DemocratIn office since Jan 2025

George Whitesides

U.S. Representative, CA-27 since 2025. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

U.S. Representative, CA-27Born 1974Businessperson

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 1 yr; Since 2025
Bills became law: 0; 28 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 2.5%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 91%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +27.2; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologySpace and Aeronautics
House Committee on Armed ServicesStrategic ForcesSeapower and Projection ForcesCyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 28 sponsored · 0 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HR 10951 No Bets on Wildfires Act
Introduced Oct 2026

HR 10907 Stop Harassment and Intimidations in Elections through Legal Defenses (SHIELD) Our Elections Act
Introduced Oct 2026

HR 10854 Public Safety Power Shutoff Data Transparency Act
Energy · Introduced Oct 2026

HR 10750 Advanced Nuclear Fission and Fusion Propulsion Systems Act
Armed Forces and National Security · Introduced Oct 2026

HR 10719 Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act
Commerce · Introduced Oct 2026

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Whitesides sits in the U.S. House

Whitesides is closer to the center than 90% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Maggie Goodlander, Jimmy Panetta, Frank Mrvan

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Whitesides’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats91%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills31%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Whitesides’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Whitesides	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Sep 16, 2026	HR 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026	No	No	Yes	Passed 262–159
Jun 30, 2026	HCONRES 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to…	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 189–235
Jun 9, 2026	S 2: Secure America Act	No	No	Yes	Passed 214–212
May 13, 2026	HR 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure…	No	No	Yes	Passed 218–203
Feb 12, 2026	HR 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	No	No	Yes	Passed 233–185

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Whitesides was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

202420252026202720282029U.S. House, CA-27

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)