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Judy Chu

Party
Democrat
Office Held:
US House, CA
Office Sought:
US House, CA
State Candidancy or Office Held:
See also: State profile for Judy Chu

Judy May Chu (Chinese name: 趙美心; pinyin: Zhào Měixīn) (born July 7, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is the United States Representative for California's 32nd congressional district, and the first Chinese American woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress. A member of the Democratic Party, she was previously Vice Chair (and a past Chair) of the California Board of Equalization, representing the 4th District. She had also served on the Garvey Unified School District Board of Education, the Monterey Park City Council with terms as Mayor and the California State Assembly.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$822,829 Received
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through candidate's March 31, 2012 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
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  • Summary

    overview of how much the candidate raised and spent, and who contributed it
    Total Raised:
    $822,829 #233 of 1319 House candidates
    Total Spent:
    $266,759 #83 of 1319 House candidates
    Cash on Hand:
    $1,147,883 #453 of 1319 House candidates

  • Contributions Over Time

    reflects only contributions over $200, as smaller contributions are not individually reported. For some candidates a significant portion of their fundraising may not be captured by this chart.
note: data comes from latest FEC filings and has not been cleaned or standardized. See section below for standardized data.

Donor Information

covers through 2011. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Industries

    OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.
    53% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry.

  • In State vs. Out of State

    contributions from individuals, in dollars

  • Top Contributors

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    Includes contributions from an organization’s employees, their family members and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Judy Chu Sources: OpenSecrets.org Party Time