Representative · California's 27th district

George Whitesides

George Whitesides is a Democratic representative for California's 27th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 16, and cast 421 of 461 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2025
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	2.4%16 of 675 · rank 169 of 439	91%421 of 461 · rank 414 of 439	250 became law	31%97 of 310

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 −1−0.20+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.

H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
H.R. 6047: Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026Yea
May 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–179· Against party
H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
H.R. 6260: Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025Yea
May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 243–179· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 210–216· Against party
S. 1318: Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration ActYea
Apr 29, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–191· Against party
H.R. 7084: Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026Yea
Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164· Against party
H.R. 5184: Affordable HOMES ActYea
Jan 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 263–147· Against party

Recent votes

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

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

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

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to California's 27th 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: $476.9M
Per resident: $643
Rank in California: 27 of 52
Contract actions: 13.3K; New awards: 10.1K

By fiscal year

613MFY2017
727.5MFY2018
813.2MFY2019
639.6MFY2020
562.4MFY2021
573.1MFY2022
648.4MFY2023
551MFY2024
571.7MFY2025
476.9MFY2026

Top buyers

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$151.3M32%
Department of the Air Force$128.3M27%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$93.7M20%
Department of Defense
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$25.5M5.3%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Navy$22.7M4.8%
Department of Defense
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$18.6M3.9%
Department of Defense
Forest Service$15.5M3.2%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Acquisition Service$6.3M1.3%
General Services Administration

Top recipients

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$147.5M31%
393 awards
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$99.9M21%
30 awards
WOODWARD HRT INC$41M8.6%
117 awards
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$26.6M5.6%
29 awards
AVITA MEDICAL AMERICAS, LLC$25.5M5.3%
1 award
ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$20.3M4.3%
225 awards
HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$16.9M3.5%
702 awards
ADEPT FASTENERS INC$11.3M2.4%
499 awards
HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC$10.6M2.2%
1 award
NOREX GROUP, LLC$5.4M1.1%
6,231 awards

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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: $4M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $2.6M
From committees: $670.6K; 228 committees
From contractor PACs: $154K; 48 PACs · 23% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$10K	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$10K	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$10K	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee	$10K	TRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$5.1M
blue origin, llcblue origin llc political action committee (blue origin pac)	$7,500	BLUE ORIGIN, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$1.1B
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$7,000	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$7,000	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee	$6,000	RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.9B
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac	$6,000	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$115.4M
general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee	$5,000	GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$4M	$670.6K	$154K48 PACs · 23% of committee money
2024	$10.6M	$765.6K	$10K1 PACs · 1% 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.

House · California's 27th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: whitesides.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-1956
Office: 1504 Longworth House Office Building

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.