# Ben Allen

Ben Allen is a Democratic member of the California Senate for district 24.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California Senate, district 24
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e725b91e-1f7f-4510-a9cc-0b9a39d283c3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e725b91e-1f7f-4510-a9cc-0b9a39d283c3 (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

49% of Allen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from California, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

362 classified statements: 362 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Allen | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 8.6% | 10.3% | 155 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 49.7% | 42.9% | 139 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.6% | 3.4% | 118 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 20.2% | 16.1% | 110 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 36% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Environmental Protection 18% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Finance and Financial Sector 14% (State Senate Democrats 1.3%); Housing and Community Development 12% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Commerce 9.4% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.03), from 120 donors and 1,115 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 99.5% (98.7%). 7 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB113 Gabriel By Laird · AB 113 Budget Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB113/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2564 Ward et al. By Wiener · AB 2564 Surveillance pricing. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2564/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1349 Bryan et al. By Cabaldon · AB 1349 Consumer protection: ticket sellers. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1349/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB187 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 187 Employment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB187/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2694 Alvarez et al. By Cabaldon · AB 2694 Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2694/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB191 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 191 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB191/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2059 Wilson et al. By Cortese · AB 2059 California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impacts: vehicle miles traveled: mitigation. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2059/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1680 Calderon et al. By Allen · AB 1680 California FAIR Plan Association. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1680/
- 2026-08-31 · voted not voting · 3rd Reading AB1331 Elhawary et al. By Durazo · AB 1331 Workplace surveillance. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1331/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB173 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 173 Health. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB173/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 29 became law. Cosponsored 139. 97.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 8 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 158: Relative to Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month and the 50th Anniversary of the California Arts Council. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR158/
- SCR 147: Relative to Arts Education Month. (became law, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR147/
- SB 1365: Price gouging. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1365/
- SB 1301: Residential property insurance: nonrenewals. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1301/
- SB 1297: Regional wildfire partnerships. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1297/
- SB 1318: Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permit: non-owner-occupied short-term rentals. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1318/
- SB 1233: Public utilities: rates. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1233/
- SB 1209: Insurance: examination of insurers. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1209/
- SB 1229: Coastal resources: coastal development permits: disaster exemption. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1229/
- SB 1244: Public Agency Benefits Intermediary Compensation Disclosure Act. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1244/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 49% 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 · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2114545853742637263
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2114838627264139308
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2114840698671546753
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2113711222516556136
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2113332592493908079
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2113333496014131490
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2113338797341745488
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2113372423668244810
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2113373350613700736
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/BenAllenCA/status/2113374655277130044

## Links

- Official site: https://sd24.senate.ca.gov/
- X: https://x.com/BenAllenCA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benallencalifornia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1227421
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benallenca/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-allen-47bb902/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e725b91e-1f7f-4510-a9cc-0b9a39d283c3