Julia Brownley
U.S. Representative · CA-26 · Democrat
From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
Money and votes
2025–26 cycle · through Mar 25, 2026Method69 PACs of the 101 that gave
Of the 101 PACs that gave to Brownley and have a lobbying organization behind them, 69 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.
68% · House median: 58%
172 bills
Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 172 bills. Brownley voted Yea on 17, Nay on 42, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 111 with no recorded vote.
$167K of $297K
Those 69 PACs gave Brownley $167K, 56% of all the PAC money she received.
House median: 41%
PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $580K.
A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.
Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied
Top 3 of 195 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 23 broad must-pass bills among them
Who funds Brownley 125 PACs
- Southwest Airlines Pilots AssociationLabor union PAC · funds 89 other members54% to Republicans
- American Academy of OphthalmologyMembership group PAC · funds 118 other members53% to Republicans
- American Association for JusticeMembership group PAC · funds 216 other members98% to Democrats
All 195 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro
Free account See ProCampaign totals from Brownley’s own reports
FEC H2CA00120Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Mar 25, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.
Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 11 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.
24 of Brownley’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.
Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Brownley’s leadership PAC (Defeat Every Republican, Jobs Unite Labor and Industry in America PAC (JULIA PAC), Protect Democracy Now) is reported separately.