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What they report · Where they serve · not the pond

Reported assets: At least $1,015,002 (range $1,015,002–$5,050,000); 2025 Senate financial disclosure, lowest value of each band, summed. Official report ↗
Median household income, California: $99,122 (±$310); Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimate. Census table ↗

1,020% of the California median

Median household income, California $99,122

Alex Padilla, reported assets (low end) $1,015,002

The income bar shows the median as a share of the larger of the two figures, with a 3px minimum width so it stays visible. The assets bar has its own scale, from $1 at the left to $20 million at the right, and follows the low end of the range. It fills completely when the top of the range is over $20 million. Its color, and the color of the percentage above, runs from green on the left to red on the right.

Reported assets are what the disclosure form lists, in value bands, before debts and not counting a primary home. The median is one year's household income. They measure different things.

Context only. The income figure never moves the pond.

How they voted · the eight · not the pond

Latest roll call per issue, shown as the stance it supports. A NO counts as the other side. The line under each label is the exact vote.

ImmigrationMore lenientvoted NO on S. 5, the Laken Riley detention bill (Senate, 2025)AbortionPro-choicevoted NO on S. 6, the born-alive infant care bill (Senate, cloture to proceed, 2025)+1 earlier GunsStrictervoted YES on S. 2938, the Safer Communities gun bill (Senate, concur, 2022)Free speechNO VOTE YETNo vote on this issue yet TaxesHighervoted YES on H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act (Senate, 2022)EnergyNO VOTE YETNo vote on this issue yet Crime & policingNO VOTE YETNo vote on this issue yet Parental rightsNO VOTE YETNo vote on this issue yet

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About Alex Padilla

Age: 53 (born Mar 22, 1973)source
Born in: Los Angeles, Californiasource
Years in office: U.S. Senate since Jan 20, 2021 · 5 years.source
Hobbies & fun facts: nothing found

An engineer by training. He served on the LA City Council and in the California State Senate, then as California secretary of state from 2015 to 2021.

Last updated: Oct 19, 2026

For context only. These details never change the pond.

What they're running on

From their campaign site, in their own words. Not the pond.

No official platform found.

Also on the record — not in the pond

Votes and disclosures. A single vote here doesn't change the pond. A checked flip on any bill is listed in the Flips section.

Next election · not the pond

Not on the ballot in 2026 · Next election Nov 7, 2028 · CA Senate · Class 3, term ends Jan 3, 2029

Federal general elections are the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Not the pond.

Government salary

$174,000

2026 pay for the office. Set by law. Not the pond.

Reported assets · not the pond

Alex Padilla · Reported assets, 2025 Senate disclosure (lower bound) · At least $1,015,002 (range $1,015,002–$5,050,000)

$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M

Alex Padilla: 2025 Senate financial disclosure, lowest value of each band, summed (Official report ↗).

Reported assets. Not the pond.
Alex Padilla	At least $1,015,002 (range $1,015,002–$5,050,000)

Committee assignments · not the pond

Current committees and subcommittees. Shown so you can see it. Committees never move the pond.

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Member
Subcommittee: Energy — Member
Subcommittee: Public Lands, Forests, and Mining — Member
Subcommittee: Water and Power — Member
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Member
Subcommittee: Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety — Member
Subcommittee: Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife — Member
Subcommittee: Transportation and Infrastructure — Member
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration — Ranking Member
Senate Committee on the Budget — Member
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Member
Subcommittee: Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights — Member
Subcommittee: Border Security and Immigration — Ranking Member
Subcommittee: Privacy, Technology, and the Law — Member
Subcommittee: the Constitution — Member
Joint Committee on Printing — Member
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library — Member

Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators, pulled Oct 20, 2026.

Funding — not the pond

FEC money track · 2024–2026 cycle · never part of the pond

Did they take money from PACs that funded both Democrats and Republicans? Money never moves the pond.

Campaign — they cashed it

$172,087 TAKE (dual-party PAC)

Took at least $1,000 from PACs that fund both parties.

Context. Not the pond. Taking the check is not a flip. Flipping after the check, and staying quiet, is.

