Representative · California's 31st district

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. is a Democratic representative for California's 31st district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 3, and cast 459 of 470 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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	0.4%3 of 675 · rank 370 of 439	98%459 of 470 · rank 261 of 439	170 became law	17%73 of 421

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 −1−0.46+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. 4795: Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026Yea
Sep 3, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 237–169· Against party
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. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
S. 1318: Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration ActYea
Apr 29, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–191· Against party
H.R. 3638: Electric Supply Chain ActYea
Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 267–159· Against party
H.Con.Res. 58: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.Yea
Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
H.R. 3095: To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.Yea
Jul 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 278–121· Against party
H.R. 884: To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.Yea
Jun 10, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 266–148· 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 31st 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: $767.7M
Per resident: $1,044
Rank in California: 19 of 52
Contract actions: 10.7K; New awards: 8,351

By fiscal year

456.3MFY2017
572.7MFY2018
856.1MFY2019
1.1BFY2020
1.3BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
1.6BFY2023
2.2BFY2024
3.1BFY2025
767.7MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of Veterans Affairs$466.1M61%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$149.8M20%
Department of the Air Force$45.1M5.9%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$37.1M4.8%
Department of Defense
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$18.5M2.4%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$12.1M1.6%
Department of Defense
Agricultural Marketing Service$9.6M1.2%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Acquisition Service$5.9M0.8%
General Services Administration

Top recipients

QTC MEDICAL SERVICES INC$471.9M61%
16 awards
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$146.2M19%
393 awards
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$27.9M3.6%
30 awards
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$26.3M3.4%
29 awards
VINYL TECHNOLOGY, LLC$10.7M1.4%
36 awards
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$8M1.0%
3 awards
VACCO INDUSTRIES$7.9M1.0%
354 awards
AMETEK AMERON, LLC$7.1M0.9%
27 awards
OUT OF THE SHELL LLC$6.7M0.9%
9 awards
CONCORDE BATTERY CORPORATION$6M0.8%
36 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: $705.3K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $259.8K
From committees: $386.1K; 96 committees
From contractor PACs: $73.5K; 23 PACs · 19% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
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
transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee	$6,500	TRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$5.1M
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$6,000	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$5,000	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$4,500	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee	$4,500	LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.1B
aerovironment, inc.aerovironment, inc pac	$4,500	AEROVIRONMENT, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	-$4.3M
general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac)	$4,000	GENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$652.9M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$3,500	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$705.3K	$386.1K	$73.5K23 PACs · 19% of committee money
2024	—	$265.3K	$28K8 PACs · 11% of committee money
2022	$3,954	-$3,000	$00 PACs · — 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 31st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · California's 39th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: cisneros.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5256
Office: 2463 Rayburn 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.