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U.S. Representative · California 30th District
Laura Friedman
DemocratDistrict D+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score42#200 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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 25 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 25 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1004, H.R. 1065 and 20 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- 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. 1004 Love Lives On Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Protect Our Letter Carriers 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 201–250 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 469Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 50
| Middle |