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U.S. Representative for Arizona’s 3rd District

Yassamin Ansari

Democrat 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Ruben Gallego in 2025

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$1.7M raised · top PACs: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club, Democratic Moms PAC, International Association of Fire Fighters
99LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Natural Resources 12th minority
  • Oversight and Government Reform 14th minority
Age
34

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date2163305936743

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 →
Government Operations and Politics 19% 6%
Immigration 24% 18%
Health 7% 18%

StatementsBills

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

  • She talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Press Freedom (International Affairs).
  • 33 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberEnergy and Mineral Resources SubcommitteeNatural Resources
MemberNatural Resources Committee12th minority
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee14th minority

Ranking member on the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% 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

9% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

9% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Hernández Rivera and Casar.

  • 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 23 · expected 19
Action in committee 3 · expected 5
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 332 of 433 in the House

0.32expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 23 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.32 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 5617 (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 −0.43

With her party on all 11 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 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.43, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 13, International Affairs 1 of 14.

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

Ansari$1.7M raised15%62%15%8%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

78% of what she raised came from individuals; 15% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.7M raised, 15% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 44.4 points.

29 PACs of the 41 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. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club99% D
  2. Democratic Moms100% D
  3. International Association of Fire Fighters71% 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

194 bills

Ansari voted Yea on 12, Nay on 53, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 127 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.