIMAL HOSPITALS $6,600
  • MAGNADYNE CORP $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $0 supporting · $3,552 opposing · 2 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $3,599 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Issa, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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