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Summer L. Lee

Summer L. Lee

Democratic · PA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023

  • background Born November 26, 1987; social activist
  • role Pennsylvania House of Representatives (34th district, 2019–2022)
  • achievement First Black woman to represent Southwestern Pennsylvania in state legislature
  • role U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 12th district since 2023
  • achievement First Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress
  • role Member of 'The Squad' of young left-wing House Democrats

Issue positions (15)

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 PA-12 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,466,287 raised
  • $828,578 spent
  • $1,649,288 cash on hand
$1.47M
$1.36M
$1.15M
Itemized (≥ $200)$767.31K
Unitemized (< $200)$381.06K
Other committees (PACs)$207.10K
Transfers from other committees$63.50K
Offsets to expenditures$1.12K
Other receipts$46.19K
$828.58K
Operating expenditures$702.39K
Contribution refunds$16.18K
Other disbursements$110.00K
Cash on hand$1.65M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

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.

Summer L. Lee campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$1,851,679$1,827,312$24,367
2024$2,959,031$1,971,819$1,011,579
2026$1,466,287$828,578$1,649,288

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $3,923 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $905,404. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • ACTBLUE $62,750
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $30,000
  • SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $25,000
  • CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC $20,000
  • JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC $20,000
  • MEDICARE FOR ALL PAC $20,000 · Health
  • UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $20,000
  • JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC $17,900
  • MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION $17,500
  • WFP NATIONAL PAC $17,500

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 $73,753
  • UPMC $30,910
  • MPI $11,600
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH $10,554
  • ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH $10,000
  • JREI $9,900
  • CHAUDHRY PULMONARY ASSOCIATES $8,776
  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY $8,600
  • RIVERSIDE $7,933
  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY $7,800

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 $30,212 supporting · $0 opposing · 7 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $736,269 supporting · $210 opposing · 20 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

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

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, which oversees the health sector, and received 6 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $27,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions

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