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Democrat · California House, district 27

Serving since Dec 5, 2022CA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Esmeralda Soria, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$1.5M
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats

The median for State House Democrats is $40.4K. Ranks 29th of 2,082, where 1st raised the most. 243 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State House Democrats. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. 27% of Soria’s statements claim credit, 1.9 times the State House Democrat average of 14%. Soria sits at −0.43 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 77% of State House Democrats.

The measures on which Soria sits furthest from the middle of State House Democrats, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Itemized, 2026

$1.5M

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 29th of 2,082

Credit claiming

27%

State House Democrats average 14% · ranks 124th of 764

CSIP ideology

−0.43

More conservative than 77% of State House Democrats · ± 0.04

Policy criticism

3.4%

State House Democrats average 10% · ranks 551st of 764

Extreme labels

0%

State House Democrats average 1.0% · ranks 543rd of 764

Party unity

99.0%

California House average 97.7% · ranks 55th of 79 · 8 votes against the majority of California House Democrats

Peer group: State House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Soria, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Soria is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Soria says

Soria criticizes policies less than 71% of State House Democrats. Policy criticism in 3.4% of 205 statements, against 10% for the average State House Democrat; 551st of 764.

An AI model reads each of Soria’s 205 statements in the CA 2025–26 session (205 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the CA 2025–26 session

0%80%
Soria
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion85 statements
41%
39%
360th of 764
Credit claiming55 statements
27%
14%
124th of 764
Policy criticism7 statements
3%
10%
551st of 764
Bipartisanship7 statements
3%
3%
227th of 764
Personal attacks2 statements
1%
3%
326th of 764
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Soria's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowSoriaPeers
Policy discussion41%39%
Credit claiming27%14%
Policy criticism3%10%
Bipartisanship3%3%
Personal attacks1%3%
205

statements classified

205 posts on X.

posts on X: 205 (100.0%)posts on X 205
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Soria's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X205
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Soria; the thin grey bar is the average State House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Soria does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Soria used no extreme labels in 205 statements. The peer average is 1.0%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the CA 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 312025-02: 432025-03: 532025-04: 72025-05: 142025-06: 192025-07: 52025-08: 142025-09: 122025-10: 22025-11: 32025-12: 02026-01: 02026-02: 12026-03: 02026-04: 02026-05: 12026-06: 02026-07: 02026-08: 02026-09: 02026-10: 0peak 53 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 7.1% · May ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 31Personal attacks, 2025-02: 2.3% of 43Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 53Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: 7.1% of 14Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 14Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 9.7% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 9.7% of 31Policy criticism, 2025-02: 4.7% of 43Policy criticism, 2025-03: 1.9% of 53Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: 0.0% of 14Policy criticism, 2025-06: 5.3% of 19Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: 0.0% of 14Policy criticism, 2025-09: 0.0% of 12Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 57.1% · May ’25 · latest 33.3%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 38.7% of 31Policy discussion, 2025-02: 53.5% of 43Policy discussion, 2025-03: 39.6% of 53Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: 57.1% of 14Policy discussion, 2025-06: 42.1% of 19Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: 21.4% of 14Policy discussion, 2025-09: 33.3% of 12Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 14.3% · Aug ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 3.2% of 31Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 43Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 5.7% of 53Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 7.1% of 14Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 19Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 14.3% of 14Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 0.0% of 12Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 33.3% · Sep ’25 · latest 33.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 32.3% of 31Credit claiming, 2025-02: 32.6% of 43Credit claiming, 2025-03: 24.5% of 53Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: 21.4% of 14Credit claiming, 2025-06: 26.3% of 19Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: 14.3% of 14Credit claiming, 2025-09: 33.3% of 12Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 31Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 43Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 53Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 19Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 12Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Soria, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’25310.0%9.7%38.7%3.2%32.3%0.0%
Feb ’25432.3%4.7%53.5%0.0%32.6%0.0%
Mar ’25530.0%1.9%39.6%5.7%24.5%0.0%
Apr ’257— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’25147.1%0.0%57.1%7.1%21.4%0.0%
Jun ’25190.0%5.3%42.1%0.0%26.3%0.0%
Jul ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’25140.0%0.0%21.4%14.3%14.3%0.0%
Sep ’25120.0%0.0%33.3%0.0%33.3%0.0%
Oct ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Nov ’253— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jan ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the CA 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 15 months are hatched here; 9 of them have no statements.

