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Scott H. Peters

Scott H. Peters

Democratic · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

14 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2013

  • background Born June 17, 1958; lawyer
  • role San Diego City Council (2000–2008)
  • achievement First president of San Diego City Council (2006–2008)
  • role Commissioner for Unified Port of San Diego
  • role U.S. House member since 2013 (52nd district 2013–2023, 50th since 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 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.

  • 38
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 444 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 38 bills sponsored

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

  • 88%
    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.

  • 13%
    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.

  • 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.

  • 821
    Disclosed stock trades →

    63 tickers · 446 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.

  • 4
    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 Scott H. Peters. 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

2018 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-50 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,793,182 raised
  • $2,065,313 spent
  • $1,801,176 cash on hand
$2.79M
$2.74M
$1.17M
Itemized (≥ $200)$971.01K
Unitemized (< $200)$197.32K
Party committees$2.93K
Other committees (PACs)$1.51M
Candidate self-funding$51.39K
Offsets to expenditures$32.80K
Other receipts$24.46K
$2.07M
Operating expenditures$1.75M
Loan repayments$85.00K
Contribution refunds$14.46K
Other disbursements$216.60K
Cash on hand$1.80M
Debts owed by committee$167.17K

Through December 31, 2018 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2018)

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.

Scott H. Peters campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2012$4,381,438$4,352,737$28,701
2014$4,544,001$4,504,003$68,699
2016$3,604,615$2,600,006$1,073,308
2018$2,793,182$2,065,313$1,801,176
2020$1,940,163$2,160,222$1,581,118
2022$2,410,742$2,257,903$1,733,957
2024$2,292,636$1,876,072$2,150,521
2026$1,810,961$1,363,206$2,598,276

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).

  • RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $19,800
  • BLACKSTONE $17,500
  • GENERAL ATOMICS $15,400
  • QUALCOMM $13,300
  • RA CAPITAL $13,200
  • UCSD $8,500
  • Employer not reported $7,600
  • ACE PARKING $7,600
  • ANDURIL INDUSTRIES $7,300
  • TIBER CREEK GROUP $7,300

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 $92,279 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
  • HRES 1603Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10628Biosimilars Access and Affordability ActcosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • HR 10569Protecting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing as Critical Infrastructure ActcosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10600Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10591Safer Choice Program Authorization Act of 2026sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10612To provide for the basic needs of students at institutions of higher education.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10568Protecting Biological Data as Critical Infrastructure ActcosponsoredSep 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
  • HJRES 216Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10302Certainty in Litigation for Electric Asset Reliability (CLEAR) Act of 2026sponsoredSep 3, 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 10215Workforce Mobility Act of 2026sponsoredAug 31, 2026
  • HR 10096Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 9983Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9975Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9925FRONTIER ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9944TPS Review ActcosponsoredJul 22, 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".sponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9870Affordable Housing Incentives ActsponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9760National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2026sponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HR 9599SECURE 340B ActsponsoredJul 5, 2026
  • HR 9564Military Housing Innovation ActsponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HRES 1396Expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2026 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2026, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day".sponsoredJun 28, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Committee assignments (5)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Documented relationships

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

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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Comments

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

Congressional testimony