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Jim Costa

U.S. Representative, CA-21

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, CA-21 current
California
 Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-21
California
 Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-21
United States
 Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District CA-16
United States
 Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-16
California
 Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-16
United States
 Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-16
California
 Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-16
United States
 Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-16
California
 Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-16
California
 Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-16
United States
 Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-16
California
 Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-16
United States
 Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-20
California
 Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-20
United States
 Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-20
California
 Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-20
United States
 Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-20
California
 Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-20
United States
 Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-20
California
 Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-20
United States
 Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.199, social dim. 0.447. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HJRES 42 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Mar 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 61 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… Yea Mar 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 758 — Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025 Yea Mar 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 856 — Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act Yea Mar 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Feb 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… Nay Feb 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 695 — Medal of Honor Act Yea Feb 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… Nay Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 804 — Rural Small Business Resilience Act Yea Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 788 — DOE and SBA Research Act Yea Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 818 — SPUR Act Yea Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 832 — Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 Yea Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 825 — Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act Yea Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 35 — Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act Yea Feb 13, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act Nay Feb 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act Yea Feb 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… Nay Feb 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… Not voting Feb 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 736 — Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 Yea Feb 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 692 — China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2025 Yea Feb 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act Yea Feb 7, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,015 recorded contributions totalling $1,865,396. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 131 of 1015 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 116 $356,200 19%
Super PAC 15 $60,277 3%
Unclassified 884 $1,448,920 78%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$45,000 — COOPERATIVE OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Super PAC Oct 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$15,000 — COOPERATIVE OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Super PAC Oct 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,500 SINGH, JASPREET JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS Big donor Aug 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,500 ARK, MANDEEP JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS Big donor Aug 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,500 AFZAL, TEHMINA JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS Big donor Aug 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,000 BRAVANTE FARM CAPITAL, LLC JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Nov 2, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Nov 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Oct 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 9, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 J. R. SIMPLOT CO., PAC JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 23, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 FARM CREDIT COUNCIL JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified May 12, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 9, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 JOHN DEERE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 MARATHON PETROLEUM CO. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MEPAC) JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS unclassified Oct 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

  • Bluesky · Jun 19, 2026 · 9:01 PM
    Want to stay updated on my work in Washington and how I'm fighting for CA-21? Subscribe to my e-newsletter for the latest updates.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 19, 2026 · 3:01 PM
    Today, we commemorate #Juneteenth and honor the resilience and sacrifice of those who fought for freedom. As we reflect on this important day, let us recommit ourselves to building a future rooted in justice, equality, and opportunity for all.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 18, 2026 · 7:55 PM
    Need federal assistance? Team Costa is here to help you cut through the red tape. Whether you're dealing with the IRS, Social Security, veterans' services, or other federal agencies, my office is here to assist.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 16, 2026 · 12:32 AM
    My thoughts are with the families, loved ones, and the entire Air Force community following the tragic loss of eight individuals in the B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 14, 2026 · 12:00 PM
    Happy 251st Birthday to the United States Army! For 251 years, Army soldiers have defended the freedoms and liberties we hold dear. Today, we honor the courage, sacrifice, and dedication of those serving today and the veterans who came before them. 🇺🇸
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  • Bluesky · Jun 11, 2026 · 6:19 PM
    Yesterday, I met with members of the International Fresh Produce Association to discuss the importance of the Farm Bill, workforce challenges, and increasing fresh produce consumption.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 11, 2026 · 4:45 PM
    It’s plain and simple: farmers across CA-21 and throughout the country need certainty in the marketplace—not chaos. At a time when farm bankruptcies are rising, we need to stay focused on ensuring reliable markets for our farmers and producers.
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  • YouTube · Jun 11, 2026 · 4:33 PM
    House Ag Committee: Rep. Jim Costa Speaks on Stable Market & Trade for American Farmers
    YouTube Data API v3 YouTube-ToS
  • Bluesky · Jun 11, 2026 · 1:00 AM
    Sixty-three years ago today, the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, marking a major step forward in the fight for fairness in the workplace.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 10, 2026 · 10:38 PM
    Today, I met with the National Milk Producers Federation to discuss issues important to the Central Valley’s dairy industry, including school nutrition and accurate labeling of imitation dairy products.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 10, 2026 · 8:40 PM
    We support efforts to reach a negotiated agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and help ease costs driven by the conflict with Iran.
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  • YouTube · Jun 10, 2026 · 8:26 PM
    FOX26: Rep Jim Costa on Iran War & Reaching a Peace Agreement
    YouTube Data API v3 YouTube-ToS

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