LEE, DANIEL

D · house

FEC candidate id: H2CA37296
Internal id: be442f05-e86f-40f4-9715-f346a9e24fd3
Status: open seat

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), CA-37. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	745,432
People	Median age	35
Income	Median household income	$70,327
Income	Per-capita income	$37,005
Income	In poverty	20.6%
Income	Unemployed	9.1%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.520
Race	White alone	17.0%
Race	Black alone	21.7%
Race	Asian alone	6.8%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	55.0%
Race	Two or more races	20.2%
Origin	Foreign-born	33.8%
Language	Speaks English only at home	42.1%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	49.2%
Education	High school or higher	49.1%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	29.6%
Education	Advanced degree	11.3%
Household	Family households	59.3%
Household	Avg household size	2.82
Household	Never married (15+)	52.4%
Housing	Median home value	$852,100
Housing	Median gross rent	$1,775
Housing	Single-family detached	33.6%
Housing	Built before 1940	11.4%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	14.3%
Housing	Vacant units	8.0%
Service	Veterans (18+)	2.1%
Health	With a disability	12.8%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	90.5%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	6.8%
Commute	Drove alone	60.2%
Commute	Public transit	8.4%
Commute	Worked from home	15.4%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2026	$0	$0	$97	$4,766	$0
2024	$3,100	$3,129	$97	$3,144	$2,100
2022	$59,462	$59,337	$125	$3,463	$57,003

Elections

2022 general house · CA-37 — lost_general

Committees

DANIEL LEE FOR CONGRESS — principal · type H

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 20.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
D (major party)	+10.0%
open seat	-5.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Independent expenditures

Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).

Cycle	Support	Oppose	IEs
2022	$0	$142,936	4

Recent (latest 25)

Date	Spender	For / against	Amount	Purpose
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	oppose	$50,000	Digital Advertising Buy
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	oppose	$8,500	Digital Advertising Production
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	oppose	$27,694	Direct Mail Advertising
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	oppose	$56,742	Direct Mail Advertising

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

Date	From committee	Type	Amount
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	24A	$50,000
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	24A	$8,500
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	24A	$56,741
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	24A	$27,693

Connected on the graph

Inbound (12)

date	from	type	amount	role	source
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	opposes_independently	$8,500		fec_ies
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	committee_contributed_to_candidate	$8,500	24A	fec_pas2
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	contributed_to	$50,000		pas2
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	contributed_to	$8,500		pas2
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	opposes_independently	$50,000		fec_ies
2022-05-26	DMFI PAC	committee_contributed_to_candidate	$50,000	24A	fec_pas2
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	opposes_independently	$56,742		fec_ies
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	opposes_independently	$27,694		fec_ies
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	committee_contributed_to_candidate	$56,741	24A	fec_pas2
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	committee_contributed_to_candidate	$27,693	24A	fec_pas2
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	contributed_to	$56,741		pas2
2022-05-25	DMFI PAC	contributed_to	$27,693		pas2

Outbound (1)

date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	principal_candidate_of	DANIEL LEE FOR CONGRESS	—		candidate_committees

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