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Christy Smith

Democratic candidate · 2022 general election · California

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Christy Smith

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Dec 31, 2022. Covering the 2022 two-year cycle only.

The 2022 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$3,949,505
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$3,203,118
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$410,855
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$4,067,087
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$51,825
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $3,949,505 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2022 cycle
Source Amount Share of receipts
Individual contributions $3,203,118 81.1%
PAC and other committee contributions $410,855 10.4%
Party committee contributions $10,414 0.3%
Candidate self-funding $2,499 0.1%
Loans $0 0.0%
Other receipts, including transfers $322,619 8.2%
Total receipts $3,949,505 100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Dec 31, 2022 for the 2022 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Cash on hand at coverage end $51,825
Debts and obligations owed by the committee $0
Debts and obligations owed to the committee Not reported
Contributions refunded to individuals $29,413
Contributions refunded to committees $13,000
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising. $202,496
Transfers made to other authorized committees $250,000
Repayments of candidate loans $0
Repayments of other loans $0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
Measure Amount How it was produced
Contributions net of refunds $3,584,473 Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsets Not reported An input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans $0 Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans $0 Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded $42,413 Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00725101, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 30G 2022 reported and what YE 2022 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 30G 2022 reported through Nov 28, 2022 and YE 2022 through Dec 31, 2022.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00725101
Measure 30G 2022Reported through Nov 28, 2022 YE 2022Reported through Dec 31, 2022 Change
Cash on hand at period end $136,027 $51,825 Down $84,201
Debts owed by the committee $0 $0 No change
Contribution refunds in the period $6,358 $0 Down $6,358

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $51,825 set beside the $84,201 this campaign spent during YE 2022, through Dec 31, 2022, which is 0.6 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Christy Smith. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$100,926
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

Spent opposing

$3,363,063
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

What the money was spent on

These spending categories were produced by taxonomy spend-1.2 and the current rules are spend-1.3, so they are withheld until this record is refreshed.

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 140 shown $458,804 total · $74,500 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
Rank Committee Amount Share Transactions Last activity
1 AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA C00271338 $17,500 3.8% 6 Sep 29, 2022
2 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE C00002089 $17,000 3.7% 4 Nov 1, 2022
3 CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS C00001016 $15,000 3.3% 3 Aug 15, 2022
4 D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) C00032979 $15,000 3.3% 3 Oct 27, 2022
5 MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS C00002469 $10,000 2.2% 2 Oct 28, 2022
Show the complete list of 140 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Christy Smith

All 6 shown $100,926 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
Rank Committee Amount Share Transactions Last activity
1 Climate Power Action C00817536 $48,443 48.0% 4 Nov 5, 2022
2 LCV Victory Fund C00486845 $27,971 27.7% 3 Oct 28, 2022
3 Immigrant Power PAC C00750786 $13,876 13.7% 1 May 9, 2022
4 Working America C90011156 $8,029 8.0% 3 Oct 29, 2022
5 Indivisible Project Inc. C90017492 $2,500 2.5% 1 Oct 12, 2022
6 DOLORES HUERTA ACTION FUND C90021577 $107 0.1% 1 Oct 8, 2022

Opposing Christy Smith

All 3 shown $3,363,063 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending opposing this candidate
Rank Committee Amount Share Transactions Last activity
1 NRCC C00075820 $3,280,615 97.5% 13 Oct 31, 2022
2 WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC C00530766 $47,199 1.4% 3 Nov 7, 2022
3 American Leadership PAC C00824292 $35,250 1.0% 1 Oct 24, 2022

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Christy Smith and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Christy Smith

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Purpose Amount % Share Transactions
Direct mail $43,611 43.2% 3
Advertising, medium not specified Reported as a media buy or as advertising, with no medium named. $30,850 30.6% 2
Phone calls and text messages $15,820 15.7% 2
Digital and online advertising $8,000 7.9% 2
Printed materials and signs $2,500 2.5% 1
Canvassing and field organizing $107 0.1% 1
Staff, administration, and overhead $37 0.0% 2
Classified $100,926 100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions $0 0.0%
Total independent spending $100,926 100% 13

