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Gilbert Ray Cisneros

Gilbert Ray Cisneros

Democratic · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

5 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

  • Representative CA-39 2019–present

Background

  • background Born February 12, 1971; a former naval officer and member of the Democratic Party
  • background In 2010, won $266 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot with his wife and became philanthropists
  • role Elected to House in 2018 for California's 39th district, defeating incumbent Young Kim
  • controversy Lost 2020 reelection bid for 39th district to Young Kim
  • background Served as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in Biden administration (2021-2023)
  • role U.S. Representative for California's 31st congressional district since 2025; defeated Daniel Martinez in 2024 election

Campaign finance

2018 cycle

Candidate for U.S. House CA-31 · 2026 General Election

  • $12,265,194 raised
  • $12,183,755 spent
  • $81,439 cash on hand
$12.27M
$2.32M
$2.18M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.61M
Unitemized (< $200)$569.07K
Party committees$1.54K
Other committees (PACs)$83.91K
Candidate self-funding$52.76K
Transfers from other committees$464.86K
$9.20M
Made by candidate$9.20M
Offsets to expenditures$140.47K
Other receipts$142.02K
$12.18M
Operating expenditures$11.94M
Contribution refunds$12.90K
Other disbursements$226.08K
Cash on hand$81.44K
Debts owed by committee$579.85K

Through December 31, 2018 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2018)

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Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Gilbert Ray Cisneros campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$12,265,194$12,183,755$81,439
2020$4,523,138$4,503,468$101,108
2022$3,954$105,062$0

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 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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

  • 15
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 360 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 15 bills sponsored

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

  • 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.

  • 6
    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.

  • 1,645
    Disclosed stock trades →

    585 tickers · 54 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 1
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

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

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (6)

Issue positions (1)

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

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

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

  • Committee oversight & trading — defense coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Armed Services, which oversees the defense sector, and disclosed 21 defense-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $315,000) between Aug 2019 and Feb 2026.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10083Water Technology and Resilience Reauthorization ActsponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 100718(a) Small Business Integrity and Stability Act of 2026sponsoredAug 9, 2026
  • HR 9929To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9943Businessowner Immigration Rights and Responsibilities Information Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9902Federal Naming Standards ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9904Deputy Darren Almendarez ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9875Protecting Childcare from Private Equity ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9803Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HRES 1432Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HRES 1415Celebrating the country's history of church-state separation and recognizing the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.cosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9440State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9448Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9414Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HRES 1380Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9355Don't Settle for Corruption ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9365HEART Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9370Protect Local Funding ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9314DHS Surveillance Technology Moratorium Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 14, 2026
  • HRES 1357Acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and the Federal civil service and committing to the pursuit of equal rights, protections, and respect for all LGBT servicemembers and Federal civil servants.cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9210BLANCHE Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9099DHS Release Transparency ActcosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 9047Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HRES 1322Condemning racist rhetoric targeting Indian and Chinese Americans, reaffirming that immigrants from all backgrounds are vital to the United States, and calling on all elected officials to refrain from language that promotes racial or ethnic division.cosponsoredMay 21, 2026
  • HR 8968No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
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