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U.S. Representative · California 32nd District
Brad Sherman
DemocratDistrict D+17119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score33#284 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Brad Sherman’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2365 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0532
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
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 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1422, H.R. 1716 and 5 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.345 (party median -0.393; rank 78 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 97 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: CA-32 is D+17CA-32 has a partisan lean of D+17 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
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
- 29.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Capital MarketsRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific
- Subcommittee on Middle East and North AfricaRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Sherman← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.345 is 0.05 to the right 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-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1770Consumer Safety Technology ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 51
| Middle |
| H.R. 3422Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation ActSummary on Congress.gov |