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Scott Peters

Democratic candidate · 2022 general election · California

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Scott Peters

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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
$2,410,742
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$727,500
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$1,255,145
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$2,257,903
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$1,733,957
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $2,410,742 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2022 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$727,50030.2%
PAC and other committee contributions$1,255,14552.1%
Party committee contributions$90.0%
Candidate self-funding$11,9040.5%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$416,18317.3%
Total receipts$2,410,742100%

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
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$1,733,957
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$170,760
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$10,578
Contributions refunded to committees$0
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$382,358
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
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
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$1,983,981Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$10,578Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00503110, 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 C00503110
Measure30G 2022Reported through Nov 28, 2022YE 2022Reported through Dec 31, 2022Change
Cash on hand at period end$1,800,944$1,733,957Down $66,987
Debts owed by the committee$170,760$170,760No change
Contribution refunds in the period$0$3,900Up $3,900

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $1,733,957 set beside the $79,100 this campaign spent during YE 2022, through Dec 31, 2022, which is 21.9 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 Scott Peters. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$79,276
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

Spent opposing

$0
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $1,713,789 of itemized spending across 1,073 transactions, through Dec 30, 2022. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 75.9% of the $2,257,903 in total disbursements reported for the 2022 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

Two things separate that subtotal from total disbursements. Spending reported without itemization cannot be categorized. And the itemized records run only to Dec 30, 2022, while the totals above cover through Dec 31, 2022, so the last stretch of the reporting period is summarized but not yet broken down here.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Advertising and media $468,74627.4%11
Fundraising and solicitation $452,07926.4%59
Administration, salary, and overhead $299,95717.5%552
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $149,7598.7%231
Consulting, type not specified $113,9256.6%44
Polling and research $88,6005.2%3
Legal, accounting, and compliance $78,9834.6%27
Technology and digital services $22,2971.3%39
Events $15,7690.9%13
Travel $13,3510.8%82
Campaign materials $10,3220.6%12
Classified$1,564,03091.3%
Unclassified filing descriptions$149,7598.7%
Itemized spending categorized here$1,713,789100%1,073

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 314 shown $1,298,732 total · $75,000 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1BIPARTISAN CLIMATE ACTION FUND C00774497$20,0001.5%10Mar 8, 2022
2AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC') C00001198$15,0001.2%3Dec 6, 2021
3AMERICAN CLINICAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATON PAC (LABPAC) C00410084$15,0001.2%3Jul 19, 2022
4MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) C00097485$12,5001.0%4Feb 22, 2022
5NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00113811$12,5001.0%4Mar 15, 2022
Show the complete list of 314 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Scott Peters

All 2 shown $79,276 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1THE VETERANS FOUNDATION PAC C00795864$47,45459.9%225Oct 27, 2022
2VETERANS AID PAC C00699801$31,82240.1%31Oct 4, 2022

Opposing Scott Peters

No opposing independent expenditures are reported for this cycle.

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 Scott Peters 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 Scott Peters

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Phone calls and text messages $59,53375.1%187
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported description could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $14,74418.6%68
Direct mail $5,0006.3%1
Classified$64,53381.4%
Unclassified filing descriptions$14,74418.6%
Total independent spending$79,276100%256

Opposing Scott Peters

No independent expenditures in this direction are reported for this cycle.

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 Scott Peters

Committees itemized $1,298,732 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 committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Corporate PACs $782,57060.3%177390
Trade association PACs $263,00020.3%63120
Membership organization PACs $95,9007.4%2851
Non-connected committees $83,2626.4%2546
Labor union PACs $57,5004.4%1531
Cooperative PACs $7,5000.6%13
Corporations without capital stock $6,0000.5%33
Leadership PACs $3,0000.2%22
Itemized total for this direction$1,298,732

Spent supporting Scott Peters

Committees itemized $79,276 in independent spending supporting Scott Peters.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $79,276100.0%2256
Itemized total for this direction$79,276

