# Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Sydney Kamlager-Dove is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for California’s 37th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 37th district
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: K000400
- FEC candidate IDs: H2CA37304

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000400 (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

18% of Kamlager-Dove’s statements contain a personal attack, 2.8 times the House Democrat average of 6.6%.

## What Kamlager-Dove says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,803 classified statements: 1,560 posts on X, 170 press releases, 66 Congressional Record speeches, 7 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Kamlager-Dove | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 18.3% | 6.6% | 5 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 25.9% | 27.5% | 140 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 67.6% | 73.2% | 172 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.5% | 9.8% | 154 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 16.7% | 22.7% | 163 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 2.7% | 1.9% | 43 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 20% (House Democrats 20%); Health 20% (House Democrats 26%); Immigration 19% (House Democrats 11%); International Affairs 19% (House Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (House Democrats 20%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.30 (standard error 0.02), from 1,345 donors and 2,376 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 99.5% (96.4%). 15 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 nay · 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 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 416. 2.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 118 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10676: Foster Youth Dental Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10676
- H.R. 10677: Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10677
- H.Res. 1587: Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "National Kinship Care Month". (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1587
- H.R. 10565: Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Act (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10565
- H.Res. 1479: Impeaching Russell Thurlow Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, for high crimes and misdemeanors. (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1479
- H.R. 10027: Stop ICE’s Medical Neglect Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-08-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10027
- H.R. 9960: Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9960
- H.R. 9805: Children’s Safe Welcome Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9805
- H.R. 9786: Judicial Integrity Act (in committee, 2026-07-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9786
- H.R. 9282: Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9282

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.6M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 60% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 68% 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/RepKamlagerDove/status/2114740598372507797
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2114415502743470266
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2114483770116161797
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2113789696266662205
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2114059364541845871
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2114098410177638558
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2114132631709491634
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2113697646535651485
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2113747537329062225
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove/status/2113326539979047030

## Links

- Official site: https://kamlager-dove.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepKamlagerDove
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepKamlagerDove
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep_kamlagerdove
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000400

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000400