# John Harabedian

John Harabedian is a Democratic member of the California House for district 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 41
- Serving since: 2024-12-02
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0253bb3f-2fcb-49ed-a85d-578fee726be8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0253bb3f-2fcb-49ed-a85d-578fee726be8 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Harabedian reported $663.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## What Harabedian says (CA 2025–26 session)

205 classified statements: 205 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Harabedian | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.4% | 2.5% | 192 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 1.0% | 10.4% | 650 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 45.9% | 39.2% | 288 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.4% | 2.9% | 137 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 20.5% | 14.4% | 226 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 59% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Housing and Community Development 20% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Health 8.5% (State House Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 6.4% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Energy 5.3% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.03), from 722 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 100% (97.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 195 Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB195/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1098 Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1098/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1370 Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1370/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks · SB 1119 Companion chatbots: children's safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1119/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell · SB 931 Dolly Parton Day. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB931/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1079 Stern Senate Third Reading By Connolly · SB 1079 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Fire Innovation Unit. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1079/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1203 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Haney · SB 1203 Security services. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1203/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 193 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 193 Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB193/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 16 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Krell · SB 16 Mental health: involuntary commitment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB16/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 186 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 186 Income taxes: film tax credits. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB186/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 38 bills: 34 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 404. 84.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 42 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- ACR 232: Relative to Direct Support Professional Recognition Week. (became law, 2026-08-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR232/
- AB 2456: Courts: Commission on Judicial Performance. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2456/
- AB 2547: Life and disability insurance. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2547/
- AB 2576: Transit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites. (became law, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2576/
- AB 2515: Childcare. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2515/
- AB 2058: California Factory-Built Housing Law. (became law, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2058/
- AB 2094: Social Housing Strategy and Implementation Program. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2094/
- AB 2038: Residential property insurance: cancellations and nonrenewals. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2038/
- AB 1950: Civil actions: mediation. (became law, 2026-08-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1950/
- ACR 136: Relative to Engineers Week. (became law, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR136/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $663.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2096436316020035931
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2096436318935126228
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2095007528308633931
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2095200402547642725
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2095200404917391390
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2094881167447396602
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2094881170777665701
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2029667913419133364
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2026712306118475852
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/AsmHarabedian, JohnHarabedian/status/2026099436586500524

## Links

- Official site: https://a41.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://johnharabedian.com/
- X: https://x.com/AsmHarabedian
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- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsmHarabedian
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AsmHarabedian/#
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john4AD41/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0253bb3f-2fcb-49ed-a85d-578fee726be8