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U.S. Representative for California’s 6th District

Ami Bera

Democrat 7th term Running for CA-3

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.5M raised · top PACs: American College of Surgeons Professional Association, American Academy of Dermatology Association, American College of Emergency Physicians Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 4 of 13 party-line votes (31%; most Democrats: 8%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
17BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2013–now
13 years in CongressMore senior than 73% of the House
Committees
  • Foreign Affairs 4th minority
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 6th minority
Age
61

California’s 3rd District race

Running for the U.S. House in California’s 3rd District on Nov 3, 2026

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date17226132167417
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1902991,23524

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.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 19% 4%
Health 19% 23%
International Affairs 12% 54%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Health; bills go to International Affairs and Health.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Weaponization (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 26 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberEast Asia and Pacific SubcommitteeForeign Affairs
MemberForeign Affairs Committee4th minority
MemberPermanent Select Committee on Intelligence6th minority

Ranking member on the East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, more senior than 73% of the House, in the minority.

  • 13 years in Congress: more senior than 73% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

37% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Bera.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

37% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Carbajal and Plaskett.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 17 · expected 18
Action in committee 3 · expected 3
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 300 of 433 in the House

0.41expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 17 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.41 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 3429 (passed a chamber), H.R. 2488 (out of committee), H.R. 6428 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.25
Congress2 of 150

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 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.

Votes with Democrats on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 17 times (peer median 5), most on Congress.

  • Position: −0.25, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 4 of 13, Armed Forces & National Security 3 of 38, Government Operations and Politics 2 of 17.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Bera$1.5M raised41%52%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

46% of what he raised came from individuals; 6% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.5M raised, 52% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 15.2 points.

105 PACs of the 149 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Health and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. American College of Surgeons Professional Association46% D
  2. American Academy of Dermatology Association52% D
  3. American College of Emergency Physicians54% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

136 bills

Bera voted Yea on 23, Nay on 38, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 74 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.