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Norma J. Torres

DemocratNorma J. Torres

U.S. Representative · California

California's 35th district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from California

0 tracked promises

California · California's 35th district

California's 35th district

Their congressional district

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How they won their seat

Norma J. Torres won the 2024 U.S. House election in California (District 35) with 58.4% of the vote (136,413 votes).

58.4%
Win share
136,413
Votes for winner
233,555
Total cast
  • Norma J. Torres · Democrat58.4%
  • Mike Cargile · Republican41.6%

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

Norma J. Torres has sponsored a variety of bills related to wildfire preparedness, veterans' issues, and public safety. Sponsored bills include the 'Honor Their Service Act' and the 'Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act'. Additionally, her committee memberships reflect involvement in appropriations related to national security and housing. Focus areas (from the record): Wildfire Preparedness · Veterans Affairs · Public Safety · Housing · Indigenous Peoples' Rights Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The lack of declared positions or tracked promises does not imply any specific conclusion about her alignment. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of her sponsored bills is not assessed based on whether they have become law; There is no information on her public statements or positions that could provide additional context. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Norma J. Torres 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.

Activity in office

What Norma J. Torres 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.

Votes cast
609
Voted yea
272
Voted nay
329
Bills sponsored
173
Committees
5

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

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
016324864VotesJun '25: 19 YeaJun '25: 21 NayJun '25Jul '25: 10 YeaJul '25: 23 NayJul '25Sep '25: 14 YeaSep '25: 47 NaySep '25Nov '25: 8 YeaNov '25: 14 NayNov '25Dec '25: 26 YeaDec '25: 31 NayDec '25Jan '26: 27 YeaJan '26: 20 NayJan '26Feb '26: 13 YeaFeb '26: 16 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 12 YeaMar '26: 17 NayMar '26Apr '26: 23 YeaApr '26: 23 NayApr '26May '26: 20 YeaMay '26: 16 NayMay '26Jun '26: 24 YeaJun '26: 18 NayJun '26Jul '26: 7 YeaJul '26: 9 NayJul '26Jun '25: 40 totalJul '25: 33 totalSep '25: 64 totalNov '25: 23 totalDec '25: 57 totalJan '26: 47 totalFeb '26: 30 totalMar '26: 30 totalApr '26: 47 totalMay '26: 36 totalJun '26: 42 totalJul '26: 16 total
Measures voted on:463 passed145 failed1 procedural/other

Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.

Vote attendance

98.7%
attendance
601 of 609 roll calls8 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Jun 25Sep 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Jul 26

Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

173bills sponsored
65 pending108 awaiting status
013253850Bills2015: 5 awaiting status520152016: 3 awaiting status320162017: 18 awaiting status1820172018: 15 awaiting status1520182019: 25 awaiting status2520192020: 5 awaiting status520202021: 24 awaiting status2420212022: 13 awaiting status1320222023: 14 pending1420232024: 15 pending1520242025: 29 pending2920252026: 7 pending72026

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.

Independence

2%
Votes against own party
15 of 601 recent votes

How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.

Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 65 sponsored bills became law
65 pending

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

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$943K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2026: raised $943K2026: spent $987K20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $3K (0%)Large individual (itemized): $143K (15%)15%PAC / committee: $791K (84%)84%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$3K0%
  • Large individual (itemized)$143K15%
  • PAC / committee$791K84%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Verified record

173 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 $629,500, spent $544,667, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Voting record

Total votes
609
Yea
272
Nay
329
Present
0
Not voting
8

Full voting record

609 votes
120 of 609
Page 1 / 31

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

Stated positions

No stated positions are on record for this official yet. A stated position is what the official says they believe on an issue — a sourced claim, separate from any assessment of what they did. Know one? Add it with a link to where it was said.

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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