Own it — Dual-party PAC

The office types a why in their own words after opening the mailbox link. It does not move the pond.

Largest dual-party PACs on this file.

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES$10,000
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. PAC (BOOZ ALLEN PAC)$10,000
SIEMENS CORPORATION$7,500

Traditional PAC contributions to candidate committees only. A dual-party PAC gave at least $1,000 to both parties. AIPAC in this table is committee C00797670. Legal, disclosed, hard-capped. Super PACs and dark money are not in this number. Taking this money is common. The amount is the story. HippoCricket doesn't put this in the pond. FEC bulk committee-to-candidate (24K/24Z), cycles 2024+2026. Dual-party = PAC gave ≥$1,000 to Dems and ≥$1,000 to Republicans. AIPAC = C00797670 only. Download the PAC table.

Bills they sponsored · floor outcomes · not the pond

Bills and joint resolutions they sponsored since 2015 that passed or failed in a chamber. Sponsor only. Shown so you can see it. Bills never move the pond.

Sponsored 254 since 2015. 6 became law. 11 passed a chamber and did not become law. 0 failed a floor vote.

S. 1142 (119th Congress) — Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act
A bill to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Scarper Ridge property.
Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Passed Senate Mar 25, 2026 · Official record ↗
S. 320 (119th Congress) — National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
A bill to reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes.
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 · Passed Senate Jan 5, 2026 · Official record ↗
S. 748 (119th Congress) — A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 · Passed Senate Dec 15, 2025 · Official record ↗
S. 318 (119th Congress) — ANCHOR Act
A bill to require a plan to improve the cybersecurity and telecommunications of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, and for other purposes.
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 · Passed Senate Oct 8, 2025 · Official record ↗
S. 3857 (118th Congress) — Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
A bill to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California, and for other purposes.
Introduced Feb 29, 2024 · Became law Dec 23, 2024 (Public Law 118-199) · Official record ↗
S. 4077 (118th Congress) — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the "Dianne Feinstein Post Office".
Introduced Apr 8, 2024 · Became law Dec 23, 2024 (Public Law 118-204) · Official record ↗
S. 4851 (118th Congress) — Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act of 2024
A bill to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Scarper Ridge property.
Introduced Jul 30, 2024 · Passed Senate Dec 19, 2024 · Official record ↗
S. 4451 (118th Congress) — RESERVE Federal Land Act
A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on reservation systems for Federal land.
Introduced Jun 4, 2024 · Passed Senate Dec 19, 2024 · Official record ↗
S. 5005 (118th Congress) — A bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act.
Introduced Sep 10, 2024 · Passed Senate Dec 17, 2024 · Official record ↗
S. 1097 (118th Congress) — César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act
A bill to establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in the States of California and Arizona, and for other purposes.
Introduced Mar 30, 2023 · Passed Senate Dec 17, 2024 · Official record ↗

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS (Library of Congress actions), pulled Oct 20, 2026. Provisions passed inside other bills are not counted.

Where they stand on the eight

A sourced vote always wins. Nothing is guessed.

Immigration & Border SecurityOpposedNo flipMore lenient immigration and reform
AbortionOpposedNo flipPro-choice / legal abortion access
Gun Rights & Second AmendmentSupportedNo flipMore restrictions
Free Speech & CensorshipNo sourced recordNo sourced record
Taxes, Spending & DebtOpposedNo flipHigher taxes, especially on the wealthy
Energy PolicyNo sourced recordNo sourced record
Crime & PolicingNo sourced recordNo sourced record
Parental Rights & School ChoiceNo sourced recordNo sourced record

Votes with own party

100% of the time — 5 of 5 roll calls on this page went with the rest of the Democratic caucus.

Fat Hippo is whether they stay themselves. This is whether they stay with the party. Doesn't touch the pond.

Why Thin Hippo: Thin Hippo — no votes yet. We count votes from 2015 on.

We show what they said and what they did. The verdict is yours.

Recorded flips

Explained

Unexplained

Stance timeline by issue

Flips first

Each line is a sourced position. One banner is one flip on a landmark issue. Flips on other bills are listed in the Flips section, and Recorded flips counts both.