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U.S. Representative for California’s 2nd District

Jared Huffman

Democrat 7th term Up 2026 Ranking · Natural Resources

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$1.2M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Professional Engineers in California Government
100LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2013–now
13 years in CongressMore senior than 73% of the House
Committees
  • Natural Resources Ranking Member
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 8th minority
Age
62

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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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 date2743104936742
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3425041,2357

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 23% 6%
Energy 19% 10%
Public Lands and Natural Resources 19% 26%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Public Lands and Natural Resources and Energy; bills go to Public Lands and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

  • He talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Ecosystem Restoration (Public Lands and Natural Resources), Energy Project Permitting (Energy), Oil and Gas Regulation (Energy), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 31 bills sponsored, most on Public Lands and Natural Resources.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberNatural Resources CommitteeFull committee
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee8th minority

Ranking member on the Natural Resources Committee, 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

9% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

9% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Blair and Jacobs.

  • 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 27 · expected 18
Action in committee 5 · expected 3
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 267 of 433 in the House

0.47expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

0 of 27 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.47 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 7254 (out of committee), H.R. 1382 (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 −0.43

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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.43, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Government Operations and Politics 1 of 18.

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

Huffman$1.2M raised8%50%36%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

58% of what he raised came from individuals; 8% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.2M raised, 36% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 43.8 points.

44 PACs of the 75 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 Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D
  3. Professional Engineers in California Government100% 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

179 bills

Huffman voted Yea on 11, Nay on 76, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 90 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.