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U.S. Representative for California’s 51st District

Sara Jacobs

Democrat 3rd term Up 2026

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

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.9M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, National Air Traffic Controllers Association
100LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
1BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Foreign Affairs 8th minority
  • Armed Services 12th minority
Age
37

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1033203796741
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2704571,2356

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 →
Armed Forces and National Security 37% 19%
Government Operations and Politics 18% 13%
International Affairs 10% 34%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Science, Technology, Communications; bills go to International Affairs and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • She talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), AI Infrastructure Impact (Science, Technology, Communications), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Military Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 32 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberAfrica SubcommitteeForeign Affairs
MemberForeign Affairs Committee8th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee12th minority

Ranking member on the Africa Subcommittee, more senior than 36% of the House, in the minority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 36% 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

13% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

13% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in her party: Hernández Rivera and Evans.

  • 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 27 · expected 27
Action in committee 3 · expected 4
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 296 of 433 in the House

0.41expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

0 of 27 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.41 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 6196 (out of committee), H.R. 7052 (out of committee).
  • 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 −0.42

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 1 time (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.42, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Government Operations and Politics 1 of 18.

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

Jacobs$1.9M raised12%16%14%58%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

28% of what she raised came from individuals; 12% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.9M raised, 14% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 21.4 points.

29 PACs of the 44 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, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace and Taxation.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D
  3. National Air Traffic Controllers Association63% 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

167 bills

Jacobs voted Yea on 22, Nay on 78, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 66 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.