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U.S. Representative for California’s 41st District

Ken Calvert

Republican 17th term Running for CA-40

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$7.1M raised · top PACs: New Majority, Mike Rogers Victory, Airbus Americas Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 15 of 50 party-line votes (30%; most Republicans: 7%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
16BipartMed 12
17BreaksMed 8
In office
House 1993–now
33 years in CongressMore senior than 97% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 6th majority
Age
73

California’s 40th District race

Running for the U.S. House in California’s 40th District
General election Nov 3, 2026

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date8626422667417
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2121981,235149

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 19% 8%
Transportation and Public Works 15% 4%
Armed Forces and National Security 26% 19%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Crime and Law Enforcement.

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 26 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairDefense SubcommitteeAppropriations
MemberAppropriations Committee6th majority

Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, more senior than 97% of the House, in the majority.

  • 33 years in Congress: more senior than 97% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

12% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

12% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Kim.

  • 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 23 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 10 · expected 6
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4.5
Passed House 4 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 92 of 433 in the House

1.49expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

4 of 23 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.49 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 9495 (out of committee), H.R. 4638 (passed a chamber), H.R. 831 (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 +0.34
Economics and Public Finance15 of 50

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 17 times (peer median 11), most on Economics and Public Finance.

  • Position: +0.34, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 15 of 50, Environmental Protection 1 of 26.

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

Calvert$7.1M raised38%23%34%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

43% of what he raised came from individuals; 5% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$7.1M raised, 23% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 3.4 points.

39 PACs of the 143 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: Defense, Budget/Appropriations and Taxation.

  1. New Majority0% D
  2. Mike Rogers Victory0% D
  3. Airbus Americas34% 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

93 bills

Calvert voted Yea on 45, Nay on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 45 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.