# Pete Aguilar

Pete Aguilar is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for California’s 33rd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 33rd district
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: A000371
- FEC candidate IDs: H2CA31125

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/A000371 (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

82% of the 17 bills Aguilar sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 207 House Democrats.

## What Aguilar says (119th Congress (2025–27))

755 classified statements: 577 posts on X, 101 press releases, 57 newsletters, 20 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Aguilar | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 8.7% | 6.6% | 58 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 31.9% | 27.5% | 77 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 81.6% | 73.2% | 23 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.6% | 9.8% | 109 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 21.7% | 22.7% | 112 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 2.1% | 1.9% | 62 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 37% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 35% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 17% (House Democrats 16%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (House Democrats 20%); Energy 12% (House Democrats 5.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.11 (standard error 0.01), from 5,142 donors and 6,295 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 97.8% (96.4%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 96. 82.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 1 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.Res. 1202: Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1202
- H.Res. 1048: Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1048
- H.Res. 954: Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2025-12-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/954
- H.Res. 890: Expressing support for the designation of November 19, 2025, as "National GIS Day". (in committee, 2025-11-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/890
- H.Res. 721: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/721
- H.R. 4874: Affordable Housing Resident Services Act (in committee, 2025-08-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4874
- H.Res. 538: Ranking a Certain Member on a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/538
- H.Res. 430: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/430
- H.R. 2402: No Hungry Kids in Schools Act (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2402
- H.Res. 214: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/214

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $5.7M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 14% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 37% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2114750129882464456
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2114801736905097407
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2114833665171788144
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2114375894324367843
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2113790999554367819
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2113455506715267286
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2113651169424023801
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2113714368219369624
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2113287653311517054
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar/status/2113384871670522365

## Links

- Official site: https://aguilar.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepPeteAguilar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reppeteaguilar
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000371

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/A000371