Representative · California's 26th district
Julia Brownley
Julia Brownley is a Democratic representative for California's 26th district, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 20, and cast 456 of 460 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2013
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
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 | 3.0%20 of 675 · rank 131 of 439 | 99%456 of 460 · rank 130 of 439 | 550 became law | 19%118 of 611 |
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 2.8%34 of 1,222 · rank 192 of 442 | 99%819 of 828 · rank 124 of 442 | 580 became law | 22%150 of 688 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.9%9 of 997 · rank 238 of 443 | 99%559 of 567 · rank 166 of 443 | 572 became law | 8%51 of 636 |
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 −1−0.31+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.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
- Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164· Against party
- Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
- Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 295–127· Against party
- Apr 15, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 294–105· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party
- Mar 7, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
- Nov 30, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 307–119· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
170 sponsored · 2 became law
How far they got
- Introduced16094%
- Reported by committee10.6%
- Passed one chamber74.1%
- Became law21.2%
Policy areas
- Armed Forces and National Security65
- Agriculture and Food18
- Taxation15
- Energy14
- Government Operations and Politics11
- Transportation and Public Works11
- Education7
- Health5
Latest activity
- H.Res. 1592 Expressing support for the designation of October 2026 as "National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month".Introduced· Oct 1, 2026
- H.R. 6780 Producing Real Opportunities for Technology and Entrepreneurs Investing in Nutrition ActIntroduced· Agriculture and Food· May 20, 2026
- H.R. 210 Dental Care for Veterans ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· May 20, 2026
- H.R. 8496 Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act of 2026Introduced· Animals· Apr 27, 2026
- H.R. 4876 Reproductive Freedom for Veterans ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Mar 18, 2026
- H.R. 658 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist, qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health Administration.Passed one chamber· Armed Forces and National Security· Feb 3, 2026
- H.J.Res. 144 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jan 27, 2026
- H.R. 659 Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025Passed one chamber· Armed Forces and National Security· Jan 26, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to California's 26th 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
- $1.3B
- Per resident
- $1,724
- Rank in California
- 14 of 52
- Contract actions
- 7,297
- New awards: 3,355
By fiscal year
- 766.3MFY2017
- 1.1BFY2018
- 973.5MFY2019
- 1BFY2020
- 772.3MFY2021
- 1.2BFY2022
- 1.5BFY2023
- 1.4BFY2024
- 1.5BFY2025
- 1.3BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Army$503.3M38%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$446.6M34%Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Air Force$79M6.0%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$32.5M2.5%Department of Defense
- Department of Defense
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office$13.3M1.0%Department of Commerce
Top recipients
- AEROVIRONMENT, INC$567.4M43%40 awards
- AMGEN USA INC$126M9.6%1 award
- SERCO INC$101.2M7.7%3 awards
- 1 award
- ANACAPA MICRO PRODUCTS, INC.$33.1M2.5%48 awards
- VSOLVIT LLC$26.3M2.0%6 awards
- ADVANTEDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.$20M1.5%6 awards
- TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC$18.7M1.4%13 awards
- NEW DIRECTIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$16.1M1.2%2 awards
- INDUS TECHNOLOGY INC$15.9M1.2%1 award
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
- $593.2K
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $888.2K
- From committees
- $296.5K
- 125 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $51.5K
- 27 PACs · 17% 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 | $5,000 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac) | $4,500 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
| amgen inc.amgen inc. political action committee | $3,500 | AMGEN INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | $0 |
| american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee | $2,500 | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| delta airlinesdelta air lines pac | $2,500 | DELTA AIR LINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $8.9M |
| bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac) | $2,500 | BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $439.8K |
| takeda pharmaceuticals america, inc.takeda pharmaceuticals america inc. political action committee | $2,500 | TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $1.6M |
| abbvieabbvie political action committee | $2,500 | ABBVIE US LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $154.6K |
| transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee | $2,500 | TRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $5.1M |
| darling ingredients inc.darling ingredients inc political action committee (darpac) | $2,500 | DARLING INGREDIENTS INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $352K |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $593.2K | $296.5K | $51.5K27 PACs · 17% of committee money |
| 2024 | $1.6M | $758.3K | $155K45 PACs · 20% of committee money |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $1M | $147.8K44 PACs · 15% 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 26th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
- House · California's 26th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · California's 26th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · California's 26th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · California's 26th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · California's 26th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · California's 26th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- juliabrownley.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-5811
- Office
- 2262 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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.