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Lateefah Simon

Lateefah Simon

DDemocratCA-12 · Representative
53
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 96
Independence3
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone8
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency44
Avg: 57

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

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Lateefah Simon

Lateefah Simon

DemocratCA-12 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.581)
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Lateefah Simon is a Democrat Representative from CA, District 12. She has served 1 year in Congress across 1 term. Based on her voting record, she is rated as liberal, voting with her party 97.1% of the time.

1
Years in Office
1
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97.1%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
16 votes against party
2.2%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
7
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Lateefah Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+1.2% vs avg
97.1%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-1.4% vs avg
2.2%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-6.0 vs avg
7
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

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

House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformHouse Committee on Small Business

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-05-13

$687,140
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,262,755
Total Receiptsⓘ
$861,270
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,012,941
Individual Donors
$210,000
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2025–2027House · CA-12 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

CA-12 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

746,726
Population
$105,647
Median Income
37.0
Median Age
53.6%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 36.4%Black 15.6%Hispanic 23.6%Asian 20.2%