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Alex Padilla

Alex Padilla

Democratic · CA U.S. Senator

6 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2021

  • background Born March 22, 1973; engineer
  • role Los Angeles City Council member
  • role California secretary of state (2015–2021)
  • role U.S. senator from California since 2021
  • achievement Appointed to Senate by Gov. Newsom after Kamala Harris elected VP
  • achievement Became California's senior senator upon Dianne Feinstein's death (Sept. 2023)

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 46 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 113
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 681 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 113 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 26 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 17
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Alex Padilla. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of Senate roll calls voted

Full voting record (46 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 46 of 915 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $3,031 ·

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • SJRES 220Original Slavery Remembrance Day ResolutioncosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5632A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the closure of Federal records centers, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5630A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure sufficient bonding and complete and timely reclamation of land and water disturbed by Federal and Indian oil and gas production, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 931A resolution recognizing the month of October 2026 as Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and culture of Filipino Americans and their immense contributions to the United States.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 946A resolution designating September 30, 2026, as "National Veterans Suicide Prevention Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5614A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5626A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5651A bill to establish the National Institutes of Clean Energy.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 940A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5634A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide additional amounts of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of bilingual and dual language immersion students, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5617A bill to amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to address vandalism of copper, fiber, and coaxial cables used to provide telecommunications and information services.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 920A resolution expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning, and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • S 5585A bill to require a pilot program to support members of the Armed Forces and military families transitioning to civilian life, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SRES 919A resolution honoring the leadership of Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and recognizing his career as a public servant and the enduring value of the Smithsonian Institution to the people of the United States.sponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SRES 914A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Cholesterol Education Month" and September 30, 2026, as "LDL-C Awareness Day".cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • SRES 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • SRES 911A resolution expressing support for the recognition of September 27, 2026, to October 3, 2026, as "Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week".cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • S 5565A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the use of Federal foreign assistance funds for comprehensive reproductive health care services, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5560A bill to improve fairness and accountability with respect to the arrest and detention of noncitizens.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5563A bill to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study the impacts of the dumping of certain waste in the San Pedro Basin, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5558A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to facilitate the installation of evidence-based suicide deterrents, including suicide prevention nets and barriers, on certain infrastructure, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5528Supreme Court Review Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • SRES 900A resolution expressing support for the designation of the second Monday in October 2026 as "Indigenous Peoples' Day" to celebrate and honor Indigenous Peoples and their shared history and culture.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5545Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5539Affordability is Access Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
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Committee assignments (17)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Padilla most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Padilla, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Padilla connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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