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U.S. Representative for California’s 31st District

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.

Democrat 2nd term Up 2026

Replaced Grace F. Napolitano 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$853K raised · top PACs: American Society of Anesthesiologists, Ernst & Young Political Action Committee, Frankel Breaks with Democrats most onGovernment Operations and Politics: broke on 3 of 18 party-line votes (17%; most Democrats: 6%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
11BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2019–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Small Business 5th minority
  • Armed Services 19th minority
Age
55

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date10719143167411

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 →
Immigration 10% 11%
Commerce 9% 28%
Armed Forces and National Security 25% 44%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Health Care Coverage (Health), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 18 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberContracting and Infrastructure SubcommitteeSmall Business
MemberSmall Business Committee5th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee19th minority

Ranking member on the Contracting and Infrastructure Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the minority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% 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

20% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

20% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); 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 17 · expected 19
Action in committee 2 · expected 5
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 325 of 433 in the House

0.35expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 17 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.35 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 4491 (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 −0.46

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 11 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.46, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Government Operations and Politics 3 of 18, Education 2 of 12, Crime and Law Enforcement 2 of 24.

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

Cisneros$853K raised29%65%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

33% of what he raised came from individuals; 5% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$853K raised, 65% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

36 PACs of the 61 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: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. American Society of Anesthesiologists43% D
  2. Ernst & Young44% D
  3. Frankel100% 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

135 bills

Cisneros voted Yea on 16, Nay on 63, and sponsored or cosponsored 56 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.