Alex Padilla
DSen. CA · U.S. Senate · 3 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Padilla sits more conservative than 8% of the Senate and more liberal than 91%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Padillasays 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
They work for you — reach the office.
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.
- HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PACCorporate$10K
- CARNIVAL/PRINCESS HOLLAND AMERICA LINE INC. PAC (HALPAC)Corporate$8K
- SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$8K
- AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PACCorporate$7K
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$5K
- QUALCOMM INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (QPAC)Corporate$5K
- DEMOCRATS WIN FUNDOther / unclassified$5K
- AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$5K
- Corporate55%
- Trade19%
- Other / unclassified12%
- Labor8%
- Membership5%
- Cooperative1%
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.
- Construction & engineering$20K
- Labor unions$14K
- Technology$13K
- Telecom & media$9K
- Finance & banking$6K
- Insurance$6K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 55% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cyclePadilla's campaign has spent $858K across 398 reported disbursements.
- Events & fundraising$339K 40%
- Consulting & research$256K 30%
- Other$213K 25%
- Payroll & admin$49K 6%
- Advertising & media$2K 0%
- AISLE 518 STRATEGIES LLC$250K
- EVERY ACTION, INC.$97K
- FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA$93K
- THRIVE STRATEGIES$88K
- KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP$88K
- BERTOLINA & BARNATO, INC.$57K
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 · age 53 · from Los Angeles.
Alejandro Padilla is an American politician and engineer serving as the senior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Padilla served as the 29th secretary of state of California from 2015 to 2021 and was a member of the California State Senate and the Los Angeles City Council.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
Senators disclose their trades through the Senate's system. See Padilla's filings:
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- Senate Committee on Rules and AdministrationRanking Member
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Joint Committee on Printing
- Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
via congress-legislators committee data.
How Alejandro actually voted · last 15 bills live
- YeaAugust 5, 2026S.J.Res. 187On the Motion to Proceed
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN730-11On the Cloture Motion
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Nomination
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 3, 2026H.R. 6500On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 30, 2026S.Res. 817On the Resolution
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 181On the Motion to Discharge
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 199On the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 29, 2026S.Res. 817On the Cloture Motion
- NayJuly 29, 2026H.R. 5334On the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 28, 2026H.R. 5334On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 28, 2026PN1092On the Nomination
- NayJuly 27, 2026PN1092On the Cloture Motion
- NayJuly 23, 2026PN999-5On the Nomination
- NayJuly 23, 2026PN999-6On the Nomination
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
The public House legislative schedule — the same for every member, not anyone's personal whereabouts. No flight data, home locations, or real-time tracking.
Every figure here is real and sourced: identity, party, seat, term history, committees and contact (congress-legislators); vote attendance, missed votes & how they voted (U.S. Senate (senate.gov), last 100 roll calls through August 5, 2026); campaign money raised and spent (FEC); stock-trade disclosures (U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Reports); declared election opponents & the money they raised (FEC candidate filings), with opponent bios quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists; ideological placement (DW-NOMINATE, voteview.com) and party-unity (computed from the roll calls above); biography (Wikidata + Wikipedia); the 2026 session calendar (official schedule). Nothing on this page is invented. wheresmyguy? carries no flight data, home locations, or real-time tracking. Time-stamped information is delayed at least 4 hours by design — wheresmyguy? is never a real-time tracker.