DemocratIn office since Jan 2025

Laura Friedman

U.S. Representative, CA-30 since 2025. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

U.S. Representative, CA-30Born 1966Film producer

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 1 yr; Since 2025
Bills became law: 0; 12 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 0.7%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +54.1; 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 Transportation and InfrastructureRailroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous MaterialsWater Resources and EnvironmentHighways and TransitEconomic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyEnergy

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

Legislation

119th Congress · 12 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 119th Congress.

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

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Friedman sits in the U.S. House

Friedman is closer to the center than 32% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Glenn Ivey, Teresa Leger Fernández, Jennifer McClellan

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

With Friedman’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills15%

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: Friedman’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Friedman	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 Friedman was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026202720282029California State Assembly, District 43 California State Assembly, District 44 U.S. House, CA-30

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

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	U.S. House, CA-30	Won	D+54.1	D+41.2	+12.9
2024	U.S. House, CA-30	Won	D+36.8	—	—
2022	California State Assembly, District 44	Won	D+42.7	D+39.7	+3.0
2020	California State Assembly, District 43	Won	D+39.1	—	—
2018	California State Assembly, District 43	Won	—	—	—
2016	California State Assembly, District 43	Won	D+28.9	—	—