Alex Padilla

U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2023

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Other 4 Government Operations & Budget 2 Civil Rights & Liberties 1 Environment & Energy 1 Healthcare 1 Immigration 1 Social Services & Welfare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA current California	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA California	Democratic	Dec 22, 2022	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CA California	Democratic	Jan 20, 2021	Dec 21, 2022	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District California United States	Democratic	Dec 22, 2022	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District California United States	Democratic	Jan 20, 2021	Dec 21, 2022	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Joint Committee on Printing unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Energy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and Power unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.443, social dim. -0.241. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-565	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-565 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-564	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-564 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-563	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-563 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-562	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-562 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-561	Oct 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-561 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 106 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-560	Oct 9, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-560 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-559	Oct 9, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-559 US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-558	Oct 9, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-558 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-551	Oct 8, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-551 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-545	Oct 6, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-545 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-543	Oct 3, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-543 US-GOV-PD
S 2882 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-557	Oct 9, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-557 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-550	Oct 8, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-550 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-544	Oct 6, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-544 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-542	Oct 3, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-542 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 105 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-556	Oct 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-556 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-553	Oct 8, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-553 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 83 A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have…	On the Motion to Discharge	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-555	Oct 8, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-555 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 71 A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy.	On the Joint Resolution	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-554	Oct 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-554 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-552	Oct 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-552 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 104 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-549	Oct 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-549 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-548	Oct 7, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-548 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-547	Oct 7, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-547 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-546	Oct 6, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-546 US-GOV-PD
SRES 412 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-541	Oct 3, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-541 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 3, 2023–Dec 30, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 10:32 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$874,427	$0	$874,427

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$28,713	DEFEND THE DREAM PAC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Jul 20, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$26,000	2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: AZ & MT	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Jul 3, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$26,000	2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: MD + PA + DSCC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Oct 24, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$23,000	DSCC VICE CHAIR PADILLA FUND	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Jul 18, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$11,000	DSCC VICE CHAIR PADILLA FUND	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Sep 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,500	2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: MD + PA + DSCC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Party	Nov 1, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES PAC (A.K.A. EDWARDS PAC)	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 26, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 5, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Jun 14, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ACTBLUE	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	unclassified	Apr 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Oct 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS AFFILIATED WITH AFL-CIO-CLC (FIREPAC)	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 2, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	USA RICE FEDERATION PAC	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	CALIFORNIA RICE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FUND (CALIFORNIA RICE FUND)	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Mar 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE	ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Jun 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.

Cycle	Position	Itemized spending loaded	Period / as of	Coverage	Source
2024	Support	$2 (3 records)	Jan 31, 2023–Feb 1, 2023 · as of Feb 1, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD