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U.S. Representative · California 51st District
Sara Jacobs
DemocratDistrict D+13119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score20#336 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Sara Jacobs’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2348 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0551
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 1 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 5.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMinority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere
- Subcommittee on AfricaRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Jacobs← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.419 is 0.03 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 695Medal of Honor ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | YeaProjected at the vote: 17 Entrenched (today: 20) | 20 |