BIOGUIDE F000480 · FEC H4CA20181
Vince Fong
U.S. Representative for California's 20th District (since June 2024, elected in a special election)RINCUMBENT
- Race
- U.S. House · California's 20th Congressional District
- Result
- Vince Fong, projected winner
- Opponent
- Sandra Van Scotter (D)
- Research
- Basic
Party line16 votes tracked
With party = voted the same way as most Republicans who voted.
Said vs. did2 statements · 16 votes
Building more houses, cutting red tape, empowering local and rural lenders, and modernizing outdated federal programs is exactly how we lower costs and make housing more affordable.
Loosen zoning rules to build more housing
Compare statements with votes ›Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
Building more houses, cutting red tape, empowering local and rural lenders, and modernizing outdated federal programs is exactly how we lower costs and make housing more affordable.
Supports cutting regulatory barriers and streamlining permitting to expand housing supply.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Cosponsored H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (119th Congress), which would require states to honor other states' concealed-carry permits.
Documented position[6]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESSAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).[10]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- NOWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 64, 2025-12-17), which would have directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Venezuela absent congressional authorization.[12]
- NOWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.[13]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- NOResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.[14]
Biography
Vince Fong is the Republican U.S. Representative for California's 20th District and won re-election on November 3, 2026. A Bakersfield native who worked for Reps. Bill Thomas and Kevin McCarthy before serving in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2024, he won a May 2024 special election to succeed McCarthy and a full term that November.[1][2][3][4]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Fong was born in Bakersfield in 1979. Wikipedia reports that his parents were Chinese immigrants and that he attended West High School.[2][3] He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from UCLA in 2001 and a master's degree in public administration from Princeton University in 2003.[1][2][3] According to his official biography, he began his career with Rep. Bill Thomas, then chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, working on international trade policy. After returning to Kern County, he spent nearly a decade as district director to Kevin McCarthy, then House Majority Leader.[1][2] His official biography says he helped organize a Valley Fever Symposium to draw national attention to the disease. Wikipedia lists his service on the boards of Goodwill Industries of South Central California, the Jim Burke Education Foundation and Honor Flight Kern County.[2][3]
Fong was elected to the California State Assembly in 2016 and re-elected in 2018, 2020 and 2022, representing Bakersfield-area districts. His official biography says he worked in Sacramento on energy, transportation, infrastructure and supply chains, and the bills he authored included measures on catalytic converter theft and wildfire prevention through controlled grazing. He resigned his Assembly seat on May 24, 2024.[1][2][3]
McCarthy resigned from Congress effective December 31, 2023, and Fong ran in the special election to succeed him. He advanced to a runoff against Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux and won the May 21, 2024 runoff, 60.6 percent to 39.4 percent. He was sworn in on June 3, 2024, and won a full term in November 2024 with 65.1 percent of the vote.[1][3] In Congress he serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Homeland Security committees, and he belongs to the Republican Study Committee, Western Caucus and Congressional Valley Fever Task Force, among other caucuses.[15] Fong advanced from the June 2, 2026 primary with 68.2 percent of the vote. He is a lifelong Kern County resident and lives in Bakersfield with his wife, Amanda.[1][2] He won the November 3, 2026 general election with 61.9% of the vote to Sandra Van Scotter's 38.1%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News, with 58.2% of votes counted.[4]
Recent votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | With partyvoted no | War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207 |
| 2026-02-11 | With partyvoted no | Resolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210 |
| 2026-02-03 | With partyvoted yes | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21 |
| 2026-01-08 | With partyvoted no | Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196 |
| 2025-12-17 | With partyvoted no | War Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212 |
| 2025-12-10 | With partyvoted yes | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18 |
| 2025-11-18 | With partyvoted yes | Epstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1 |
| 2025-11-12 | With partyvoted yes | Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2 |
Showing the 8 most recent of 16 votes.
