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Zoe Lofgren

DemocratZoe Lofgren

U.S. Representative · California

California's 18th district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from California

1 tracked promise

California · California's 18th district

California's 18th district

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How they won their seat

Zoe Lofgren won the 2024 U.S. House election in California (District 18) with 64.6% of the vote (147,674 votes).

64.6%
Win share
147,674
Votes for winner
228,506
Total cast
  • Zoe Lofgren · Democrat64.6%
  • Peter D. Hernandez · Republican35.4%

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

Zoe Lofgren's record includes legislation related to technology, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence and online privacy, as evidenced by her sponsorship of bills like the Workforce for AI Trust Act and the Online Privacy Act of 2026. Additionally, her involvement in immigration reform is highlighted by her sponsorship of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. Focus areas (from the record): Artificial Intelligence · Online Privacy · Immigration Reform · Workforce Development · Judiciary Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Lofgren's declared position on immigration aligns with her sponsorship of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which aims to create legal status for undocumented farm workers. Her committee assignments include those related to technology and workforce issues, and her sponsored bills reflect these areas. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of her sponsored bills or their impact on policy; There is no information on her statements or public communications that could provide insight into her priorities; The record does not indicate her level of engagement or influence within her committees. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Zoe Lofgren 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 Zoe Lofgren 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.

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
016324864VotesSep '25: 15 YeaSep '25: 49 NaySep '25Nov '25: 8 YeaNov '25: 14 NayNov '25Dec '25: 25 YeaDec '25: 32 NayDec '25Jan '26: 23 YeaJan '26: 24 NayJan '26Feb '26: 12 YeaFeb '26: 17 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 12 YeaMar '26: 17 NayMar '26Apr '26: 24 YeaApr '26: 22 NayApr '26May '26: 19 YeaMay '26: 17 NayMay '26Jun '26: 25 YeaJun '26: 17 NayJun '26Jul '26: 15 YeaJul '26: 35 NayJul '26Aug '26: 2 YeaAug '26: 0 NayAug '26Sep '26: 3 YeaSep '26: 7 NaySep '26Sep '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: 50 totalAug '26: 2 totalSep '26: 10 total
Measures voted on:492 passed162 failed1 procedural/other

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

Vote attendance

98.5%
attendance
645 of 655 roll calls10 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Sep 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Sep 26

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

Bills sponsored over time

348bills sponsored
41 pending307 awaiting status
013253850Bills1995: 3 awaiting status319951996: 9 awaiting status919961997: 8 awaiting status819971998: 5 awaiting status519981999: 10 awaiting status1019992000: 6 awaiting status620002001: 12 awaiting status1220012002: 5 awaiting status520022003: 11 awaiting status1120032004: 6 awaiting status620042005: 11 awaiting status1120052006: 5 awaiting status520062007: 18 awaiting status1820072008: 23 awaiting status2320082009: 16 awaiting status1620092010: 11 awaiting status1120102011: 9 awaiting status920112012: 7 awaiting status720122013: 11 awaiting status1120132014: 6 awaiting status620142015: 17 awaiting status1720152016: 5 awaiting status520162017: 14 awaiting status1420172018: 4 awaiting status420182019: 29 awaiting status2920192020: 9 awaiting status920202021: 23 awaiting status2320212022: 14 awaiting status1420222023: 11 pending1120232024: 7 pending720242025: 15 pending1520252026: 8 pending82026

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 643 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 41 sponsored bills became law
41 pending

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

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$1.4M
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2026: raised $1.4M2026: spent $1.2M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $22K (2%)Large individual (itemized): $846K (63%)63%PAC / committee: $481K (36%)36%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$22K2%
  • Large individual (itemized)$846K63%
  • PAC / committee$481K36%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Integrity

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Integrity over time

The integrity timeline appears here once this official's promises are rated. In office since Jan 2019.
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Topic coverage

1 promise across 1 topic

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.

  • Immigration1 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).

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51

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

1 tracked promise

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Champion and pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to create a 'certified agricultural worker' legal status and a renewable path to lawful permanent residence for undocumented farm workers.

ImmigrationSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2025
SourcesWikipediaCongress.gov· archived

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
273
Nay
370
Present
2
Not voting
10

Full voting record

655 votes
  • S32Yea
  • S307Yea
120 of 655
Page 1 / 33

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

Positions on record

4 positions on record

The 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 reauthorization
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  • 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 components
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  • ImmigrationStated position

    Champion and pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to create a 'certified agricultural worker' legal status and a renewable path to lawful permanent residence for undocumented farm workers.

    SourcesWikipediaCongress.gov· archived
    View 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.
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Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

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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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