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U.S. Representative · California 30th District
Laura Friedman
DemocratDistrict D+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score42#201 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.
- 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
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1422 Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
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
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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, directional · 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 | YeaBroke with partyProjected at the vote: — Insufficient data |