All 16 recorded votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | With partyvoted no | War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans. |
| 2026-02-11 | With partyvoted no | Resolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy. |
| 2026-02-03 | With partyvoted yes | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026. |
| 2026-01-08 | With partyvoted no | Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans. |
| 2025-12-17 | With partyvoted no | War Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region. |
| 2025-12-10 | With partyvoted yes | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year. |
| 2025-11-18 | With partyvoted yes | Epstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support. |
| 2025-11-12 | With partyvoted yes | Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively. |
| 2025-07-17 | With partyvoted yes | CLARITY Act — digital asset market structureH.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · roll call ↗Democrats 78–134 · Republicans 216–0The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries. |
| 2025-07-17 | With partyvoted yes | GENIUS Act — stablecoin regulationS. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · roll call ↗Democrats 102–110 · Republicans 206–12The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law. |
| 2025-07-03 | With partyvoted yes | One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passageH.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 218–2H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025. |
| 2025-06-12 | With partyvoted yes | Rescissions Act of 2025H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–208 · Republicans 214–4The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades. |
| 2025-05-22 | With partyvoted yes | One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passageH.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 215–2H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients. |
| 2025-04-10 | With partyvoted yes | SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registrationH.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 4–208 · Republicans 216–0The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls. |
| 2025-03-11 | With partyvoted yes | Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 1–212 · Republicans 216–1The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations. |
| 2025-01-22 | With partyvoted yes | Laken Riley Act — final passageS. 5 · Passed 263–156 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–156 · Republicans 217–0The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions. |
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- actionServes on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Highways and Transit; Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials; Water Resources and Environment subcommittees) and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the 119th Congress.[16]
- bill2026-09-15 · Introduced H.J. Res. 210, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the EPA's authorization of California's Air Resources Board At-Berth Regulation; the House passed it.[17]
In their own words
Priorities
- Lists restoring California's oil and gas production and cutting energy regulation as a priority, describing it as key to lowering costs and strengthening national security.[18]
- Lists cutting regulatory barriers to housing construction and expanding housing supply as a priority for lowering home prices in the Central Valley.[5]
Campaign money$1.8M raised · 47% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30
Totals this cycle
Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.
Who gave
- Individuals $785K
- PACs & committees $894K
Largest committee contributions
- Edison International PAC PAC$10K
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PAC PAC$10K
- United Parcel Service, Inc. PAC (Upspac) PAC$10K
- California Dairies, Inc. Federal Political Action Committee PAC$10K
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Political Action Committee PAC$10K
- Chevron Employees Political Action Committee - Chevron Corporation PAC$10K
- New York Life Insurance Company Political Action Committee PAC$10K
- Mr. Southern Missourian in the House PAC PAC$10K
- American Pistachio Growers Pistachio Political Action Committee PAC$10K
- Air Line Pilots Association PAC PAC$10K
Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗
Profile: /people/vince-fong
Where they stood out
Voted against most of their party on 14 of 462 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (13), Climate & energy (9), Foreign affairs & defense (3)
Amendment (Roy) to H.R. 8595 — Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
A yes vote supported an H.R. 8595 amendment that bars any funds in the bill from being made available to the United Nations. (AI-written)
What it does: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for national security, the Department of State, and related programs.
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–210, Republicans 136–80
Jul 15, 2026Official record ↗
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
What it does: Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 95–113, Republicans 122–90
May 13, 2026Official record ↗
Amendment (Norman) to H.R. 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
A yes vote adopted Amendment 2 to H.R. 7148, which would have removed earmarks (Community Project Funding) in the bill's Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education division. (AI-written)
What it does: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for the remainder of FY2026 and provides continuing FY2026 appropriations for the Department of Homel…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–215, Republicans 136–75
Jan 22, 2026Official record ↗
Their votes on the most contested roll calls
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed 214–212 · Yes 214–No 212 · Democrats 0–211, Republicans 214–0
Jun 9, 2026Official record ↗
- No
Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act
With most of their party · Failed 214–217 · Yes 214–No 217 · Democrats 214–0, Republicans 0–216
Feb 11, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed 217–215 · Yes 217–No 215 · Democrats 0–214, Republicans 216–1
Feb 25, 2025Official record ↗
- No
With most of their party · Failed 215–215 · Yes 215–No 215 · Democrats 213–0, Republicans 2–214
Jan 22, 2026Official record ↗
- No
With most of their party · Failed 213–213 · Yes 213–No 213 · Democrats 211–0, Republicans 2–212
Jun 4, 2025Official record ↗
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Vince Fong · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.About | Congressman Vince Fong · Office of Rep. Vince Fong Official record
- 3.Vince Fong · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 4.California 20th election results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 5.Fong Votes to Lower Housing Costs · Office of Rep. Vince Fong · 2026-05-20 Candidate's own words
- 6.H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
- 7.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
- 8.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
- 9.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
- 10.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
- 11.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
- 12.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
- 13.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
- 14.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
- 15.Committees and Caucuses | Congressman Vince Fong · Office of Rep. Vince Fong Official record
- 16.Vince Fong · Ballotpedia Reference
- 17.Fong Legislation to End California's Hidden Tax Raising Costs on Americans Passes House · Office of Rep. Vince Fong · 2026-09-15 Candidate's own words
- 18.Congressman Fong Applauds Bureau of Land Management for effort to reopen oil and gas leasing in Central California · Office of Rep. Vince Fong · 2025-06-24 Candidate's own words