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U.S. Representative for California’s 5th District

Tom McClintock

Republican 9th 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$1.3M raised · top PACs: National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Majority Committee Pac--Mc PAC, Support Taxfighters & Elect Effective Leaders PAC Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 3 of 47 party-line votes (6%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
8BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2009–now
17 years in CongressMore senior than 84% of the House
Committees
  • Natural Resources 3rd majority
  • Budget 3rd majority
  • Judiciary 4th majority
Age
70

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 date33262736748
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2031711,23540

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 21% 8%
Immigration 17% 15%
Public Lands and Natural Resources 7% 27%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and International Affairs; bills go to Public Lands and Natural Resources and Economics and Public Finance; the two overlap on Immigration.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Wildfire Recovery (Emergency Management), Ecosystem Restoration (Public Lands and Natural Resources), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement).
  • 26 bills sponsored, most on Public Lands and Natural Resources.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairImmigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement SubcommitteeJudiciary
MemberBudget Committee3rd majority
MemberNatural Resources Committee3rd majority
MemberJudiciary Committee4th majority

Chair of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, more senior than 84% of the House, in the majority.

  • 17 years in Congress: more senior than 84% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

3% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

3% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Gill.

  • 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 25 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 15 · expected 6
Beyond committee 10 · expected 4.5
Passed House 2 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 101 of 433 in the House

1.39expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

2 of 25 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.39 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 2302 (out of committee), H.R. 8454 (passed a chamber), H.R. 181 (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 +0.67
International Affairs1 of 13
Crime and Law Enforcement1 of 24

With his party on the other 10 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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 8 times (peer median 11), most on International Affairs.

  • Position: +0.67, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 3 of 47, International Affairs 1 of 13, Crime and Law Enforcement 1 of 24.

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

McClintock$1.3M raised13%71%16%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

84% of what he raised came from individuals; 13% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.3M raised, 16% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 23.5 points.

14 PACs of the 28 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 Transportation.

  1. National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors43% D
  2. Majority Committee Pac--Mc0% D
  3. Support Taxfighters & Elect Effective Leaders0% 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

49 bills

McClintock voted Yea on 36, Nay on 4, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 8 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.