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Judy Chu

Judy Chu

DDemocratCA-28 · Representative
56
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 96
Independence1
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone17
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency51
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Judy Chu

Judy Chu

DemocratCA-28 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.479)
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Judy Chu is a Democrat Representative from CA, District 28. She has served 16 years in Congress across 9 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as liberal, voting with her party 98.6% of the time. This member has 3 misconduct entries in our database.

16
Years in Office
9
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

98.6%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
8 votes against party
0.5%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
24
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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3
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Judy Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+2.7% vs avg
98.6%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-3.1% vs avg
0.5%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+11.0 vs avg
24
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Ways and MeansHouse Committee on the Budget

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-05-13

$3,667,076
Cash on Handⓘ
$859,302
Total Receiptsⓘ
$794,231
Disbursementsⓘ
$522,527
Individual Donors
$336,775
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2009–2013House · CA-32 · Democrat
2013–2023House · CA-27 · Democrat
2023–2027House · CA-28 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

CA-28 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

745,250
Population
$106,826
Median Income
42.0
Median Age
48.1%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 32.3%Black 3.9%Hispanic 26.7%Asian 38.1%