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U.S. Representative for California’s 45th District

Derek Tran

Democrat 1st term On 2026 ballot

Replaced Michelle Steel in 2025

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$6.0M raised · top PACs: Zinc Collective PAC, American Association for Justice, Aspire PAC Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 9 of 24 party-line votes (38%; most Democrats: 5%)
92LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
17BipartMed 12
39BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Small Business 8th minority
  • Armed Services 24th minority
Age
45

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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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 date26117133767439

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 →
Commerce 6% 12%
International Affairs 10% 18%
Armed Forces and National Security 19% 35%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Press Freedom (International Affairs), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 17 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberOversight, Investigations, and Regulations SubcommitteeSmall Business
MemberSmall Business Committee8th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee24th minority

Ranking member on the Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% 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

42% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

42% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Plaskett 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 12 · expected 19
Action in committee 1 · expected 5
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 348 of 433 in the House

0.28expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 12 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.28 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 5788 (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 −0.23

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 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 92% of party-line votes, breaks 39 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.23, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 9 of 24, Education 5 of 12, Finance and Financial Sector 4 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

Tran$6.0M raised18%52%22%8%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

70% of what he raised came from individuals; 18% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$6.0M raised, 22% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 0.2 points.

83 PACs of the 142 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, Budget/Appropriations and Health.

  1. Zinc Collective100% D
  2. American Association for Justice98% D
  3. Aspire100% 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

229 bills

Tran voted Yea on 44, Nay on 75, Present on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 109 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.