California Republican Assembly candidates and officeholders have spent $21.4 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state representatives and candidates, Frank Bigelow has spent more than any other Republican.

Bigelow is the representative for California Assembly District 5 and is not up for re-election in 2022. Bigelow raised $2.2 million and spent $2.2 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. According to California Secretary of State reports, Bigelow spent the most money with the following individual payees and PACs.

Frank Bigelow’s Top 10 Payees, (1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022)

Of the $2.2 million in reported expenditures, $2.1 million went to these 10 payees:

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active California PACs submitted to the California Secretary of State. Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

See updates to Frank Bigelow’s campaign finance data after the next reports are available.

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