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U.S. Representative for California’s 20th District

Vince Fong

Republican 2nd term Up 2026

Replaced Kevin McCarthy in 2024

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$2.4M raised · top PACs: Majority Committee Pac--Mc PAC, American Pistachio Growers Pistachio, Scalise Leadership Fund Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 13 of 50 party-line votes (26%; most Republicans: 7%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
14BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2024–now
2 years in CongressMore senior than 17% of the House
Committees
  • Science, Space, and Technology 12th majority
  • Homeland Security 16th majority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 22nd majority
Age
47

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

See the full race

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 date17716413267414
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—405628425

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 →
Transportation and Public Works 16% 13%
Environmental Protection 1% 19%
Science, Technology, Communications 7% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Transportation and Public Works, Armed Forces and National Security and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Science, Technology, Communications and Environmental Protection; the two overlap on Transportation and Public Works.

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Science, Technology, Communications.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee12th majority
MemberHomeland Security Committee16th majority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee22nd majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 17% of the House, in the majority.

  • 2 years in Congress: more senior than 17% 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

11% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

11% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Johnson and Fleischmann.

  • 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 15 · expected 23
Action in committee 9 · expected 7
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4
Passed House 4 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 14 of 433 in the House

3.15expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

4 of 15 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 3.15 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 227 (became law), H.J.Res. 210 (passed a chamber), H.R. 5351 (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 +0.45

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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 14 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.45, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 13 of 50, Environmental Protection 1 of 26.

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

Fong$2.4M raised42%50%7%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

43% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.4M raised, 50% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 30.1 points.

112 PACs of the 234 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. Majority Committee Pac--Mc0% D
  2. American Pistachio Growers Pistachio49% D
  3. Scalise Leadership Fund0% 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

132 bills

Fong voted Yea on 74, Nay on 5, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 51 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.