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U.S. Representative for California’s 12th District

Lateefah Simon

Democrat 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Barbara Lee in 2025

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$1.7M raised · top PACs: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Laborers' International Union of North America, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
99LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Small Business 9th minority
  • Oversight and Government Reform 16th minority
Age
49

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1531317066743

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 she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 23% no bills
Transportation and Public Works 8% 23%
Commerce 6% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Economics and Public Finance; bills go to Commerce and Transportation and Public Works.

  • She talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 13 bills sponsored, most on Commerce.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberSmall Business Committee9th minority
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee16th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

8% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

8% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Dexter and Castro.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 10 · expected 19
Action in committee 5 · expected 5
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 286 of 433 in the House

0.43expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 10 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.43 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 10352 (out of committee), H.R. 8880 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.60

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 8 of the 9 she 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 3 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.60, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 13, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Simon$1.7M raised8%68%19%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

77% of what she raised came from individuals; 8% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.7M raised, 19% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 30.9 points.

42 PACs of the 63 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Health.

  1. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D
  2. Laborers' International Union of North America88% D
  3. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% 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

261 bills

Simon voted Yea on 19, Nay on 81, did not vote on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 158 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.