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U.S. Representative for California’s 9th District

Josh Harder

Democrat 4th 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$4.5M raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 10 of 24 party-line votes (42%; most Democrats: 5%)
92LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
17BipartMed 12
36BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2019–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 46% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 19th minority
Age
40

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 date12244142467436
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3724191,23577

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 →
Taxation 14% 11%
Crime and Law Enforcement 10% 9%
Health 7% 14%

StatementsBills

Words go to Taxation, Transportation and Public Works and Crime and Law Enforcement; bills go to Health and Taxation.

  • He talks most about: Cost of Living (Taxation), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Education Funding (Education), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 44 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAppropriations Committee19th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 46% of the House, in the minority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 46% 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

52% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

52% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Walkinshaw and Norton.

  • 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 43 · expected 27
Action in committee 11 · expected 4
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 135 of 433 in the House

1.12expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

1 of 43 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.12 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 4671 (out of committee), H.R. 345 (out of committee), H.R. 776 (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 −0.29

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 36 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.29, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 10 of 24, Immigration 5 of 15, 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

Harder$4.5M raised13%60%13%15%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

72% of what he raised came from individuals; 13% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$4.5M raised, 13% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 3.6 points.

55 PACs of the 78 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 Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  3. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% 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

276 bills

Harder voted Yea on 39, Nay on 78, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 158 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.