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Jared Huffman

DemocratJared Huffman

U.S. Representative · California

California's 2nd district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from California

8 tracked promises, 2 rated

California · California's 2nd district

California's 2nd district

Their congressional district

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88/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
88
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+75) to 0–100, aggregated from 2 rated promises. Never an opaque single score.
How this is calculated →

How they won their seat

Jared Huffman won the 2024 U.S. House election in California (District 2) with 71.9% of the vote (272,883 votes).

71.9%
Win share
272,883
Votes for winner
379,617
Total cast
  • Jared Huffman · Democrat71.9%
  • Chris Coulombe · Republican28.1%

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

Jared Huffman's record includes sponsored bills related to environmental protection, natural resource management, and public land conservation. He has sponsored multiple bills related to fisheries, wilderness protection, and climate initiatives, such as the 'Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025' and the 'Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2025'. His committee memberships include those related to natural resources and infrastructure. Focus areas (from the record): Environmental Protection · Natural Resources · Public Lands · Fisheries Management · Transportation Infrastructure Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The available data does not include declared positions or tracked promises to compare against his sponsored bills and voting record. What this can't tell you: The motivations behind his legislative actions are not disclosed; There is no information on the effectiveness of the bills he sponsored; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of his priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Jared Huffman 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 2016. 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 Jared Huffman 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
18

Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

18bills sponsored
18 awaiting status
05101520Bills2016: 18 awaiting status182016

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

0%
0 of 0 sponsored bills became law

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$939K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2026: raised $939K2026: spent $932K20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $57K (6%)Large individual (itemized): $453K (49%)49%PAC / committee: $418K (45%)45%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$57K6%
  • Large individual (itemized)$453K49%
  • PAC / committee$418K45%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+75 · based on 2 rated promises

  • Championed 2

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 2 rated promises

Each step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.

−100 worked against0+100 kept

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

2 tracked
  • Kept2
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
01122Jul 2026Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 6— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

8 promises across 8 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Climate / Fossil Fuels1
  • Education / Special Education1
  • Environment / Offshore Drilling1
  • Environment / Plastic Pollution1
  • Health Care / Consumer Protection1
  • Public Lands / Conservation1
  • Public Lands / Energy1
  • Wildlife / Conservation1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)8100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
30
40
58

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

8 tracked promises

Not yet rated

Sponsor and pass the Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act to designate new wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, and restoration areas across his North Coast district.

Public Lands / ConservationSpecific · measurablePromised Dec 2025
Sourceshttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr6913https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6913
Not yet rated

Sponsor and pass the Migratory Bird Protection Act to reaffirm the Migratory Bird Treaty Act's prohibition on the incidental killing of migratory birds and establish a permitting system for incidental take.

Wildlife / ConservationSpecific · measurablePromised May 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3188https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3188
Not yet rated

Sponsor and pass the Health Share Transparency Act to require health care sharing ministries to publicly report financial and enrollment data and clearly disclose that they are not health insurance.

Health Care / Consumer ProtectionSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3103https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3103
Not yet rated

Sponsor and pass the Arctic Refuge Protection Act to designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, permanently barring oil and gas drilling there.

Public Lands / EnergySpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3067https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3067
Not yet rated

Sponsor and pass the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to permanently prohibit new federal oil and gas leasing in the ocean waters off California, Oregon, and Washington.

Environment / Offshore DrillingSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2849https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/470https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2849
Not yet rated

Sponsor and pass the IDEA Full Funding Act to phase in mandatory funding for the full 40 percent federal share of special-education costs long promised under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Education / Special EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2025
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2598https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2598
Championedhigh confidence

Sponsor and pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, a comprehensive federal plan to cut plastic pollution through extended producer responsibility for packaging, a pause on permits for new plastic-production facilities, and a national beverage-container refund program.

Environment / Plastic PollutionSpecific · measurablePromised Oct 2023
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6053https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr6053https://billsponsor.com/bills/493826/house-bill-6053-congress-118https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-huffman-introduce-bold-legislation-to-take-on-the-growing-plastic-pollution-crisis/
Championedhigh confidence

Sponsor and pass the Keep It in the Ground Act to end new federal fossil-fuel leases and halt new oil, gas, and coal extraction on all federal public lands and offshore waters.

Climate / Fossil FuelsSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2021
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2519https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10489https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr2519https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-117hr2519ihhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2519/texthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr10489ih

Verified record

218 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts 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.

Campaign financeas of May 13, 2026

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $868,510, spent $775,170, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Sponsored legislation

Showing the 12 most recent of 218 sponsored measures.

Voting record

Total votes
609
Yea
244
Nay
347
Present
1
Not voting
17

Full voting record

609 votes
  • HR8595Present
120 of 609
Page 1 / 31

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Stated positions

8 positions on record

What this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.

  • Public Lands / ConservationStated position

    Sponsor and pass the Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act to designate new wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, and restoration areas across his North Coast district.

    Sourceshttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr6913https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6913
    View position & sources →
  • Wildlife / ConservationStated position

    Sponsor and pass the Migratory Bird Protection Act to reaffirm the Migratory Bird Treaty Act's prohibition on the incidental killing of migratory birds and establish a permitting system for incidental take.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3188https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3188
    View position & sources →
  • Health Care / Consumer ProtectionStated position

    Sponsor and pass the Health Share Transparency Act to require health care sharing ministries to publicly report financial and enrollment data and clearly disclose that they are not health insurance.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3103https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3103
    View position & sources →
  • Public Lands / EnergyStated position

    Sponsor and pass the Arctic Refuge Protection Act to designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, permanently barring oil and gas drilling there.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3067https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3067
    View position & sources →
  • Environment / Offshore DrillingStated position

    Sponsor and pass the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to permanently prohibit new federal oil and gas leasing in the ocean waters off California, Oregon, and Washington.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2849https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/470https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2849
    View position & sources →
  • Education / Special EducationStated position

    Sponsor and pass the IDEA Full Funding Act to phase in mandatory funding for the full 40 percent federal share of special-education costs long promised under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2598https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2598
    View position & sources →
  • Environment / Plastic PollutionStated position

    Sponsor and pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, a comprehensive federal plan to cut plastic pollution through extended producer responsibility for packaging, a pause on permits for new plastic-production facilities, and a national beverage-container refund program.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6053https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr6053
    View position & sources →
  • Climate / Fossil FuelsStated position

    Sponsor and pass the Keep It in the Ground Act to end new federal fossil-fuel leases and halt new oil, gas, and coal extraction on all federal public lands and offshore waters.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2519https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10489https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr2519
    View position & sources →
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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