Pete Aguilar
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DemocratIn office since Jan 2015

Pete Aguilar

U.S. Representative, CA-33 since 2015. Ran in 6 elections between 2014 and 2024, winning 6. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

U.S. Representative, CA-33Born 1979Business executive

In office
11 yrs
Since 2015
Bills became law
0
17 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed
0.7%
Chamber median 2.1%
With party
98%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+35.9
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 AppropriationsDefenseTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

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

Legislation

119th Congress · 17 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 Aguilar sits in the U.S. House

Aguilar is closer to the center than 53% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianAguilarMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Shri Thanedar, Ted Lieu, Suzan DelBene

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

With Aguilar’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats98%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills16%

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

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

Career

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

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.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026U.S. House, CA-33WonD+35.9D+10.3+25.6
2024U.S. House, CA-33WonD+17.7——
2022U.S. House, CA-33WonD+15.4——
2020U.S. House, CA-31WonD+22.6——
2018U.S. House, CA-31WonD+17.5——
2016U.S. House, CA-31WonD+12.1——
2014U.S. House, CA-31WonD+3.5——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: California Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$5.7M
Spent
$5.7M
Cash
$2.7M

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS
FEC
Active

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Seats Aguilar has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Aguilar has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: California Secretary of State (unofficial)

In the polls

Included in 2 polls; Aguilar’s best result was 45% (California's 31st District, 2016).

Aguilar’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

How we know Aguilar

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET