Representative · California's 5th district

Tom McClintock

Tom McClintock is a Republican representative for California's 5th district, in Congress since 2009. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 22, and cast 449 of 457 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6753.3%22 of 675 · rank 117 of 43998%449 of 457 · rank 229 of 439260 became law10%7 of 73
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2221.9%23 of 1,222 · rank 258 of 44295%798 of 838 · rank 287 of 442201 became law12%20 of 171
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.5%25 of 997 · rank 97 of 44396%533 of 557 · rank 340 of 443150 became law17%46 of 264

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+0.67+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. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. Jun 4, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 213–210· Against party
  3. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  4. Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–257· Against party
  5. Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
  6. Sep 4, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–213· Against party
  7. Jun 10, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–178· Against party
  8. Sep 25, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 243–174· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. 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.

61 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced4675%
  2. Reported by committee813%
  3. Passed one chamber69.8%
  4. Became law11.6%

Policy areas

  1. Public Lands and Natural Resources14
  2. Immigration12
  3. Economics and Public Finance8
  4. Environmental Protection5
  5. Government Operations and Politics5
  6. International Affairs3
  7. Transportation and Public Works3
  8. Agriculture and Food2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 2302 Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
    Passed one chamber· Native Americans· Sep 22, 2026
  2. H.R. 8454 To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.
    Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 184 Action Versus No Action Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 15, 2026
  4. H.R. 181 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Environmental Protection· Sep 15, 2026
  5. H.R. 177 Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 10, 2026
  6. H.R. 10128 To codify Secretary's Order 3434 of the Department of the Interior.
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 2, 2026
  7. H.R. 10192 GRANT Reform Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Aug 31, 2026
  8. H.R. 183 Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act
    Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jul 21, 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 5th 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
$283.6M
Per resident
$362
Rank in California
40 of 52
Contract actions
1,741
New awards: 725

By fiscal year

  1. 156.5MFY2017
  2. 149MFY2018
  3. 149.4MFY2019
  4. 151.3MFY2020
  5. 215.1MFY2021
  6. 234.2MFY2022
  7. 232.2MFY2023
  8. 207.8MFY2024
  9. 416.5MFY2025
  10. 283.6MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Interior
  2. Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of Agriculture
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Transportation
  6. Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. 2 awards
  2. 4 awards
  3. APTIM HDR, LLC$15.1M5.3%
    1 award
  4. 9 awards
  5. 1 award
  6. 263 awards
  7. 2 awards
  8. 1 award
  9. 1 award
  10. 195 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
$928.8K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$201.5K
From committees
$165.6K
54 committees
From contractor PACs
$17K
4 PACs · 10% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$7,500AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$2,500CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
delaware north companies, inc.delaware north companies, inc. political action committee$2,000DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES, INCORPORATEDAI match · 99% · the same organization—

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$928.8K$165.6K$17K4 PACs · 10% of committee money
2024$1.2M$177.6K$27.5K9 PACs · 15% of committee money
2022$1.7M$269.8K$41K12 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.

  1. House · California's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · California's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · California's 4th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · California's 4th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · California's 4th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · California's 4th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · California's 4th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · California's 4th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · California's 4th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
2256 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 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.