# Scott Peters

Scott Peters is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for California’s 50th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 50th district
- Serving since: 2013-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: P000608
- FEC candidate IDs: H2CA52089

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/P000608 (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

The policy areas Peters talks about and legislates on agree at 0.76 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of House Democrats.

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

1,420 classified statements: 1,187 posts on X, 169 press releases, 43 newsletters, 21 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 | Peters | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.8% | 6.6% | 125 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 36.0% | 27.5% | 36 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 77.0% | 73.2% | 73 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 15.5% | 9.8% | 27 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 30.6% | 22.7% | 37 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.9% | 177 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 21% (House Democrats 16%); Health 21% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (House Democrats 20%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (House Democrats 20%); Environmental Protection 17% (House Democrats 5.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.01), from 3,327 donors and 7,452 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 94.2% (96.4%). 29 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 453. 5.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 74 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10591: Safer Choice Program Authorization Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10591
- H.R. 10302: Certainty in Litigation for Electric Asset Reliability (CLEAR) Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10302
- H.R. 10215: Workforce Mobility Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10215
- H.R. 9929: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office… (in committee, 2026-07-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9929
- H.R. 9870: Affordable Housing Incentives Act (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9870
- H.R. 9760: National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9760
- H.R. 9599: SECURE 340B Act (in committee, 2026-07-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9599
- H.R. 9564: Military Housing Innovation Act (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9564
- H.Res. 1396: Expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2026 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2026, as "National… (in committee, 2026-06-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1396
- H.Res. 1265: Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 3, 2026, through May 9, 2026, as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week". (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1265

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.2M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 4.8% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 53% 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, bipartisanship · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2114756290039660772
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2114799693041733840
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2114799694639702203
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2114799696317477304
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2114799698238484519
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2114799699823870185
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2113801743779725409
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2113801745302167786
- 2026-10-24 · Newsletter · Weekly Recap from San Diego 10/23 · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepScottPeters/status/2113671349671436770

## Links

- Official site: https://scottpeters.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepScottPeters
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepScottPeters
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repscottpeters
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000608

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/P000608