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U.S. Representative for California’s 29th District

Luz M. Rivas

Democrat 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Tony Cárdenas in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Science, Space, and Technology 10th minority
  • Natural Resources 15th minority
Age
52

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 date1431601936742

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 →
Immigration 30% 6%
Government Operations and Politics 17% no bills
Science, Technology, Communications 5% 50%

StatementsBills

Words go to Immigration, Government Operations and Politics and Education; bills go to Science, Technology, Communications and Environmental Protection; the two overlap on Education.

  • She talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Health Care Coverage (Health), Education Funding (Education).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Science, Technology, Communications.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee10th minority
MemberNatural Resources Committee15th 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

11% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

11% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Blair and Schakowsky.

  • 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 13 · expected 19
Action in committee 0 · expected 5
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 408 of 433 in the House

0.10expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 13 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.10 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • 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 −0.52

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 9 of the 10 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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.52, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 1 of 24, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

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

Rivas$1.0M raised54%44%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

56% of what she raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.0M raised, 44% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 39.6 points.

55 PACs of the 100 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: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Elect Diverse Democrats100% D
  2. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers98% D
  3. Edison International54% 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

154 bills

Rivas voted Yea on 17, Nay on 84, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 52 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.