Sara Jacobs

U.S. Representative, CA-51

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

Defense & Military 2 Foreign Policy & Trade 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, CA-51 current California	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-51 California	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-51 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-53 California	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-53 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Africa — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Armed Services — Intelligence and Special Operations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Armed Services — Military Personnel unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Foreign Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Western Hemisphere unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.417, social dim. -0.424. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
S 2503 — ROTOR Act	Yea	Feb 24, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6329 — Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 24, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2189 — Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act	Nay	Feb 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 72 — Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes…	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes…	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Nay	Feb 10, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Nay	Feb 10, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1531 — PROTECT Taiwan Act	Yea	Feb 9, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act	Yea	Feb 9, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision…	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act	Yea	Feb 4, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3123 — Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 980 — Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 68 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,018 recorded contributions totalling $2,059,716. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 183 of 1018 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	106	$1,063,401	52%
Corporate PAC	26	$261,800	13%
Small-dollar	33	$4,180	0%
Super PAC	18	$341	0%
Unclassified	835	$729,995	35%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$250,000	JACOBS, SARA	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Big donor	Mar 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$250,000	JACOBS, SARA	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Big donor	Mar 21, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$150,000	JACOBS, SARA	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Big donor	Dec 22, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$100,000	JACOBS, SARA	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Big donor	Dec 22, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$50,000	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$25,000	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 28, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$25,000	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,800	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 5, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$16,000	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$15,000	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Feb 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,000	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,000	SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACTBLUE	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	ACTBLUE	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Dec 24, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	ACTBLUE	SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Feb 14, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

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