Former Representative for California’s 29th District, 2013–2025
Tony Cárdenas
Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 7, 2026 · How we measure
Position · −0.39
- In office
- House 2013–2025
11 years in Congress
Left office. Cárdenas left the House on Jan 3, 2025, when the term ended. Succeeded by Luz M. Rivas (Democrat) in January 2025.
Bottom line
Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.
StatementsBills
Tony Cárdenas sponsored 23 bills, and Crime and Law Enforcement held 39% of them. Health came next at 26%, and Science, Technology, Communications held 13%. No statements were counted, so there is no topic focus to describe.
- 23 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Statements: our record starts in January 2025.
Committee seats are shown for sitting members only.
Cárdenas served 11 years, and the 118th Congress was his 6th term.
- 11 years in Congress.
His cosponsorships on Republican bills
Closest within his party
Closest across the aisle
Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Cárdenas.
Free account See ProAgreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, in that Congress · Voteview
17% of his cosponsorships went to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Cicilline and Foushee.
- Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
- Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
His billsExpected for a peer
0.30below the 0.51 peer median
Of the 17 bills the score counts, 9 had committee action, 0 got out of committee and 0 became law. His effectiveness was 0.30 against a peer median of 0.51, ranked 353 of 445.
- Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.
118th Congress · bills from congress.gov
With his party on all 17 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.
Major bills of the Congress · final passage
- H.R. 4366 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 Jul 27, 2023 NAY D 0–209
- H.R. 2670 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 Dec 14, 2023 YEA D 163–45
- H.R. 3746 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 May 31, 2023 YEA D 165–46
- H.R. 3935 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 Jul 20, 2023 NAY D 164–38
- H.R. 5860 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act Sep 30, 2023 YEA D 209–1
- H.R. 6363 Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 Nov 14, 2023 YEA D 209–2
- H.R. 9747 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Sep 25, 2024 YEA D 209–0
- H.J.Res. 7 Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. Feb 1, 2023 NAY D 11–197
- H.J.Res. 26 Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. Feb 9, 2023 NAY D 31–173
- H.R. 7888 Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act Apr 12, 2024 NAY D 147–59
Voted with his party on 8 of the 10 he voted on.
The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.
Cárdenas voted 99% with his party and broke with party 9 times, against a peer median of 16. His breaks came on 3 of 79 votes in Armed Forces & National Security, 2 of 25 in Finance and Financial Sector, and 1 of 10 in Public Lands and Natural Resources. His position sat inside the middle of his party, at −0.39.
- Position: −0.39, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
- Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 3 of 79, Finance and Financial Sector 2 of 25, Public Lands and Natural Resources 1 of 10.
Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.
His top PACs in the 2025–26 cycle were Society for Vascular Surgery, Elect Diverse Democrats PAC and Abbott Laboratories, and he raised $32.
Positions are being checked before they go public. He cosponsored 482 bills and cast 1,235 roll call votes in the 118th Congress.