In Soria’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 5, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · credit claiming · Source

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

May 3, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: POTUS · Source

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Jun 7, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Immigration · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: POTUSSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacksSource

All 205 statements

Newest first, the CA 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 205 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Agriculture and Food is what Soria talks about most: 25% of policy statements, 5.4 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.58 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 192nd of 503).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Soria talks about. The bills Soria sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Soria talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the CA 2025–26 session

0%35%
Soria
Peers
Agriculture and Food21 statements
25%
5%
Health19 statements
22%
15%
Education14 statements
16%
15%
Immigration11 statements
13%
4%
Crime and Law Enforcement7 statements
8%
8%
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Policy areas Soria talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowSoriaPeers
Agriculture and Food25%5%
Health22%15%
Education16%15%
Immigration13%4%
Crime and Law Enforcement8%8%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Soria’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onAgriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 25% (State House Democrats 5%)25%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 11% (State House Democrats 3%)11%HealthHealth, talks about: 22% (State House Democrats 15%)22%Health, legislates on: 6% (State House Democrats 15%)6%EducationEducation, talks about: 16% (State House Democrats 15%)16%Education, legislates on: 10% (State House Democrats 10%)10%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 4%)13%Immigration, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 1%)2%Crime and LawEnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 8% (State House Democrats 8%)8%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 6% (State House Democrats 9%)6%
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Soria's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Agriculture and Food25%5%11%3%
Health22%15%6%15%
Education16%15%10%10%
Immigration13%4%2%1%
Crime and Law Enforcement8%8%6%9%
0.58

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 192nd of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Soria legislates on exactly the areas Soria talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Soria sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Soria sits at −0.43 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 77% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.47 to −0.39, which understates the uncertainty; from 975 donors and 499 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−0.43

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.47 to −0.39. From 975 donors and 499 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Soria −0.4State House Democrats −0.6California House −0.7All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Soria, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Soria’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Soria sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Soria −0.4California Housemedian −0.7All State Housemedian +0.1
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Soria's CSIP score of −0.43 placed against State House Democrats, California House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Soria
State House Democrats2392−0.677%
California House79−0.771%
All State House5324+0.135%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Soria in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Soria.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Soria reported $1.5M in the 2026 cycle, 37.4 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 95% of itemized individual money came from California.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$1.5M

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 243 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)Individuals (itemized): $253.4K (16.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (83.1%)
  • Individuals (itemized)17 squares$253.4K
  • PACs and other committees83 squares$1.3M
  • Party committees$2,523
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Sources of Soria's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$253.4K16.8%
PACs and other committees$1.3M83.1%
Party committees$2,5230.2%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $3.3M$3.3M20222024 cycle: $4.0M$4.0M20242026 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Soria's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$3.3M
2024 cycle$4.0M
2026 cycle$1.5M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 95% came from California.

  1. California$241.4K
  2. District of Columbia$5,500
  3. Iowa$2,500
  4. New York$2,000
  5. Texas$1,000

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $2,000NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: $2,500IAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $1,000PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $241.4KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $5,500DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $1,000TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Soria's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$241.4K
District of Columbia$5,500
Iowa$2,500
New York$2,000
Pennsylvania$1,000
Texas$1,000
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
243

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

95%

from California

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is California. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$29.9K 16 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$28.9K 20 donors
  3. OWNER$17.7K 16 donors
  4. NOT EMPLOYED$17.3K 21 donors
  5. FARMER$14.7K 14 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. FACULTY FOR OUR UNIVERSITY'S FUTURE, A COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$33.6K
  2. ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PAC SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$29.5K
  3. PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA PAC (PORAC PAC) SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$28.2K
  4. CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PAC$23.6K
  5. CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE PAC (CREPAC) - CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$23.6K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM$3,650 4 donors
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED$1,600 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Soria voted with the majority of California House Democrats on 99.0% of party-line votes and missed 6.6% of 4,001 roll calls. California House on average: 97.7% party unity, 92.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Soria voted against the majority of California House Democrats 8 times.

