# Joe Patterson

Joe Patterson is a Republican member of the California House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California House, district 5
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c7a404d9-03f7-4e82-b730-1623da31d4cc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7a404d9-03f7-4e82-b730-1623da31d4cc (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

Patterson reported $403.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

2,822 classified statements: 2,822 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Patterson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.7% | 2.9% | 168 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 16.4% | 9.3% | 144 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 28.0% | 31.9% | 439 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.1% | 1.8% | 241 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 5.0% | 12.7% | 559 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 262 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 37% (State House Republicans 10%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State House Republicans 18%); Housing and Community Development 10% (State House Republicans 3.4%); Economics and Public Finance 9.5% (State House Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.6% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 307 donors and 507 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 92.2% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 95.6% (97.7%). 57 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 41 bills: 40 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 291. 85.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 36 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- ACR 154: Relative to California Down Syndrome Awareness Week and Day. (became law, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR154/
- HR 89: Relative to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR89/
- AB 2382: Electronic death registration system. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2382/
- AB 2661: Search warrants: newborn screening program. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2661/
- AB 2700: Public Utilities Commission: electrical corporations: wildfire victim restitution shortfalls: report: restitution mechanisms. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2700/
- AB 2542: Human remains: disposition. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2542/
- AB 2442: Peptides. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2442/
- AB 2423: Agriculture: cotton pests abatement districts: organization and establishment: authorized counties. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2423/
- AB 2608: Energy: transportation fuels assessment. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2608/
- AB 2237: Probation: term length. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2237/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $403.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2114165170918531113
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2114187700056252757
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2114482223646933065
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2114065802236395638
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2114085820521185686
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2114086006685352397
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2114088217775620310
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2113468837874258033
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2113468971240558798
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Patterdude/status/2113762978650841303

## Links

- Official site: https://ad05.asmrc.org/
- Campaign site: https://joepatterson.com/ad5/
- X: https://x.com/Patterdude
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PattersonForAssembly
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pattersonjoe
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joepatterson82/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7a404d9-03f7-4e82-b730-1623da31d4cc