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U.S. Senator · California
Alex Padilla
DemocratState D+12119th Congress
Typical swing score29#74 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Alex Padilla’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, 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 19 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 19 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 32, S. 93, S. 356, S. 494, S. 645 and 14 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 32 LACA
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 93 Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 356 Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 494 National Plan for Epilepsy Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 645 North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 5.7 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Rules and AdministrationRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Joint Committee of Congress on the LibraryMinority · 1st in seniority
- Joint Committee on PrintingMinority · 1st in seniority
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesMinority · 8th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Padilla← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.442 is 0.09 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 251–300 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2004Tyler’s LawSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 29 | Entrenched |
| H.R. 2034Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity ActSummary on Congress.gov |