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 Scott Peters

Committees itemized $1,298,732 in contributions to this campaign. $3,000 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $1,295,732, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $982,970 and committees not yet categorized account for $312,762.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Pharmaceuticals Health $231,70017.9%4295
Defense Defense $95,5007.4%1457
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $53,5004.1%1731
Construction Construction $50,5003.9%1021
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate $46,5003.6%1229
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $44,5003.4%920
Technology Communications and technology $44,3703.4%1328
Food and beverage Agriculture $44,0003.4%1322
Health insurance Health $43,0003.3%817
Telecommunications Communications and technology $41,5003.2%817
Physicians and medical specialties Health $37,5002.9%1423
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate $30,5002.4%716
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $26,0002.0%1316
Automotive Transportation $25,5002.0%719
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $24,0001.9%58
Agribusiness Agriculture $15,0001.2%36
Building trades unions Labor $15,0001.2%23
Accounting Professional services $14,5001.1%24
Air transport Transportation $14,5001.1%314
Transportation unions Labor $12,5001.0%36
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $10,0000.8%25
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $10,0000.8%26
Public sector unions Labor $8,5000.7%45
Trucking Transportation $8,5000.7%23
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue $7,9000.6%12
Industrial unions Labor $5,0000.4%12
Mining Energy and natural resources $5,0000.4%11
Nurses and nursing specialties Health $5,0000.4%12
Hospitals and nursing homes Health $4,5000.3%22
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources $4,5000.3%33
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources $4,0000.3%22
Committees not yet categorized $312,76224.1%86159
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $3,000Not applicable22
Base the shares are taken over$1,295,732100%
Itemized total for this direction$1,298,732

Spent supporting Scott Peters

Committees itemized $79,276 in independent spending supporting Scott Peters. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $0 and committees not yet categorized account for $79,276.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Committees not yet categorized $79,276100.0%2256
Base the shares are taken over$79,276100%
Itemized total for this direction$79,276

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

$101,800
Across 20 notices, received May 19, 2022 to Nov 5, 2022

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Nov 7, 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 Scott Peters's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2022 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
Nov 7, 2022$2,5001Nov 5 to Nov 5, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 6, 2022$3,0003Nov 4 to Nov 4, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 5, 2022$2,0001Nov 3 to Nov 3, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 3, 2022$8,3003Nov 1 to Nov 1, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 2, 2022$2,9001Oct 31 to Oct 31, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 30, 2022$6,0003Oct 28 to Oct 28, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 29, 2022$3,5002Oct 27 to Oct 27, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 28, 2022$5,0002Oct 26 to Oct 26, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 27, 2022$1,0001Oct 25 to Oct 25, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 26, 2022$5,4002Oct 24 to Oct 24, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 20 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 $776,598 of the $1,109,858 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 1,989 itemized contributions.

From California

$424,026
54.6% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$352,572
45.4% 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 placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$776,5981,989100.0%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 31 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • California this campaign's state $424,026
  • District of Columbia $104,007
  • New York $50,535
  • Virginia $41,050
  • Maryland $22,850
  • Massachusetts $16,200
  • Florida $15,750
  • New Jersey $15,300
  • Texas $13,050
  • Indiana $10,000
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2022 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
California this campaign's state$424,0261,57454.6%
District of Columbia$104,00711113.4%
New York$50,535436.5%
Virginia$41,050585.3%
Maryland$22,850282.9%
Massachusetts$16,20082.1%
Florida$15,750122.0%
New Jersey$15,30082.0%
Texas$13,050211.7%
Indiana$10,00061.3%
Washington$9,705431.2%
Illinois$9,40041.2%
Pennsylvania$7,27580.9%
Colorado$5,80020.7%
North Carolina$5,75030.7%
Delaware$3,90020.5%
Ohio$3,40020.4%
Georgia$3,00020.4%
Nevada$2,90010.4%
Utah$2,90010.4%
Oklahoma$2,00020.3%
Wisconsin$1,870170.2%
Kansas$1,50020.2%
Arkansas$1,00010.1%
Connecticut$1,00010.1%
Arizona$50010.1%
Minnesota$50010.1%
New Hampshire$50010.1%
Tennessee$50010.1%
Nebraska$30012<0.1%
Missouri$13013<0.1%
Reported with a place$776,5981,989100%

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 $2,410,742
  • Cohort median $1,024,853
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$2,410,742
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 counted120

90 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 75th 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 52.1%
  • Cohort median 10.4%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign52.1%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile1.8%
Median10.4%
75th percentile34.1%
Highest in the cohort100.0%
Campaigns counted118

99 of the 118 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.

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 $1,733,957
  • Cohort median $44,893
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$1,733,957
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 counted120

108 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 90th 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 $79,276
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$79,276
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$12,425
Highest in the cohort$3,123,125
Campaigns counted120

98 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 82th 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 $0
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in California, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$0
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$8,037,240
Campaigns counted120

0 of the 120 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th 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.