
Darrell Issa
American politician (born 1953)
Ran for U.S. House, CA-48 in 2026




Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain
Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, CA-48 · Primary · Republican · result not on file · incumbent
- 2024 · U.S. House, CA-48 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
- 2022 · U.S. House, CA-48 · General · Republican · won · 155,171 votes (60.4%) · incumbent · source
Background
Darrell Edward Issa is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 48th congressional district. He represented the 50th congressional district from 2021 to 2023.
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A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, representing two districts primarily covering North County in the San Diego area: first the 48th district for one term and then the 49th district for eight terms. From January 2011 to January 2015, he chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Campaign finance
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Issa
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1166592
- Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0CA48024/
- photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
- photo_gallery — https://www.darrellissa.com/
- photo_gallery — https://www.darrellissa.com/
- FEC candidate status changed — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0CA48024/?cycle=2026
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