Representative · California's 24th district
Salud O. Carbajal
Salud O. Carbajal is a Democratic representative for California's 24th district, in Congress since 2017. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 5, and cast 454 of 470 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2017
- 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 | 0.7%5 of 675 · rank 338 of 439 | 97%454 of 470 · rank 328 of 439 | 370 became law | 28%177 of 630 |
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 0.5%6 of 1,222 · rank 401 of 442 | 98%832 of 846 · rank 168 of 442 | 291 became law | 28%175 of 631 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.1%1 of 997 · rank 411 of 443 | 99%566 of 573 · rank 150 of 443 | 290 became law | 11%67 of 621 |
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 −1−0.32+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
- Jul 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 270–155· Against party
- May 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–179· Against party
- May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
- May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
- Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
- Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164· Against party
- 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.
- 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.
95 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced8994%
- Reported by committee11.1%
- Passed one chamber44.2%
- Became law11.1%
Policy areas
- Transportation and Public Works22
- Armed Forces and National Security10
- Public Lands and Natural Resources10
- Government Operations and Politics8
- Housing and Community Development7
- Crime and Law Enforcement6
- Environmental Protection6
- Agriculture and Food5
Latest activity
- H.R. 10536 Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction ActIntroduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 24, 2026
- H.R. 2175 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the "Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building".Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 2026
- H.Res. 1459 Expressing support for the designation of July 2026 as "American Grown Flower and Foliage Month".Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jul 27, 2026
- H.R. 9185 Alan S. Lowenthal Blue Whales, Blue Skies ActIntroduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jun 8, 2026
- H.R. 8785 Medium Transit Intensive Cities Authorization Act of 2026Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· May 13, 2026
- H.R. 8439 Commission on Natural Disaster Risk Management and Insurance ActIntroduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Apr 22, 2026
- H.R. 7976 Moral Injury Recognition and Restitution ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Apr 9, 2026
- H.R. 7526 Safe Skies Act of 2026Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Feb 13, 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 24th 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
- $856.3M
- Per resident
- $1,143
- Rank in California
- 17 of 52
- Contract actions
- 5,652
- New awards: 3,849
By fiscal year
- 740.1MFY2017
- 882MFY2018
- 908.6MFY2019
- 796.9MFY2020
- 788.8MFY2021
- 780.5MFY2022
- 1BFY2023
- 1BFY2024
- 1.1BFY2025
- 856.3MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$270.5M32%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$213.9M25%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$192.1M22%Department of Defense
- Forest Service$44.6M5.2%Department of Agriculture
- Defense Logistics Agency$29.6M3.5%Department of Defense
- Departmental Offices$13.5M1.6%Department of the Interior
- Defense Microelectronics Activity$12.8M1.5%Department of Defense
- Department of Defense
Top recipients
- KORTE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY$116.9M14%2 awards
- L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$53M6.2%2 awards
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$48.2M5.6%52 awards
- AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$40.8M4.8%20 awards
- TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION$37.7M4.4%35 awards
- TECOLOTE RESEARCH, INC.$34.9M4.1%15 awards
- AEROVIRONMENT, INC$34.1M4.0%4 awards
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$32.2M3.8%23 awards
- 9 awards
- REDWIRE DEFENSE TECH OPERATIONS, LLC$17.3M2.0%2 awards
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
- $3.4M
- From committees
- $631K
- 189 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $150.5K
- 49 PACs · 24% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac) | $10K | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
| granite construction inc.granite construction inc. employee pac - granitepac | $8,500 | GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY GUAMAI match · 97% · the same organization | $244K |
| blue origin, llcblue origin llc political action committee (blue origin pac) | $8,500 | BLUE ORIGIN, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $1.1B |
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $7,500 | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee | $6,000 | RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $3.9B |
| 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 |
| united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac) | $5,000 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $685.7K |
| general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac) | $5,000 | GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $29.3K |
| bae systemsbae systems inc. political action committee (bae systems usa pac) | $5,000 | BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99% · the same organization | -$88K |
| leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee | $5,000 | LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.1B |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.7M | $631K | $150.5K49 PACs · 24% of committee money |
| 2024 | $2M | $756.8K | $196.8K44 PACs · 26% of committee money |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $663.3K | $153K39 PACs · 23% 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 24th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
- House · California's 24th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · California's 24th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · California's 24th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · California's 24th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- carbajal.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-3601
- Office
- 2331 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.