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U.S. Representative for California’s 39th District

Mark Takano

Democrat 7th term On 2026 ballot Ranking · Veterans' Affairs

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$1.1M raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
0BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2013–now
13 years in CongressMore senior than 73% of the House
Committees
  • Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member
  • Education and Workforce 5th minority
Age
65

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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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 date482803786740
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2915091,2355

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 35% 11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% 19%
Armed Forces and National Security 8% 30%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues and Education; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; the two overlap on Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Education Funding (Education), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment).
  • 27 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberVeterans' Affairs CommitteeFull committee
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee5th minority

Ranking member on the Veterans' Affairs Committee, more senior than 73% of the House, in the minority.

  • 13 years in Congress: more senior than 73% 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

7% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

7% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Hernández Rivera and Blair.

  • 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 24 · expected 18
Action in committee 8 · expected 3
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 268 of 433 in the House

0.47expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

0 of 24 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.47 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 5723 (out of committee).
  • 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 −0.46

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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 0 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.46, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Major bills: with his party on 10 of 10.

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

Takano$1.1M raised13%42%43%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

55% of what he raised came from individuals; 13% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.1M raised, 43% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 13.4 points.

37 PACs of the 71 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 Health.

  1. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% 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

173 bills

Takano voted Yea on 15, Nay on 51, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 106 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.