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U.S. Representative for California’s 34th District

Jimmy Gomez

Democrat 5th 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$1.3M raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, Elect Diverse Democrats PAC Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 2 of 13 party-line votes (15%; most Democrats: 8%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
94AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
6BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2017–now
9 years in CongressMore senior than 58% of the House
Committees
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 9th minority
  • Ways and Means 16th minority
Age
51

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1761602886746
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2123991,2356

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 23% 13%
Armed Forces and National Security 11% 6%
Taxation 9% 13%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Health Care Coverage (Health), Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Immigration.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberCentral Intelligence Agency SubcommitteePermanent Select Committee on Intelligence
MemberPermanent Select Committee on Intelligence9th minority
MemberWays and Means Committee16th minority

Ranking member on the Central Intelligence Agency Subcommittee, more senior than 58% of the House, in the minority.

  • 9 years in Congress: more senior than 58% 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

14% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

14% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); 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 11 · expected 27
Action in committee 1 · expected 4
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 403 of 433 in the House

0.12expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

0 of 11 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.12 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • 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 −0.53

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 99% of party-line votes, breaks 6 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.53, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 2 of 13, Public Lands and Natural Resources 1 of 16, Energy 1 of 32.

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

Gomez$1.3M raised56%42%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

57% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.3M raised, 42% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 11.3 points.

45 PACs of the 69 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 Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% D
  3. Elect Diverse Democrats100% 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

143 bills

Gomez voted Yea on 17, Nay on 71, did not vote on 6, and sponsored or cosponsored 49 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.