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U.S. Representative · California 30th District
Laura Friedman
DemocratDistrict D+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score31#306 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Laura Friedman’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1517 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0530
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 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329, H.R. 1422 and 1 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.356 (party median -0.393; rank 85 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 97 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: CA-30 is D+22CA-30 has a partisan lean of D+22 (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
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyMinority · 14th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMinority · 28th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
- Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Friedman← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.356 is 0.04 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. 471Fix Our Forests ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 59
| Middle |
| H.R. 2294To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009. |