Whitesides served as NASA chief of staff and was CEO of Virgin Galactic before entering Congress.
RAISED
$11M
SPENT
$10M
CASH ON HAND
$327K
SMALL DONORS
15%
2024 presidential year · General election · TUESDAY, NOV 5
California's 27th Congressional District: 2024 election
CA-27 · Incumbent ran
INCUMBENT RANRESULT D+2.7KEY RACE
Updated
Result
George Whitesides
Won with 51.3%D+2.7
The result
2 ON THE BALLOT · 2 FILED
Before entering Congress, Garcia served as a U.S. Navy pilot from 1998 to 2012 and worked at Raytheon Intelligence & Space. Garcia served in the U.S. House from 2020 to 2025.
RAISED
$6.5M
SPENT
$6.6M
CASH ON HAND
$50K
SMALL DONORS
15%
Money
FEC · THROUGH DEC 31George Whitesides
RAISED$11M
SPENT$10M
CASH ON HAND$327K
Mike Garcia
RAISED$6.5M
SPENT$6.6M
CASH ON HAND$50K
Receipts and spending are the candidates' own campaign committees, as reported to the FEC. Outside groups are not included.
Past results
CA-27- 2022GENERALMike Garcia53.2%R+6.5vsRobert Smith46.8%
- 2020GENERALJudy Chu69.8%D+39.6vsJohnny J Nalbandian30.2%
- 2018GENERALJudy Chu79.2%D+58.4vsBryan Witt20.8%
Each result is for the district as it was drawn at the time.