Opposing Christy Smith

Independent spending opposing this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Purpose Amount % Share Transactions
Advertising, medium not specified Reported as a media buy or as advertising, with no medium named. $3,280,615 97.5% 13
Digital and online advertising $60,655 1.8% 2
Direct mail $17,716 0.5% 1
Phone calls and text messages $4,078 0.1% 1
Classified $3,363,063 100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions $0 0.0%
Total independent spending $3,363,063 100% 17

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2022 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Christy Smith

Committees itemized $458,804 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committee Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Labor union PACs $201,500 43.9% 30 52
Non-connected committees $96,452 21.0% 40 56
Leadership PACs $87,900 19.2% 35 44
Other candidates' committees $35,500 7.7% 22 23
Membership organization PACs $34,168 7.4% 10 20
Party committees $2,235 0.5% 2 2
Corporate PACs $1,049 0.2% 1 7
Itemized total for this direction $458,804

Spent supporting Christy Smith

Committees itemized $100,926 in independent spending supporting Christy Smith.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committee Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Non-connected committees $100,926 100.0% 6 13
Itemized total for this direction $100,926

Spent opposing Christy Smith

Committees itemized $3,363,063 in independent spending opposing Christy Smith.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committee Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Party committees $3,280,615 97.5% 1 13
Non-connected committees $82,449 2.5% 2 4
Itemized total for this direction $3,363,063

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Christy Smith

Committees itemized $458,804 in contributions to this campaign. $125,635 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $333,169, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $222,000 and committees not yet categorized account for $111,169.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Interest Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Building trades unions Labor $65,000 19.5% 8 15
Transportation unions Labor $34,000 10.2% 4 10
Public sector unions Labor $32,000 9.6% 6 8
Industrial unions Labor $30,000 9.0% 5 6
Telecommunications Communications and technology $17,000 5.1% 1 4
Health care unions Labor $10,000 3.0% 1 2
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $7,500 2.3% 1 2
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue $7,000 2.1% 2 2
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $5,000 1.5% 1 1
LGBTQ rights Ideological and single-issue $3,500 1.1% 1 2
Automotive Transportation $3,000 0.9% 1 1
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue $3,000 0.9% 1 1
Gun control Ideological and single-issue $3,000 0.9% 1 3
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue $2,000 0.6% 1 1
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $125,635 Not applicable 59 69
Committees not yet categorized $111,169 33.4% 47 77
Base the shares are taken over $333,169 100%
Itemized total for this direction $458,804

Spent supporting Christy Smith

Committees itemized $100,926 in independent spending supporting Christy Smith. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $84,443 and committees not yet categorized account for $16,483.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Interest Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources $48,443 48.0% 1 4
Environmental advocacy Ideological and single-issue $27,971 27.7% 1 3
Industrial unions Labor $8,029 8.0% 1 3
Committees not yet categorized $16,483 16.3% 3 3
Base the shares are taken over $100,926 100%
Itemized total for this direction $100,926

Spent opposing Christy Smith

Committees itemized $3,363,063 in independent spending opposing Christy Smith. $3,280,615 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $82,449, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $47,199 and committees not yet categorized account for $35,250.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Interest Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Abortion rights Ideological and single-issue $47,199 57.2% 1 3
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $3,280,615 Not applicable 1 13
Committees not yet categorized $35,250 42.8% 1 1
Base the shares are taken over $82,449 100%
Itemized total for this direction $3,363,063

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$115,703
Across 16 notices, received May 23, 2022 to Nov 5, 2022

