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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
HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… Nay Dec 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… Nay Dec 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4423 — No New Burma Funds Act Yea Dec 1, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5348 — Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 Yea Dec 1, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 58 — Denouncing the horrors of socialism. Nay Nov 21, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1949 — Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 Nay Nov 20, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3109 — REFINER Act Nay Nov 20, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 893 — Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Nay Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6019 — To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other… Yea Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4058 — Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act Yea Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5107 — Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025 Nay Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5214 — District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025 Nay Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… Yea Nov 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4405 — Epstein Files Transparency Act Yea Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. Yea Nov 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2659 — Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act Yea Nov 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1608 — Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025 Yea Nov 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Nay Nov 12, 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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