Derek Tran

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Derek Tran

U.S. Representative · CA-45 · D

U.S. Representative — CA-45 (D)

Derek Tran is the Democratic U.S. Representative for California's 45th Congressional District (Orange County). A consumer-rights attorney, small-business owner and U.S. Army veteran, and the son of Vietnamese refugees, he flipped the seat in November 2024 by narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Michelle Steel by roughly 650 votes. He advanced from the June 2, 2026 top-two primary and faces a toss-up re-election. [Derek Tran - Ballotpedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycles

$11,495,431 raised

Influence graph
Individual 73%
PAC 15%
Other

Where the $11,495,431 raised came from · FEC · 2024–2026 cycle

$11,495,431
Raised
FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycle
$1,697,247
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2024–2026 cycles
$5,229,894
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 39 sources
$378,777
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.

  • Gary Dordick
    DORDICK LAW CORPORATION · ATTORNEY · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $20,600
  • Pezhman Christopher Ardalan
    SELF EMPLOYED · ATTORNEY · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $13,600
  • Payum Banafshe
    THE VARTAZARIAN LAW FIRM · ATTORNEY · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $12,800
  • Sr. Harris
    MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PHYSICIAN · 2024 · FEC receipts ↗
    $12,600
  • Bobby Saadian
    WILSHIRE LAW FIRM · REAL ESTATE INVESTOR · 2024 · FEC receipts ↗
    $11,550
  • Rochelle Kaplan
    NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · 2024 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,900
  • Alec Bash
    NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,650
  • Brenda Baker
    NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,300
  • Michelle Boyers
    GIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION · CEO · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,300
  • Josh Bekenstein
    NOT EMPLOYED · RETIRED · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,300
  • Farshid Abir
    ACTS LAW LLP · ATTORNEY · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,300
  • Anita Bekenstein
    NOT EMPLOYED · RETIRED · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,300
  • Rick J. Caruso
    SELF EMPLOYED · PRIVATE INVESTOR · 2024–2026 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,300
  • Aaron Sosnick
    ART ADVISORS LLC · FUND MANAGER · 2024 · FEC receipts ↗
    $10,084
  • Patrick Farber
    ATLAS SETTLEMENT GROUP · STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT BROKER · 2024 · FEC receipts ↗
    $9,900

Top industries · donor money

  • Not employed / self$1,260,348
  • Lawyers & law firms$1,024,255
  • Other / unclassified$607,514
  • Retired$340,001
  • Securities & investment$195,269
  • Health professionals$103,197
  • TV, movies & music$101,425
  • Tech$99,122

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • N/A$67,160
  • PANISH, SHEA, BOYLE, ET AL.$16,200
  • GOOGLE LLC$16,037
  • DORDICK LAW CORP$14,000
  • ALTAIR LAW$13,200
  • ACTS LAW$12,800
  • APPLE INC$12,475
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY$12,350
  • ARIAS, SANGUINETTI, WANG & TEAM$11,300
  • GIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION$10,300

Committee assignments · 6

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

  • House Committee on Armed Services
  • House Committee on Small Business
  • House Committee on Small Business — Oversight, Investigations, and RegulationsRanking Member
  • House Committee on Armed Services — Intelligence and Special Operations
  • House Committee on Armed Services — Readiness
  • House Committee on Small Business — Contracting and Infrastructure

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 13

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

  • H.Res. 1235Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.· Armed Forces and National Security
  • H.R. 8066Carlton H. Ingram Veterans’ Benefits Protection Act· Armed Forces and National Security
  • H.R. 7969Combating Chinese Communist Party Influence Act· Armed Forces and National Security
  • H.R. 6902Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act· Crime and Law Enforcement
  • H.R. 6678Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2025· Social Welfare

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

Top connections · 43 total

People0
  • None on file
Organizations7
PACs / committees36

Connections · explore all 43

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Spent against them · $378,777

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

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