4,001 roll calls Soria could vote on in the CA 2025–26 session, compared with California House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Soria voted with the majority of California House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

8

votes against the majority of California House Democrats

Party unity 99.0%, California House average 97.7%, ranks 55th of 79. 4,001 roll calls in the CA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Soria, the thin grey bar the California House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Soria
Peers
Rank
Attendance
93.4%
92.3%
41st of 79
Party unity
99.0%
97.7%
55th of 79
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Soria's attendance and party unity against California House.
RowSoriaPeers
Attendance93.4%92.3%
Party unity99.0%97.7%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the CA 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 1, 2026
SB 195
Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments.
SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
YeaWith majoritypassD 60–0 · R 19–0Democrats 60 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 19 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1098
Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts.
SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
YeaWith majoritypassD 50–1 · R 0–14Democrats 50 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 14 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1370
Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review.
SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
YeaWith majoritypassD 42–4 · R 16–0Democrats 42 yea, 4 nay; Republicans 16 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children's safety.
SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks
YeaWith majoritypassD 59–0 · R 10–4Democrats 59 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 10 yea, 4 naybecame law · party crossover
Sep 1, 2026
SB 931
Dolly Parton Day.
SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell
YeaWith majoritypassD 56–0 · R 17–0Democrats 56 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 17 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Soria most often

  1. Mike GipsonD3,649 shared votes100%
  2. Lori WilsonD3,604 shared votes100%
  3. Michelle RodriguezD3,594 shared votes100%
  4. Maggy KrellD3,500 shared votes100%
  5. Stephanie NguyenD3,453 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Soria least often

  1. Carl DeMaioR3,622 shared votes70%
  2. Kate SanchezR3,276 shared votes77%
  3. Stan EllisR3,315 shared votes77%
  4. David TangipaR3,284 shared votes77%
  5. Natasha JohnsonR2,236 shared votes77%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

CA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Soria sponsored 39 bills in the CA 2025–26 session; 15 became law. Cosponsored 297 others. 85% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House average 81%; 39th of 79).

The bills Soria sponsored and cosponsored in the CA 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the CA 2025–26 session

Sponsored39 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3939Sponsored, In committee: 3636Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 2626Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1919Sponsored, Became law: 1515Cosponsored297 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 297297Cosponsored, In committee: 297297Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 294294Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 197197Cosponsored, Became law: 186186IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Soria sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3936261915
Cosponsored297297294197186
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Soria sponsored, ochre blocks bills Soria cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

85%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

California House average 81%. Ranks 39th of 79.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Soria, by number of shared bills in the CA 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Heather Hadwick14
  2. Juan Alanis12
  3. Blanca Pacheco9
  4. Blanca Rubio9
  5. Anna Caballero8
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Soria’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HR 140Relative to Children's Get Offline and Get Outdoors Month.CosponsorAug 19, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6424.). Aug 24, 2026
HR 138Relative to National 4-H Week.CosponsorAug 13, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6275.). Aug 19, 2026
HR 137Relative to Diwali.CosponsorAug 13, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6311.). Aug 20, 2026
HR 136Relative to Home Hardening Week.CosponsorAug 10, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6211.). Aug 17, 2026
HR 135Relative to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month.CosponsorAug 6, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6275.). Aug 19, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 57 times in 90 days. Soria’s official site had 48 pages when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Soria’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Soria posts with a vision model.

Websites

  • Official site

    a27.asmdc.org

    Last crawled Oct 1, 2026

    48

    pages crawled

    57

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    soriaforcalifornia.com

    Last crawled Oct 1, 2026

    33

    pages crawled

    8

    changes in 90 days

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Soria posted

No images from Soria’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

142 turns, Feb 23, 2023 to Aug 31, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Soria is most unusual among State House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
d2a8e29a-5eac-4e2a-a686-d1bdb04927e7
Open States
ocd-person/d2a8e29a-5eac-4e2a-a686-d1bdb04927e7

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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