Alex Padilla

U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2023

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

Other 4 Government Operations & Budget 2 Civil Rights & Liberties 1 Environment & Energy 1 Healthcare 1 Immigration 1 Social Services & Welfare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA current California	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA California	Democratic	Dec 22, 2022	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District California United States	Democratic	Dec 22, 2022	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA California	Democratic	Jan 20, 2021	Dec 21, 2022	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District California United States	Democratic	Jan 20, 2021	Dec 21, 2022	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Joint Committee on Printing unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Energy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and Power unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.443, social dim. -0.241. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Confirmation: James D. Maxwell II, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James D. Maxwell II to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William J. Crain, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William J. Crain to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert P. Chamberlin, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert P. Chamberlain to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 520 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Dec 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS 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	Dec 4, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 91 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew E. Orso, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew E. Orso to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lindsey Ann Freeman, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lindsey Ann Freeman to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David A. Bragdon, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David A. Bragdon to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS 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 20, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 76 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Nov 19, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 89 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Nov 19, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ho Nieh, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Nov 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ho Nieh to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Nov 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3937	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,003 recorded contributions totalling $874,429. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 371 of 1003 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	75	$231,000	26%
Corporate PAC	17	$108,713	12%
Party	5	$93,500	11%
Small-dollar	271	$21,121	2%
Super PAC	3	$2	0%
Unclassified	632	$420,093	48%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$28,713	DEFEND THE DREAM PAC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Jul 20, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,000	2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: AZ & MT	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Jul 3, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,000	2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: MD + PA + DSCC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Oct 24, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,000	DSCC VICE CHAIR PADILLA FUND	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Jul 18, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,000	DSCC VICE CHAIR PADILLA FUND	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,500	2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: MD + PA + DSCC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Nov 1, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS AFFILIATED WITH AFL-CIO-CLC (FIREPAC)	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 2, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 5, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Jun 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	USA RICE FEDERATION PAC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 15, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACTBLUE	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	unclassified	Apr 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES PAC (A.K.A. EDWARDS PAC)	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	CALIFORNIA RICE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FUND (CALIFORNIA RICE FUND)	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 15, 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	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Oct 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Jun 14, 2023	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.