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U.S. Representative for California’s 50th District

Scott H. Peters

Democrat 7th term Up 2026

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$2.2M raised · top PACs: Abbott Laboratories, American Bankers Association, American Clinical Laboratory Associaton Breaks with Democrats most onArmed Forces & National Security: broke on 4 of 38 party-line votes (11%; most Democrats: 0%)
94LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
27BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2013–now
13 years in CongressMore senior than 73% of the House
Committees
  • Budget 4th minority
  • Energy and Commerce 9th minority
Age
68

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date16038245867427
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2604961,23535

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 →
Energy 13% 5%
Health 9% 13%
Armed Forces and National Security 13% 24%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Energy and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Health.

  • He talks most about: Energy Project Permitting (Energy), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development).
  • 38 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberBudget Committee4th minority
MemberEnergy and Commerce Committee9th minority

No committee or party leadership post, 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

30% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

30% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Blair and Plaskett.

  • 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 34 · expected 18
Action in committee 9 · expected 3
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 2 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 177 of 433 in the House

0.83expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

2 of 34 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.83 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 1948 (passed a chamber), H.R. 1578 (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 −0.19
Armed Forces & National Security4 of 38

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 9 of the 9 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 94% of party-line votes, breaks 27 times (peer median 5), most on Armed Forces & National Security.

  • Position: −0.19, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 4 of 38, Finance and Financial Sector 3 of 13, Government Operations and Politics 3 of 17.

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

Peters$2.2M raised18%61%20%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

20% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.2M raised, 61% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 28.6 points.

164 PACs of the 276 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: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Abbott Laboratories46% D
  2. American Bankers Association38% D
  3. American Clinical Laboratory Associaton39% 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

246 bills

Peters voted Yea on 42, Nay on 54, and sponsored or cosponsored 150 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.