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U.S. Representative for California’s 32nd District

Brad Sherman

Democrat 15th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.9M raised · top PACs: America's Credit Unions, American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Breaks with Democrats most onEducation: broke on 2 of 12 party-line votes (17%; most Democrats: 0%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
8BreaksMed 7
In office
House 1997–now
29 years in CongressMore senior than 94% of the House
Committees
  • Foreign Affairs 2nd minority
  • Financial Services 3rd minority
Age
72

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1441324206748
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1514521,23518

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 →
Finance and Financial Sector 3% 15%
Taxation 2% 15%
International Affairs 10% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Emergency Management and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to International Affairs and Finance and Financial Sector.

  • He talks most about: Wildfire Recovery (Emergency Management), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 13 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberCapital Markets SubcommitteeFinancial Services
MemberForeign Affairs Committee2nd minority
MemberFinancial Services Committee3rd minority

Ranking member on the Capital Markets Subcommittee, more senior than 94% of the House, in the minority.

  • 29 years in Congress: more senior than 94% 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

25% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

25% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 13 · expected 18
Action in committee 2 · expected 3
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 2 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 270 of 433 in the House

0.46expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

2 of 13 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.46 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 2225 (passed a chamber), H.R. 965 (passed a chamber).
  • 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 −0.34

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 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 98% of party-line votes, breaks 8 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.34, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Education 2 of 12, Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 13, International Affairs 1 of 13.

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

Sherman$2.9M raised52%30%18%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

52% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.9M raised, 30% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 32.4 points.

71 PACs of the 135 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, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. America's Credit Unions50% D
  2. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  3. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% 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

170 bills

Sherman voted Yea on 25, Nay on 39, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 104 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.