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George Whitesides

George Whitesides

Democratic · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

  • Representative CA-27 2025–present

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-27 · 2026 General Election

  • $3,963,530 raised
  • $1,735,347 spent
  • $2,554,917 cash on hand
$3.96M
$3.44M
$2.81M
Itemized (≥ $200)$2.45M
Unitemized (< $200)$359.85K
Party committees$6.90K
Other committees (PACs)$629.09K
Transfers from other committees$437.13K
Offsets to expenditures$79.10K
Other receipts$5.31K
$1.74M
Operating expenditures$1.48M
Contribution refunds$56.99K
Other disbursements$201.16K
Cash on hand$2.55M
Debts owed by committee$1.31M

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.

George Whitesides campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2024$10,614,138$10,287,404$326,733
2026$3,963,530$1,735,347$2,554,917

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $21,285 ·

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 18
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 277 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 18 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 6
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 31
    Disclosed stock trades →

    30 tickers · 17 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 2
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for George Whitesides. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (6)

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).

  • HARVARD UNIVERSITY $31,495
  • GOOGLE LLC $27,766
  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY $21,438
  • CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY $19,734
  • MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL $16,400
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES $16,328
  • CONVECTIVE CAPITAL $14,200
  • QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP $13,700
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY $13,553
  • CHARLESBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,300

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 $465,544 supporting · $4,552 opposing · 5 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $3,884,245 supporting · $11,418,131 opposing · 32 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (1)

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

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

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

  • Committee oversight & trading — technology coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which oversees the technology sector, and disclosed 2 technology-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $550,000) in Mar 2025.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

  • Committee oversight & trading — defense coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Armed Services, which oversees the defense sector, and disclosed 2 defense-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $200,000) in Mar 2025.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Whitesides most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Whitesides connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10069Military Readiness Through Resilient Lands ActsponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10061To address wildfire readiness and recovery, safe communities, and wildland firefighter safety.cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10042Understanding AI in the Classroom ActsponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9945Lowering Energy Costs through Grid Modernization ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9914Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9929To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9889PILOT ActsponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HRES 1442Supporting the designation of July 20, 2026, as "National Moon Landing Day".cosponsoredJul 19, 2026
  • HR 9692TOTAL Screen Time ActsponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HR 9534Wildfire Response Modernization ActsponsoredJun 28, 2026
  • HR 9449Global Climate Resilience Act of 2026sponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9417Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9235Disaster Ready Infrastructure Act of 2026sponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9195Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy ActcosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HJRES 189Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8925Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce ActcosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8851One Giant LEAP ActcosponsoredMay 14, 2026
  • HRES 1291Expressing support for the recognition of May 3 through May 9, 2026, as Wildfire Preparedness Week, the national event educating the public on fire safety and preparedness, and supporting the goals of a Wildfire Preparedness Week.cosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8841Veteran Scam Victims Foundation ActsponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8831Protecting Our Democracy ActcosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8773Containing Effects of Mineral Extraction Act of 2026sponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HR 8750COPS Reauthorization Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HRES 1242Supporting the first Friday of May as "National Space Day" in recognition of the significant positive impact the aerospace community has and will continue to have on the United States of America.cosponsoredApr 29, 2026
  • HR 8600To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily suspend certain fuel excise taxes for fuel separated during periods in which the national average price of gasoline exceeds $3.99 per gallon, and to prohibit certain credits or deductions for oil and gas companies during such periods.cosponsoredApr 29, 2026
  • HR 8516American Leadership in AI ActcosponsoredApr 26, 2026
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