Former representative · California's 14th district

Eric Swalwell

Eric Swalwell served in Congress from 2013 to 2026, last as a Democratic representative for California's 14th district. In the 119th Congress, 469 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 164, and cast 209 of 216 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2013
Last term ended
Apr 14, 2026
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives46935.0%164 of 469 · rank 2 of 43997%209 of 216 · rank 324 of 439100 became law17%56 of 326
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,22210.9%133 of 1,222 · rank 28 of 44296%755 of 784 · rank 253 of 442100 became law22%99 of 459
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.8%8 of 997 · rank 256 of 44399%562 of 569 · rank 155 of 443261 became law8%49 of 585

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.35+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
    Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
  2. H.Res. 488: Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.Yea
    Jun 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 280–113· Against party
  3. H.J.Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".Yea
    Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 292–132· Against party
  4. H.R. 1156: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement ActYea
    Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 295–127· Against party
  5. H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl ActYea
    Feb 6, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 312–108· Against party
  6. H.R. 471: Fix Our Forests ActYea
    Jan 23, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 279–141· Against party
  7. H.R. 30: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActYea
    Jan 16, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 274–145· Against party
  8. H.R. 8446: Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024Yea
    Nov 14, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 245–155· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.Res. 1142: Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.Nay
    Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 213–203
  2. H.R. 7084: Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026Nay
    Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164
  3. H.R. 8029: Pay Our Homeland Defenders ActNay
    Mar 26, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–206
  4. H.Res. 1128: Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security.Nay
    Mar 26, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended· Passed 225–187
  5. H.R. 5103: Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025Not voting
    Mar 25, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–206
  6. H.R. 6422: American Water Stewardship ActNot voting
    Mar 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 378–32
  7. H.R. 4638: Federal Working Animal Protection ActNot voting
    Mar 19, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 228–190
  8. H.J.Res. 139: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.Not voting
    Mar 18, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 211–207
  9. H.R. 1958: Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026Not voting
    Mar 18, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 231–186
  10. H.R. 556: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers ActNot voting
    Mar 18, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 215–202
  11. S. 3971: Small Business Innovation and Economic Security ActNot voting
    Mar 17, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 345–41
  12. H.R. 4294: MAWS Act of 2026Not voting
    Mar 17, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 320–66

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

46 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced4291%
  2. Reported by committee12.2%
  3. Passed one chamber24.3%
  4. Became law12.2%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement8
  2. Education6
  3. Health5
  4. Emergency Management4
  5. Transportation and Public Works4
  6. Government Operations and Politics3
  7. Taxation3
  8. Armed Forces and National Security2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 7380 IRAN Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Apr 20, 2026
  2. H.R. 7988 Safe Passage to the World Cup Act
    Introduced· Immigration· Mar 18, 2026
  3. H.R. 6284 Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act
    Introduced· Education· Nov 21, 2025
  4. H.R. 5294 For the relief of Miguel Lopez Luvian.
    Introduced· Sep 10, 2025
  5. H.R. 820 Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
    Reported by committee· Transportation and Public Works· Jul 10, 2025
  6. H.R. 3740 Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jun 4, 2025
  7. H.R. 3607 MARSHALS Act
    Introduced· Law· May 23, 2025
  8. H.R. 3203 Journalist Protection Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· May 5, 2025

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to California's 14th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$4B
Per resident
$5,442
Rank in California
3 of 52
Contract actions
5,140
New awards: 3,748

By fiscal year

  1. 2.2BFY2017
  2. 2.4BFY2018
  3. 2.5BFY2019
  4. 2.8BFY2020
  5. 3.2BFY2021
  6. 3.1BFY2022
  7. 3.3BFY2023
  8. 3.5BFY2024
  9. 4BFY2025
  10. 4BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Energy$3.8B93%
  2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$64.6M1.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of the Army$44.4M1.1%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$25.3M0.6%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Air Force$20M0.5%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Information Systems Agency$13.8M0.3%
    Department of Defense
  7. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$13.2M0.3%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. Department of State$10.4M0.3%

Top recipients

  1. LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$3.7B92%
    1 award
  2. NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC.$97.8M2.4%
    1,433 awards
  3. PERFORMANT RECOVERY, INC.$65.2M1.6%
    18 awards
  4. HGL-APTIM TECHNOLOGIES JV LLC$30.9M0.8%
    1 award
  5. COX CONSTRUCTION CO$16.7M0.4%
    1 award
  6. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$10.2M0.3%
    1 award
  7. US FOODS, INC$9M0.2%
    1,201 awards
  8. FAIRWINDS TECHNOLOGIES LLC$6.9M0.2%
    1 award
  9. GOLDBELT APEX, LLC$6.2M0.2%
    2 awards
  10. KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC$5.2M0.1%
    1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.7M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$11K
From committees
$171.3K
79 committees
From contractor PACs
$48.5K
25 PACs · 28% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee$5,000RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.9B
thermo fisher scientific inc. pacthermo fisher scientific inc. pac$5,000THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (THAILAND) CO., LTD.AI match · 96% · of one corporate family$31.3K
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee$2,500ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$90M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$2,500UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$2,500NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
hewlett packard enterprise companyhewlett packard enterprise company pac$2,500HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$53.4M
bae systemsbae systems inc. political action committee (bae systems usa pac)$2,500BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99% · the same organization-$88K
cardinal health inc.cardinal health inc. pac$2,500CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$276.6M
entergy corporationentergy corporation employee political action committee (enpac)$2,500ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$7.5M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$2,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.7M$171.3K$48.5K25 PACs · 28% of committee money
2024$4.1M$639.3K$157.8K41 PACs · 25% of committee money
2022$3.9M$578.2K$157K45 PACs · 27% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · California's 14th districtJan 3, 2025 – Apr 14, 2026
  2. House · California's 14th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · California's 15th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · California's 15th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · California's 15th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · California's 15th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · California's 15th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.