DemocratMark Takano
U.S. Representative · California
California's 39th district
U.S. Representative from California
1 tracked promise, 1 rated
How they won their seat
Mark Takano won the 2024 U.S. House election in California (District 39) with 56.7% of the vote (130,191 votes).
- Mark Takano · Democrat56.7%130,191
- David Serpa · Republican43.3%99,469
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
Mark Takano's record includes sponsorship of legislation related to veterans' issues, including the Honoring our PACT Act, which addresses healthcare and benefits for those affected by toxic exposure. He has also sponsored multiple bills concerning LGBTQI+ rights, such as the Equality Act, and initiatives aimed at combating bullying in schools, which relate to educational equity. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans' Health Care · LGBTQI+ Rights · Educational Equity · Workforce Development Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Takano's sponsored bills align with his declared position on veterans' health care, particularly regarding toxic exposure, as seen in the Honoring our PACT Act. His sponsorship of legislation related to LGBTQI+ rights and educational equity is also consistent with his stated positions. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes; There is no information on the politician's unlogged activities or informal efforts outside of sponsored legislation; The record does not provide insight into the politician's personal motivations or intent behind the legislation. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Mark Takano 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 2017. 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 Mark Takano 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. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 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)$85K8%
- Large individual (itemized)$639K60%
- PAC / committee$341K32%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on Education and WorkforceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Education and Workforce — Higher Education and Workforce DevelopmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and PensionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Education and Workforce — Workforce ProtectionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+100 · based on 1 rated promise
- Fully Kept 1
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 · 1 rated promiseThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jan 2027 | 100 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
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.
Topic coverage
1 promise across 1 topicWhat 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.
- Veterans1 promise
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
1 tracked promise
“Enact legislation to expand VA health care eligibility and disability benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances, removing the burden of proof of causation — pursued as the Honoring our PACT Act, which Takano first introduced on June 17, 2021.”
Verified record
197 sponsored billsFacts 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.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9486: Health DATA Act of 2026 ↗Jun 25, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9446: VA Health Care Capacity Assessment Act ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9110: Promoting Authenticity with Influencer Disclaimers Act ↗Jun 2, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8868: Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026 ↗May 15, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1247: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2102) to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with combat-related disabilities, and for other purposes. ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1162: Supporting the goals and ideals of Glisten's (formerly GLSEN's) 2026 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-LGBTQI+ bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools, and calling communities across the country to action to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools. ↗Apr 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 ↗Mar 5, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7238: Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act ↗Jan 23, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7048: Unsubscribe Act of 2025 ↗Jan 13, 2026
- Sponsored HR 5787: BALL Act ↗Oct 17, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5786: White House NOT FOR SALE Act ↗Oct 17, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5723: Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act ↗Oct 8, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 197 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 268
- Nay
- 382
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 5
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Nay
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
4 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record urging congressional leadership to attach Fourth Amendment protections to FISA Section 702 reauthorization: closing the data broker loophole and requiring a judicial warrant before the government accesses Americans' sensitive information, ending the Section 702 backdoor search loophole, and repealing the Section 702 'visa vetting' provision.
SourcesLetter from 53 Members of Congress to Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader John Thune, Leader Charles E. Schumer and Leader Hakeem Jeffries urging Fourth Amendment protections in FISA Section 702 reauthorizationView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.
SourcesBicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS componentsView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources → - VeteransStated position
Enact legislation to expand VA health care eligibility and disability benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances, removing the burden of proof of causation — pursued as the Honoring our PACT Act, which Takano first introduced on June 17, 2021.
SourcesWikipediaWikipediaView position & sources →
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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