2022 general election
California 41st District
The winner was outraised and won anyway.
$8.5M was spent on the 2022 California 41st District race: $7.5M raised by the campaigns, $1.4M of it from PACs, plus $993K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Ken Calvert (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Total money
$8.5M
Raised by campaigns
$7.5M
PAC checks
$1.4M
Outside money
$993K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Will RollinsDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $3.8M
- Spent
- $3.7M
- From individuals
- $3.2M
- From PACs
- $325K
- From party
- $496
- Own money & loans
- $10K
- Outside money for
- $556K
- Outside money against
- $35K
Who paid: 9% of Rollins's money came from PACs
Corporate $2K (1%)Leadership PAC $100K (35%)Membership $26K (9%)Union $66K (23%)Super PAC $24K (9%)Party $1K (0%)Other $65K (23%)
- Equality California Federal PAC Membership$11K
- No Vote Left Behind PAC Other$10K
- Swalwell, Eric Leadership PAC$10K
- Moulton Leadership Fund Leadership PAC$10K
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee Union$10K
- Lgbtq Victory Fund Federal PAC Super PAC$8K
- Georgia Equality Project PAC Other$8K
- Torres Other$7K
Biggest outside spenders
- Welcomepac · $347K supporting
- Grassroots Organizing Wins (Growpac) · $127K supporting
- Communities for a New California C4 · $43K supporting
- Majority PAC · $35K attacking
- No Vote Left Behind PAC · $17K supporting
Ken CalvertRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $3.7M
- Spent
- $4.1M
- From individuals
- $2.2M
- From PACs
- $1.1M
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $76K
- Outside money against
- $327K
Who paid: 30% of Calvert's money came from PACs
Corporate $482K (46%)Trade group $134K (13%)Leadership PAC $240K (23%)Membership $61K (6%)Union $15K (1%)Super PAC $18K (2%)Party $2K (0%)Other $86K (8%)
- Maxar Technologies Inc. Corporate$10K
- Sierra Nevada Corporation PAC Corporate$10K
- Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Membership$10K
- California Real Estate Political Action Committee Membership$10K
- Road to Freedom Campaign Committee Leadership PAC$10K
- Cubic Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee Corporate$10K
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Corporate$10K
- General Dynamics Corporation Corporate$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Welcomepac · $163K attacking
- Defeat Seditionists · $88K attacking
- Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. · $41K supporting
- Equality California Votes · $31K attacking
- Agenda PAC · $25K attacking
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2022 California 41st District race?
- $8.5M was spent on the 2022 California 41st District race: $7.5M raised by the campaigns, $1.4M of it from PACs, plus $993K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Ken Calvert (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2022 California 41st District race?
- Will Rollins (Democrat) raised $3.8M and had $556K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2022 California 41st District race?
- Welcomepac ($509K), Grassroots Organizing Wins (Growpac) ($127K), Defeat Seditionists ($88K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2022 California 41st District race?
- Equality California Federal PAC gave $11K to Will Rollins; Equality PAC gave $10K to Will Rollins; Remedy Political Action Committee gave $10K to Will Rollins.