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Brad Sherman

U.S. Representative, CA-32

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, CA-32 current
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-32
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-32
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-30
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-30
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-30
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-30
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District CA-30
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-30
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-30
California
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-30
United States
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-30
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-30
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-27
California
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-27
United States
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-27
California
Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-27
United States
Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District CA-27
United States
Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-27
California
Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-27
California
Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-27
United States
Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-27
California
Democratic Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-27
United States
Democratic Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District CA-24
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-24
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-24
California
Democratic Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-24
United States
Democratic Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District CA-24
United States
Democratic Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-24
California
Democratic Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.345, social dim. -0.139. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act Nay Dec 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act Yea Dec 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2550 — Protect America's Workforce Act Yea Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… Yea Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 — PERMIT Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 — PERMIT Act Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Yea Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3638 — Electric Supply Chain Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3628 — State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 939 — Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors. Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… Yea Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Dec 10, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… Nay Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… Nay Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1676 — Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025 Yea Dec 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 356 — Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 Yea Dec 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1049 — Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act Nay Dec 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1069 — PROTECT Our Kids Act Nay Dec 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1005 — Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4305 — DUMP Red Tape Act Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,025 recorded contributions totalling $2,053,475. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 295 of 1025 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 210 $617,344 30%
Corporate PAC 58 $295,291 14%
Public financing 1 $24,647 1%
Super PAC 26 $5,461 0%
Unclassified 730 $1,110,731 54%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$24,647 UNITED STATES TREASURY SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Public financing Jun 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,856 VANGUARD INVESTMENTS SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jul 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,435 VANGUARD INVESTMENTS SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC (ENGPAC) SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 DELOITTE PAC SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jul 19, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 7, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 ERNST & YOUNG SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jul 24, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jul 5, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN PAC FUND SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 18, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 WESCOM CREDIT UNION FEDERAL PAC SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES PAC SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

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

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

  • My statement on President Trump’s Capitulation to the Islamic Republic of Iran:
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  • Working families deserve a strong safety net when times get tough. That's why I was proud to secure an additional $1.2 million for Labor Community Services to modernize and expand its food bank operations. More ➡️ sherman.house.gov/media-center...
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  • Twenty-one years ago, I delivered a UCLA commencement address where I discussed the future of AI long before it became a household topic. Returning to UCLA this graduation season, I revisited that same subject, examining the opportunities, risks and responsibilities.
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  • Sherman's UCLA Grad Speech on AI
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  • It was great to be back at Warner Center Park as the Valley Cultural Foundation Concerts in the Park series returns for another season! (1/2)
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  • People in the Valley are asking me why I’m not at the White House birthday party. I’ve told them that none of the other fighters are willing to get in the ring with me.
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  • Congressman Sherman Delivers UCLA Commencement, Revisits AI 21 Years Later
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  • Congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister. As the world’s oldest and largest democracies, the United States and India share a natural partnership rooted and enduring bond. (1/2)
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  • "Trump’s $250 Bill Helps Drug Dealers, Not Americans" — Congressman Brad Sherman blasts #DonaldTrump’s proposal for a $250 bill featuring his portrait, arguing it would benefit criminals rather than everyday Americans.
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  • "Trump’s $250 Bill Helps Drug Dealers, Not Americans"
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  • At today’s @ushousefsc.bsky.social hearing, I emphasized the need for strong banking regulation that maintains the protections Congress enacted in the Dodd-Frank Act. And pushed back on Trump’s $250 bill which would be a tool for illicit finance.
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  • Sherman Defends Dodd-Frank, Slams $250 Bill
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