Former representative · California's 20th district

Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy served in Congress from 2007 to 2023, last as a Republican representative for California's 20th district. In the 118th Congress, 451 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 68, and cast 252 of 285 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 4, 2007
Last term ended
Dec 31, 2023
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
118th CongressHouse of Representatives45115.1%68 of 451 · rank 14 of 44288%252 of 285 · rank 381 of 442140 became law0%0 of 9
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9973.0%30 of 997 · rank 74 of 44396%540 of 561 · rank 318 of 443110 became law23%17 of 74

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 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.45+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. Nov 15, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 155–268· Against party
  2. Nov 15, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 155–270· Against party
  3. Nov 15, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 157–268· Against party
  4. Nov 15, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 162–262· Against party
  5. Nov 15, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 144–279· Against party
  6. Nov 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 118–316· Against party
  7. Nov 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 183–251· Against party
  8. Nov 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–294· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Dec 14, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 407–9
  2. Dec 14, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Conference Report· Passed 310–118
  3. Dec 13, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 303–126
  4. Dec 13, 2023· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 221–212
  5. Dec 13, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 330–99
  6. Dec 12, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203
  7. Dec 12, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 386–37
  8. Dec 12, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 396–28
  9. Dec 12, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 420–1
  10. Dec 12, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 403–20
  11. Dec 11, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 376–15
  12. Dec 11, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 320–71

Sponsored bills

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

25 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1664%
  2. Reported by committee28.0%
  3. Passed one chamber728%

Policy areas

  1. Congress11
  2. Environmental Protection2
  3. Armed Forces and National Security1
  4. Government Operations and Politics1
  5. Health1
  6. Public Lands and Natural Resources1
  7. Science, Technology, Communications1
  8. Social Welfare1

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 20th 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
$799.9M
Per resident
$1,010
Rank in California
18 of 52
Contract actions
3,338
New awards: 1,312

By fiscal year

  1. 850.9MFY2017
  2. 798.8MFY2018
  3. 984.9MFY2019
  4. 2.1BFY2020
  5. 1.7BFY2021
  6. 1.2BFY2022
  7. 1.4BFY2023
  8. 1.5BFY2024
  9. 1.4BFY2025
  10. 799.9MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Agriculture
  4. Forest Service$66.8M8.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of Homeland Security
  6. Department of the Interior
  7. Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. 2 awards
  2. 11 awards
  3. 2 awards
  4. 16 awards
  5. 5 awards
  6. 14 awards
  7. 10 awards
  8. 1 award
  9. 44 awards
  10. 26 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
$616.5K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$5.1M
From committees
-$86.5K
1 committees
From contractor PACs
-$25K
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$616.5K-$86.5K-$25K0 PACs · — of committee money
2024$15.7M$1.3M$295.5K64 PACs · 23% of committee money
2022$28.3M$1.1M$487K71 PACs · 43% 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 20th districtJan 3, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
  2. House · California's 23rd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  3. House · California's 23rd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  4. House · California's 23rd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  5. House · California's 23rd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  6. House · California's 23rd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  7. House · California's 22nd districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  8. House · California's 22nd districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  9. House · California's 22nd districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

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.