Jim Costa

22 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2005

• Representative CA-20 2005–present

• background Born April 13, 1952; a member of the Democratic Party
• role Served in the California State Assembly from 1978 to 1994 (including as Majority Caucus Chair) and the California State Senate from 1994 to 2002
• role U.S. Representative from California since 2005, having represented the 20th, then 16th, and now the 21st district (most of Fresno)
• role Chaired the Blue Dog Coalition during the 116th Congress
• role Chaired the House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture during the 117th Congress

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

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 28
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 458 cosponsored

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

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 28 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.

• 5
  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
  Disclosed stock trades →

  1 tickers · 1 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.

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

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Ranking Member
• Agriculture Committee
• Foreign Affairs Committee
• Europe Subcommittee
• Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

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

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

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

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

Data from Congress.gov