Still only provisional

$20,403
1 notice no stored regular report covers yet

The most recent notice was filed on Nov 6, 2022. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Christy Smith's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2022 cycle, newest first
Filed Amount Entries Covers State Filing
Nov 6, 2022 $10,000 5 Nov 5 to Nov 5, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Nov 5, 2022 $2,500 2 Nov 4 to Nov 4, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Nov 2, 2022 $20,403 9 Oct 16 to Nov 1, 2022 Provisional FEC filing ↗
Oct 31, 2022 $5,400 2 Oct 30 to Oct 30, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Oct 30, 2022 $2,900 1 Oct 29 to Oct 29, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Oct 29, 2022 $11,000 6 Oct 28 to Oct 28, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Oct 28, 2022 $9,800 5 Oct 27 to Oct 27, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Oct 27, 2022 $2,000 2 Oct 26 to Oct 26, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Oct 24, 2022 $2,900 1 Oct 23 to Oct 23, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Oct 23, 2022 $8,500 4 Oct 22 to Oct 22, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 16 are listed. The amount and count above cover all of them.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $2,288,094 of the $3,405,614 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 6,227 itemized contributions.

From California

$1,738,597
76.0% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$549,497
24.0% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside California is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2022 cycle
Kind of place Amount Contributions Share
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia. $2,288,094 6,227 100.0%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 46 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • California this campaign's state $1,738,597
  • New York $139,393
  • Massachusetts $92,805
  • Washington $48,290
  • Texas $34,148
  • Maryland $32,102
  • Illinois $19,051
  • District of Columbia $17,575
  • Florida $17,269
  • Virginia $16,992
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2022 cycle
Place Amount Contributions Share
California this campaign's state $1,738,597 5,335 76.0%
New York $139,393 146 6.1%
Massachusetts $92,805 127 4.1%
Washington $48,290 89 2.1%
Texas $34,148 46 1.5%
Maryland $32,102 28 1.4%
Illinois $19,051 40 0.8%
District of Columbia $17,575 32 0.8%
Florida $17,269 40 0.8%
Virginia $16,992 31 0.7%
Connecticut $15,451 27 0.7%
Colorado $13,775 20 0.6%
Pennsylvania $13,423 20 0.6%
Oregon $9,936 28 0.4%
Oklahoma $9,000 13 0.4%
New Jersey $8,240 56 0.4%
Rhode Island $6,250 5 0.3%
Hawaii $5,775 18 0.3%
New Mexico $5,250 6 0.2%
Utah $4,198 5 0.2%
Minnesota $3,537 8 0.2%
North Carolina $3,050 6 0.1%
Nevada $3,000 3 0.1%
South Carolina $2,950 2 0.1%
Maine $2,900 3 0.1%
Missouri $2,842 8 0.1%
Mississippi $2,750 6 0.1%
Georgia $2,574 9 0.1%
Delaware $2,125 3 0.1%
Ohio $2,067 7 0.1%
Arizona $1,800 7 0.1%
Idaho $1,570 4 0.1%
Kentucky $1,500 4 0.1%
Wisconsin $1,410 6 0.1%
New Hampshire $1,050 4 <0.1%
Vermont $1,034 4 <0.1%
Tennessee $890 16 <0.1%
Michigan $750 3 <0.1%
Alabama $515 4 <0.1%
Alaska $500 1 <0.1%
Kansas $500 2 <0.1%
West Virginia $500 1 <0.1%
Iowa $250 1 <0.1%
Louisiana $250 1 <0.1%
Wyoming $250 1 <0.1%
South Dakota $10 1 <0.1%
Reported with a place $2,288,094 6,227 100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle: 120 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $3,949,505
  • Cohort median $1,024,853
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $3,949,505
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$116,486
Median$1,024,853
75th percentile$2,390,121
Highest in the cohort$28,295,640
Campaigns counted 120

106 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 88th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 10.4%
  • Cohort median 10.4%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign 10.4%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile1.8%
Median10.4%
75th percentile34.1%
Highest in the cohort100.0%
Campaigns counted 118

58 of the 118 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 49th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $51,825
  • Cohort median $44,893
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $51,825
Lowest in the cohort-$1,109
25th percentile$2,394
Median$44,893
75th percentile$456,537
Highest in the cohort$21,022,960
Campaigns counted 120

62 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 52th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $100,926
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $100,926
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$12,425
Highest in the cohort$3,123,125
Campaigns counted 120

101 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 84th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $3,363,063
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $3,363,063
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$8,037,240
Campaigns counted 120

115 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 96th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2022 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.