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Sara Jacobs

Sara Jacobs

Democratic · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

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

  • role U.S. representative for California's 51st congressional district since 2023, after representing the 53rd from 2021 to 2023
  • role Served as caucus leadership representative in the 118th Congress, the youngest member of Democratic House leadership
  • background Youngest member of California's congressional delegation
  • background Born February 1, 1989

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 17 recorded roll calls

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

  • 35
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 368 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 35 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 8 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.

  • 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.

  • 54
    Disclosed stock trades →

    42 tickers · 44 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 Sara Jacobs. 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

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 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

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-51 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,639,893 raised
  • $1,447,813 spent
  • $269,452 cash on hand

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

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.

Sara Jacobs campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$2,905,006$2,895,017$9,989
2020$3,193$13,182$0

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $75,939 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $15,900
  • SPS STUDIOS $9,900
  • XENCO MEDICAL $7,600
  • THE SCOTT FOUNDATION $7,600
  • MAF LLC $6,600
  • LINKEDIN $6,600
  • THE SALK INSTITUTE $6,600
  • MANPOWER $6,600
  • JACOBS INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC $6,600
  • NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $8 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $226 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10642To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10600Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HRES 1559Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HR 10393WIC for Kids ActcosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HJRES 215Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media".cosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HRES 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' families, and reaffirming the enduring commitment of the United States to never forget.cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10188Protecting Pentagon Press Access ActsponsoredAug 30, 2026
  • HR 10189Defense AI Reliability and Reporting ActsponsoredAug 30, 2026
  • HR 10044AI Tax and Work Protection ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9965AI Threat Output and Monitoring Incident Containment ActcosponsoredJul 26, 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 9817Justice for Incarcerated Moms ActcosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9782Security Sector Governance Compacts ActsponsoredJul 19, 2026
  • HR 9729Human Authority over Autonomous Weapons Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9470SAFER Health Act of 2026sponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9448Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9400American Rescuers of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9352AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9355Don't Settle for Corruption ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9270Dignity and Due Process for Children Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9259Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9287Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HJRES 195Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)".cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
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Committee assignments (6)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Jacobs, 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)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast