Summer Lee

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Summer Lee

U.S. Representative · PA-12 · D

House — PA-12 (Democrat)

Summer Lynn Lee (born November 26, 1987) is an American politician and social activist serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district since 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Her district encompasses the majority of Pittsburgh and the eastern suburbs, including parts of Westmoreland County. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2022–2026 cycles

$6,276,997 raised

Influence graph
Individual 82%
PAC 14%
Other

Where the $6,276,997 raised came from · FEC · 2022–2026 cycle

$6,276,997
Raised
FEC receipts · 2022–2026 cycle
$886,709
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2022–2026 cycles
$803,010
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 16 sources
$2,000,000
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 1 edge

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Not employed / self$711,911
  • Other / unclassified$496,113
  • Health professionals$304,428
  • Tech$74,189
  • Lawyers & law firms$73,806
  • Education$71,845
  • TV, movies & music$51,945
  • Retired$51,390

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • N/A$576,947
  • UPMC$30,730
  • MPI$11,600
  • HOMEMAKER$11,433
  • ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH$10,000
  • JREI$9,900
  • CHAUDHRY PULMONARY ASSOCIATES$8,775
  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$8,600
  • RIVERSIDE$7,932
  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY$7,800

Committee assignments · 4

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • House Committee on Education and Workforce
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce — Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 23

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • H.R. 9751To amend the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish additional requirements relating to claims and appeals.
  • H.R. 9556Support Our Miners Act· Labor and Employment
  • H.R. 9437Right to Vote Act· Government Operations and Politics
  • H.R. 9029Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2026· Environmental Protection
  • H.R. 8484Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act· Health

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 17 total

People0
  • None on file
Organizations1
  • UPMC · received$31K
PACs / committees16

Connections · explore all 17

Every sourced counterparty, one row each (edges to the same party are merged and show the largest documented amount). Search, filter by type or direction, and sort. Money figures are FEC-sourced where marked.

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Spent against them · $2,000,000

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

  • —
    UDP independent expenditures opposing United Democracy Project

    United Democracy Project IE opposing. Source: FactCheck.org (UDP independent expenditures, 2022)

    source · news
    $2,000,000
  • —
    UDP attack-ad spending against her United Democracy Project

    The Intercept: AIPAC's UDP spent roughly $2.7M on ads attacking Lee and boosting rival Steve Irwin in the 2022 primary.

    source · news

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