Lee, Summer
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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. After winning the 2022 congressional primary and the general election, Lee became the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress. Lee was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 34th district from 2019 to 2022. As of 2025, she is the first black woman to represent Southwestern Pennsylvania in the state legislature. Lee is a former member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The group supported her in her initial run for state office, but she departed after disagreements with the organization's Pittsburgh chapter. She is considered a member of "The Squad", a small group of young left-wing Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Lee, Summer
- First name
- Summer
- Last name
- Lee
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,959,031.02
- Total disbursements
- $1,971,818.87
- Cash on hand
- $1,011,579.11
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $2,959,031.02 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $2,498,511.25;Share: 84.4%;Denominator: $2,959,031.02 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $330,384.99;Share: 11.2%;Denominator: $2,959,031.02 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,959,031.02 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,959,031.02 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $127,659.75;Share: 4.3%;Denominator: $2,959,031.02 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $2,475.03;Share: 0.1%;Denominator: $2,959,031.02 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $1,895,370.00
- Itemized
- $1,895,370.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 6166 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,895,370.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $13,016.00;Transactions: 28;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $19,747.00;Transactions: 39;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $27,038.00;Transactions: 52;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $10,450.00;Transactions: 40;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $10,158.00;Transactions: 51;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $19,953.00;Transactions: 58;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $16,280.00;Transactions: 61;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $20,272.00;Transactions: 94;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $48,386.00;Transactions: 157;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $35,239.00;Transactions: 159;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $207,213.00;Transactions: 323;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $570,081.00;Transactions: 737;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $100,352.00;Transactions: 300;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $141,508.00;Transactions: 426;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $284,359.00;Transactions: 857;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $225,280.00;Transactions: 876;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $13,192.00;Transactions: 183;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $14,352.00;Transactions: 228;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $27,448.00;Transactions: 287;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $18,900.00;Transactions: 359;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $21,116.00;Transactions: 347;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $40,169.00;Transactions: 432;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $5,275.00;Transactions: 64;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $5,586.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $1,895,370.00 across 6,166 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $178,125.00;Transactions: 4,169 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $207,732.00;Transactions: 786 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $298,671.00;Transactions: 570 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $408,186.00;Transactions: 366 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $802,656.00;Transactions: 275 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 14% in district
- District share basis
- $268,331.00 in district and $1,601,061.00 out of district; $25,978.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $25,978.00 with 169 reported transactions; visible denominator is $1,895,370.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $268,331.00;Transactions: 1,603;Denominator: $1,895,370.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $297,516.00;Transactions: 979;Denominator: $1,895,370.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $1,303,545.00;Transactions: 3,415;Denominator: $1,895,370.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $25,978.00;Transactions: 169;Denominator: $1,895,370.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| DOYLE, ELLEN | $13,240.00 | 39 transactions |
| ANTI, JANET EDWARDS | $10,299.00 | 6 transactions |
| JORDAN, WAYNE | $9,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| GOCHMAN, MOLLY | $9,100.00 | 4 transactions |
| HORNSTEIN, SARI RUTH | $8,700.00 | 6 transactions |
| HAMDAN, JOEHAR | $7,932.00 | 5 transactions |
| RAFANAN, MARTIN | $7,900.00 | 7 transactions |
| BARHOUM, KHALIL | $7,800.00 | 8 transactions |
| DISNEY, TIM | $7,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| SPURR, CHARLES | $7,420.00 | 74 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $881,649.00 | 3413 transactions |
| UPMC | $30,910.00 | 77 transactions |
| MPI | $11,600.00 | 5 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $11,433.00 | 5 transactions |
| ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH | $10,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| JREI | $9,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| CHAUDHRY PULMONARY ASSOCIATES | $8,775.00 | 10 transactions |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $8,600.00 | 11 transactions |
| RIVERSIDE | $7,932.00 | 5 transactions |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $7,800.00 | 8 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $95,517.00 | 122 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $95,517.00 and 122 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H2PA18200
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H2PA18200
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H2PA18200
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:L000602
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2PA18200:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2PA18200:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2PA18200:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- L000602
- fec_candidate_id
- H2PA18200
- fec_candidate_ids
- H2PA18200
- govtrack_id
- 456935
- wikidata_id
- Q56222614