GOTV Intel

Josh Harder

U.S. Representative, California 9th Congressional District · Democrat

OfficeholderOn the 2026 ballotIncumbent · California 9th Congressional District · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: California Secretary of State — Certified List of Candidates, November 3, 2026 General Election (certified 2026-08-27): United States Representative District 9 · read Aug 27, 2026

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Running for California 9th Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 1 other candidate, 3 certified results. See the race

The District

What California 9th Congressional District covers

Covers parts of San Joaquin County and Contra Costa County.

Map of California 9th Congressional District with 380 precincts

380 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: enacted plan "AB 604 Congressional Plan (2025)" (AB 604, Chapter 96, Statutes of 2025; made operative by Proposition 50 (Election Rigging Response Act), approved by voters Nov 4, 2025); 2026 status: In effect for the 2026 elections under Proposition 50 (approved Nov 4, 2025); Official file https://aelc.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2025-08/ab604.zip

Key Votes

The record

  • H R 7008: Stop Insider Trading Act · voted No

    On Passage · tally 232–198 (1 not voting) · Passed · 22-Jul-2026 · 119th Congress, roll call 280 (2026)

    Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 216–212 (3 not voting) · Passed · 22-Jul-2026 · 119th Congress, roll call 278 (2026)

    Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • S 2: Secure America Act · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 214–212 (4 not voting) · Passed · 9-Jun-2026 · 119th Congress, roll call 214 (2026)

    Jun 9, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 2913: Ukraine Support Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · tally 226–195 (9 not voting) · Passed · 4-Jun-2026 · 119th Congress, roll call 207 (2026)

    Jun 4, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act · voted No

    On Passage · tally 224–200 (6 not voting) · Passed · 30-Apr-2026 · 119th Congress, roll call 154 (2026)

    Apr 30, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H J RES 72: Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025 · voted YesClose vote

    On Passage · tally 219–211 (2 not voting) · Passed · 11-Feb-2026 · 119th Congress, roll call 65 (2026)

    Feb 11, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · voted Yes

    On Passage · tally 341–88 (2 not voting) · Passed · 22-Jan-2026 · 119th Congress, roll call 45 (2026)

    Jan 22, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 6703: Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 216–211 (6 not voting) · Passed · 17-Dec-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 349 (2025)

    Dec 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source
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  • H R 2550: Protect America’s Workforce Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · tally 231–195 (7 not voting) · Passed · 11-Dec-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 332 (2025)

    Dec 11, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 4405: Epstein Files Transparency Act · voted Yes

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · tally 427–1 (5 not voting) · Passed · 18-Nov-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 289 (2025)

    Nov 18, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 5371: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 · voted NoClose vote

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · tally 222–209 (2 not voting) · Passed · 12-Nov-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 285 (2025)

    Nov 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · voted No

    On Passage · tally 231–196 (5 not voting) · Passed · 10-Sep-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 262 (2025)

    Sep 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • S 1582: GENIUS Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · tally 308–122 (2 not voting) · Passed · 17-Jul-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 200 (2025)

    Jul 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act · voted NoClose vote

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · tally 218–214 (0 not voting) · Passed · 3-Jul-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 190 (2025)

    Jul 3, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 4: Rescissions Act · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 214–212 (6 not voting) · Passed · 12-Jun-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 168 (2025)

    Jun 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 1: One Big Beautiful Act · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 215–214 (2 not voting) · Passed · 22-May-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 145 (2025)

    May 22, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H J RES 88: Congressional disapproval, of the rule submitted by the EPA relating to “California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision” · voted No

    On Passage · tally 246–164 (22 not voting) · Passed · 1-May-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 114 (2025)

    May 1, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 22: SAVE Act · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 220–208 (5 not voting) · Passed · 10-Apr-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 102 (2025)

    Apr 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H CON RES 14: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034 · voted NoClose vote

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · tally 216–214 (3 not voting) · Passed · 10-Apr-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 100 (2025)

    Apr 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 217–213 (2 not voting) · Passed · 11-Mar-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 70 (2025)

    Mar 11, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 28: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act · voted NoClose vote

    On Passage · tally 218–206 (9 not voting) · Passed · 14-Jan-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 12 (2025)

    Jan 14, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • H R 29: Laken Riley Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · tally 264–159 (11 not voting) · Passed · 7-Jan-2025 · 119th Congress, roll call 6 (2025)

    Jan 7, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House — roll call vote · source

  • Roll-call position (DW-NOMINATE)

    Score -0.2950 over 569 recorded votes. Negative left, positive right, −1 to +1. A computed statistic, not a government record.

