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RepublicanDarrell Issa
U.S. Representative · California
California's 48th district
U.S. Representative from California
0 tracked promises
How they won their seat
Darrell Issa won the 2024 U.S. House election in California (District 48) with 59.3% of the vote (213,625 votes).
- Darrell Issa · Republican59.3%213,625
- Stephen Houlahan · Democrat40.7%146,665
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Darrell Issa's record includes legislation on foreign affairs, particularly in the Middle East, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills like HR 8974 (Development Finance Corporation investment in Venezuela) and HR 7311 (Lebanon Election Integrity and Diaspora Voting Protection Act). Additionally, he has sponsored legislation addressing various domestic matters, including the PEACE Act and the SOIL Act of 2025, with evidence of sponsorship in both international and domestic policy areas. Focus areas (from the record): Foreign Affairs · Domestic Policy · Veterans Affairs · Water Rights · Regulatory Reform Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against Issa's legislative activity, making it impossible to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes is not recorded; There is no information on any unlogged work or informal engagements he may have undertaken. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Darrell Issa has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2021–2023 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Darrell Issa has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 26
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$918K36%
- Large individual (itemized)$941K36%
- PAC / committee$726K28%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Investigations and OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chair, House Committee on the Judiciary — Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the InternetOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on the Judiciary — The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and AntitrustOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Research and TechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Middle East and North AfricaOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Oversight and IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
373 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,846,841, spent $692,756, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HJRES 201: Designating an official residence for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. ↗Jul 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8974: To authorize the Development Finance Corporation to invest in Venezuela. ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8973: Sergeant Rafael Peralta Medal of Honor Authorization Act ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 186: Congressional Apportionment Amendment Deadline Act ↗May 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8546: Pechanga Band of Indians Water Rights Settlement Technical Amendments Act ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1211: Expunging the December 18, 2019, and January 13, 2021, Impeachments of President Donald Trump. ↗Apr 23, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8483: Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2026 ↗Apr 23, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8285: Protecting American Competition Act of 2026 ↗Apr 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7311: Lebanon Election Integrity and Diaspora Voting Protection Act of 2026 ↗Feb 2, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7054: To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a notification of certain construction projects using nonstandard designs. ↗Jan 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7015: Protecting TPLF From Abuse Act ↗Jan 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6730: HERO Act ↗Dec 16, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 373 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 460
- Nay
- 142
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 7
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Yea
- HRES1398Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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