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U.S. Representative for California’s 46th District

J. Luis Correa

Democrat 5th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.5M raised · top PACs: America's Credit Unions, American Bankers Association, American Crystal Sugar Compay Breaks with Democrats most onEnergy: broke on 11 of 33 party-line votes (33%; most Democrats: 0%)
93LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
16BipartMed 12
33BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2017–now
9 years in CongressMore senior than 59% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security 2nd minority
  • Judiciary 8th minority
Age
68

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 date17528137567433
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2613311,23533

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 29% 4%
Armed Forces and National Security 14% 12%
Immigration 15% 15%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Veterans Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development).
  • 26 bills sponsored, most on Immigration.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberBorder Security and Enforcement SubcommitteeHomeland Security
MemberHomeland Security Committee2nd minority
MemberJudiciary Committee8th minority

Ranking member on the Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, more senior than 59% of the House, in the minority.

  • 9 years in Congress: more senior than 59% 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

36% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

36% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Hernández Rivera and Blair.

  • 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 19 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 4
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 200 of 433 in the House

0.70expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

1 of 19 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.70 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 4057 (out of committee), H.R. 993 (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 −0.28
Energy11 of 33
Environmental Protection3 of 26
Economics and Public Finance2 of 48

With his party on the other 9 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 8 of the 9 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 93% of party-line votes, breaks 33 times (peer median 8), most on Energy.

  • Position: −0.28, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Energy 11 of 33, Finance and Financial Sector 3 of 13, Government Operations and Politics 3 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

Correa$1.5M raised33%56%11%
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; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.5M raised, 56% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 26.9 points.

94 PACs of the 150 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 Trade.

  1. America's Credit Unions50% D
  2. American Bankers Association38% D
  3. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% 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

192 bills

Correa voted Yea on 40, Nay on 48, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 100 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.