    OSINT · Voteview (Lewis et al.) · source

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Scorecards

  • Club for Growth scorecard, 2025: 22%

    22% on the Club for Growth's 2025 congressional scorecard; lifetime score 7%. The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · Club for Growth · source

  • AFL-CIO Legislative Scorecard, 2025: 92%

    92% on the AFL-CIO's 2025 Legislative Scorecard; lifetime score 98%. The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · AFL-CIO · source

  • League of Conservation Voters scorecard, 2025: 97%

    97% on LCV's 2025 National Environmental Scorecard. The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · League of Conservation Voters · source

  • Heritage Action for America scorecard, 119th Congress: 0%

    0% on Heritage Action's 119th Congress scorecard (key votes and co-sponsorships, updated weekly while Congress is in session). The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · Heritage Action for America · source

Committees and Appointments

  • Committee on Appropriations · Member

    U.S. House, 119th Congress · Member · Subcommittees: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

    Official · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives — Member Data (committee assignments) · source

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change
Profile updated · Sep 24
Raised
$4,141,372cycle to date through Jun 30
Cash on Hand
$4,739,488cycle to date through Jun 30
Spent
$1,132,240cycle to date through Jun 30
Debts Owed
$0cycle to date through Jun 30
Next Report Due
Q3 Report · Oct 15

View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026

Top Payees

Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.

  • Bcom Solutions$198,172.56
  • Berger Hirschberg Strategies$99,911.45
  • Acuity Politics Llc$42,511.29
  • Ngp Van Inc$38,437.44
  • Susquehanna Strategies Llc$33,650.00

Campaign finance · Josh Harder For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance Reports

  • Campaign finance · Josh Harder For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

    Raised $4,141,372.12 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $1,132,239.92 · cash on hand $4,739,488.08 · debts owed by the committee $0.00 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $2,922,222.82 (71%); PACs and other political committees $513,622.00 (12%); Party committees $2,192.74 (0%); Transfers from authorized committees $141,542.79 (3%); Other receipts (refunds, offsets, other) $561,791.77 (14%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): digital $238,610.00; fundraising $156,661.45; compliance and treasurer $44,706.29; direct mail $35,638.77; other $27,159.32; staff, contractors and reimbursements $25,657.06.

    Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Josh

  • Advertising summary · for and against (2026 cycle)

    For: own campaign $9,600 on Google; outside Google ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $0. Against: outside Google ads $0–$0; opponent campaign ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $0. 2026 cycle. Broadcast TV: not yet searched. Meta not included.

    Mar 31, 2026 · Official · Ads summary (2026 cycle)

  • Google/YouTube ads · JOSH HARDER FOR CONGRESS (supporting)

    The candidate's own campaign (JOSH HARDER FOR CONGRESS). 5 ads since Nov 2024; Google-reported $9,600 since Nov 6 2024 (exact, advertiser-wide).

    Mar 31, 2026 · Official · Google Political Ads Transparency Report (bundle updated 2026-09-23 21:37 PT) · source

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“When families can't actually build wealth, the entire economy is weaker,”
What House District 9 candidates said about healthcare, economy (The Record, via AOL)May 28, 2026 · Press · The Record (Stockton), syndicated on AOL · source
“Last year we saw the biggest cut to healthcare in our nation's recent history, a trillion-dollar cut to Medicaid, also to folks that are getting insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.”
What House District 9 candidates said about healthcare, economy (The Record, via AOL)May 28, 2026 · Press · The Record (Stockton), syndicated on AOL · source

In the News

Press coverage

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Reach Them

Websites and accounts

  • Public social accounts

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The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • U.S. Representative · CA-09

    Democrat · Incumbent · On the 2026 ballot

    Sep 4, 2026 · Official · California Secretary of State

  • On the ballot: U.S. Representative, California 9th District · November 3, 2026 general election

    Listed on the California Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026 General Election (certified August 27, 2026), 'United States Representative District 9', as Josh Harder (Democratic), ballot designation "Father/Representative". Top-two general; opponent: John McBride (Republican).

    Aug 27, 2026 · Official · CA SOS Certified List of Candidates, Nov 3, 2026 General Election · source

  • June 2, 2026 top-two primary, CA-09: 79,946 votes (60.8%), finished first · advances to November

    California Secretary of State, Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 Primary Election, United States Representative, 9th Congressional District, district totals: Josh Harder (DEM) 79,946; John McBride (REP) 30,625; Martin "Vmann" Veprauskas (REP) 9,813; Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (REP) 8,900; Parminder "Happy" Singh (REP) 2,247. Total 131,531.

    Jun 2, 2026 · Official · CA SOS Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 Primary · source

  • Sponsored travel · Center Forward

    Middleburg, VA, 3/27/2026 to 3/29/2026. Original filing, filed by Kathryn Sorenson.

    Mar 27, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Stanford University

    Menlo Park, CA, 8/13/2024 to 8/15/2024. Original filing, filed by Taylor Reed.

    Aug 13, 2024 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_5epntar66.

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