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U.S. Representative · California 12th District
Lateefah Simon
DemocratDistrict D+39119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score46#182 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Lateefah Simon’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1023 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0512
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 9 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 9 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 825, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1329 and 4 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: CA-12 is D+39CA-12 has a partisan lean of D+39 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- Medium6th most liberal of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.603 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.210 further from the Republicans. Unlikely to cross toward the Republicans; may still break with the party from the left.
- Medium
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
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMinority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services
- Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement
- House Committee on Small BusinessMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Simon← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.603 is 0.21 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-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3944Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 61
| Middle |
| H.R. 4016Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 |