# Roger Niello

Roger Niello is a Republican member of the California Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ee85bc79-20ee-4046-905e-ad797995fa41

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee85bc79-20ee-4046-905e-ad797995fa41 (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

Niello reported $965.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

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

262 classified statements: 262 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Niello | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.5% | 2.3% | 132 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 21.8% | 9.5% | 45 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 60.7% | 37.3% | 37 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.3% | 177 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 21.0% | 15.4% | 106 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Health 18% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 15% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State Senate Republicans 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.02), from 347 donors and 509 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 86% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 98.0% (98.7%). 27 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · 3rd Reading AB113 Gabriel By Laird · AB 113 Budget Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB113/
- 2026-08-31 · voted nay · 3rd Reading AB2564 Ward et al. By Wiener · AB 2564 Surveillance pricing. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2564/
- 2026-08-31 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 55 bills: 54 reached committee, 38 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 120. 90.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 24 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 118: Relative to Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR118/
- SCR 184: Relative to Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week. (became law, 2026-08-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR184/
- SCR 179: Relative to Celiac Disease Awareness Month. (became law, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR179/
- SR 114: Relative to Advancement Via Individual Determination Week. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR114/
- SR 112: Relative to Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Awareness Week. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR112/
- SCR 172: Relative to Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR172/
- SR 95: Relative to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR95/
- SB 1347: Pupil health: emergency stock albuterol inhalers. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1347/
- SB 1385: Employment Development Department. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1385/
- SB 1374: Restraining orders: educational institutions. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1374/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $965.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2113758625089077681
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2112973971440504906
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2112973972988174375
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2113039460913078485
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2113039464574705877
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2111237083000180990
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2110427542050275392
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2110427543606288566
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2107971565312970782
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenRogerNiello, https://twitter.com/RogerNiello/status/2107971569620582821

## Links

- Official site: https://sr06.senate.ca.gov/
- Campaign site: https://rogerniello.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenRogerNiello
- X: https://x.com/RogerNiello
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenRogerNiello
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nielloforsenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roger.niello.9
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senrogerniello/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rwniello/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rKdtiHCarhaMX87r1i7yg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-niello-b50185174/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee85bc79-20ee-4046-905e-ad797995fa41