# Monique Limón

Monique Limón is a Democratic member of the California Senate for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2020-12-07
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e924a3ec-c7c0-4094-8504-7611bcf8979f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e924a3ec-c7c0-4094-8504-7611bcf8979f (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

100% of Limón’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from California, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

350 classified statements: 350 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 | Limón | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 4.6% | 10.3% | 208 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 59.7% | 42.9% | 70 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.4% | 3.4% | 122 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 19.1% | 16.1% | 122 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 20% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Health 14% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Government Operations and Politics 10% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Economics and Public Finance 9.1% (State Senate Democrats 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.03), from 340 donors and 1,090 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 94.3% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 100% (98.7%). 0 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 yea · 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 76. 95.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 16 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 196: Judicial Council: 100th anniversary. (became law, 2026-08-24) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR196/
- SB 1410: Adult community care facilities: email address of record. (became law, 2026-09-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1410/
- SR 25: Relative to Women's History Month. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR25/
- SB 676: California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire. (became law, 2025-10-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB676/
- SB 840: Greenhouse gases: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: studies. (became law, 2025-09-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB840/
- SB 825: Consumers: financial protection. (became law, 2025-10-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB825/
- SB 702: Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report. (became law, 2025-10-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB702/
- SB 729: State of emergency: nonprofit liaison. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB729/
- SB 831: Geologic hazards: California Geological Survey. (became law, 2025-10-01) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB831/
- SB 778: Migrant childcare and development programs. (became law, 2025-10-07) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB778/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $79.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2113352987804655968
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2112696201447641115
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2112992396124582243
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2113029392511463541
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2112653174461059378
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2112291897050075460
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2111097079099740600
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2110825301844623611
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2110439231722299603
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA/status/2110115039630037491

## Links

- Official site: https://sd19.senate.ca.gov/
- Campaign site: https://www.moniquelimonforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/MoniqueLimonCA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoniqueLimonCA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/S.Monique.Limon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monique.limon.7
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moniquelimonca
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@s.moniquelimon515
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monique-lim%C3%B3n-073b9011/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e924a3ec-c7c0-4094-8504-7611bcf8979f