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Summer Lee

Summer Lee is a Democratic incumbent in Pennsylvania's 12th district. $1.5M raised, $829K spent, $1.6M cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$1.5Mraised
$829Kspent
$1.6Mcash on hand
Campaign finance$1.5M raised

Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported

Raised$1.5M
Spent$829K
Cash on hand$1.6M
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$1,466,287
Spent (disbursements)$828,578
Cash on hand$1,649,288
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 38 · 2 terms · votes right of 14% of the House
38age on Election Day
2House terms (since 2023)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeLee
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.45
Votes more conservative than14% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted573

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosureassets none

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-05-15.

nonereported assets (ranges added up)
$265K to $550Kreported liabilities
none reportedearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between -$550K and -$265K Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System pension planPEselfnone

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
American Education Services 2005 Student Loan Debt$15K to $50K
Advantage/Navient 2011 Student Loan Debt$250K to $500K

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention7,273 views in 30 days
7,273Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#133 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Summer Lee on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 78%PACs and other committees 14%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 8%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$1,148,36978.3%
PACs and other committees$207,10514.1%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$110,8137.6%
This racePA-12, rank #1 of 2

Summer Lee ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

PA-12 · Pennsylvania · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H2PA18200, committee C00791780. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.