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Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters

DDemocratCA-43 · Representative
56
/ 100
Average
Attendance95
Avg: 96
Independence2
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone33
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency32
Avg: 57

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

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters

DemocratCA-43 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.656)
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Maxine Waters is a Democrat Representative from CA, District 43. She has served 35 years in Congress across 18 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as liberal, voting with her party 97.9% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.

35
Years in Office
18
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

Take Action — Contact Maxine

Your voice matters. Reach out to your Representative directly.

Call 202-225-2201Official Website

Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97.9%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
11 votes against party
5.2%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
28
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Maxine Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+2.0% vs avg
97.9%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes+1.6% vs avg
5.2%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+15.0 vs avg
28
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

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

House Committee on Financial ServicesRanking Member

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-05-13

$323,043
Cash on Handⓘ
$733,764
Total Receiptsⓘ
$527,178
Disbursementsⓘ
$297,251
Individual Donors
$312,000
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

1991–1993House · CA-29 · Democrat
1993–2013House · CA-35 · Democrat
2013–2027House · CA-43 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

CA-43 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

734,451
Population
$72,638
Median Income
35.0
Median Age
22.1%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 18.2%Black 23.1%Hispanic 58.3%Asian 8.8%