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Darrell Issa

Darrell Issa

Representative· CARHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeBusinessperson · Entrepreneur
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Darrell Issa has an estimated net worth of $288.5M. The 2026 campaign raised $1.6M. Outside groups had $8,717 spent for Darrell Issa. Darrell Issa sits on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet and House Committee on the Judiciary.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$289M
$97M+
Raised (last cycle)
$1.6M
FEC · 2026
Years in role
5
Representative since 2021 · 25y in office
Net-worth filings
13
−$81M since 2008
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

midpoint disclosed range govt salary
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† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeCA-48R
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeCA-48R
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeCA-50R
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeCA-49R
    2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeCA-49R
    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeCA-49R
    2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeCA-49R
    2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeCA-49R
    2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
  9. Show 4 earlier terms2001–2009▸
    1. RepresentativeCA-49R
      2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
    2. RepresentativeCA-49R
      2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
    3. RepresentativeCA-49R
      2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs
    4. RepresentativeCA-48R
      2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.