# Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for California’s 4th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 4th district
- Serving since: 1999-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: T000460
- FEC candidate IDs: H8CA01109

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/T000460 (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

0.4% of Thompson’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats (average 1.9%).

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

2,319 classified statements: 1,910 posts on X, 227 press releases, 182 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 | Thompson | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 6.6% | 177 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 24.3% | 27.5% | 147 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 75.2% | 73.2% | 92 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.7% | 9.8% | 89 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 30.0% | 22.7% | 39 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.9% | 184 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 22% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (House Democrats 20%); Agriculture and Food 13% (House Democrats 8.8%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 11% (House Democrats 16%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.91 (standard error 0.01), from 3,547 donors and 7,470 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 97.2% (96.4%). 17 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 407. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 171 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.Res. 1628: Supporting the designation of the week beginning on October 10, 2026, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week". (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1628
- H.R. 10508: To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10508
- H.R. 9489: GRACE for Military Survivors Act (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9489
- H.Res. 1376: Supporting the contributions and goals of Lavender Growers Month. (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1376
- H.R. 9041: America Bikes Act (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9041
- H.R. 8910: SLUSH FUND Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8910
- H.Res. 1297: Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2026, as "Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day". (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1297
- H.Res. 1145: Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month. (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1145
- H.R. 7810: Lowering Student Loans Act (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7810
- H.R. 7636: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the individual tariff refund credit. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7636

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $5.5M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 7.7% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 79% 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/RepThompson/status/2114548805546700821
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114723142270689725
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114731277265867120
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114753852268228789
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114753853711167713
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114777346540491158
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114396797942534604
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114442124271771817
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2113999591536255471
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2114120976128467099

## Links

- Official site: https://mikethompson.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepThompson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepMikeThompson
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CongressmanMThompson
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000460

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/T000460