Ted Lieu
DRep. CA-36 · U.S. House · 6 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Lieu sits more conservative than 28% of the House and more liberal than 71%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Lieusays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership$13K
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PACCorporate$10K
- GOOGLE LLC NETPACCorporate$10K
- VOTEVETSOther / unclassified$10K
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PACCorporate$10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L ELabor$10K
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)Corporate$10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONLabor$10K
- Corporate45%
- Labor17%
- Other / unclassified13%
- Trade11%
- Membership11%
- Cooperative3%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Labor unions$90K
- Professional services$46K
- Technology$46K
- Finance & banking$37K
- Health & medicine$35K
- Telecom & media$27K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 24% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleLieu's campaign has spent $679K across 367 reported disbursements.
- Other$400K 59%
- Events & fundraising$141K 21%
- Consulting & research$71K 10%
- Payroll & admin$40K 6%
- Advertising & media$27K 4%
- AMERICAN EXPRESS$263K
- CHASE CARD SERVICES$90K
- KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP$71K
- PREMIER FIORELLO CONSULTING$51K
- RED HORSE STRATEGIES$41K
- BUCHERT DEVELOPMENT LLC$31K
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents California's 36th district · age 57 · from Taipei.
Ted Win-Ping Lieu is an American lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023. He represented the 33rd congressional district from 2015 to 2023. The district includes South Bay and Westside regions of Los Angeles, as well as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Beach Cities.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file for Lieu in the current House disclosure index.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Leah Melissa ToomimRepublicanChallenger$31Kraised ↗
- Claire Ragge AndersonNONChallenger$22Kraised ↗
- Houston BrignanoRepublicanChallenger$5Kraised ↗
+ 1 other minor candidate with little or no money raised.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Leah Melissa ToomimRepublicanChallenger$42Kraised ↗
- Claire Ragge AndersonNONChallenger$34Kraised ↗
- Ariana HakamiRepublicanChallenger$4Kraised ↗
+ 1 other minor candidate with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Ted actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Nay23-Jul-2026H R 8884On Passage
- Yea23-Jul-2026H CON RES 89On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H CON RES 113On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Motion to Recommit
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Motion to Recommit
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 9770On Passage
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Passage
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Motion to Recommit
- No21-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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