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Sydney Kamlager-Dove

U.S. Representative for California's 37th District (since 2023)DINCUMBENT

Race
U.S. House · California's 37th District
Result
Sydney Kamlager-Dove, projected winner
Opponent
Samantha Mota (D)
Research
Basic

Party line17 votes tracked

15With Democrats
2Against
0Didn't vote

Broke with Democrats on

With party = voted the same way as most Democrats who voted.

Said vs. did8 statements · 17 votes

Extending these tax credits is a simple, commonsense step to help families get by—one that 78 percent of Americans support.

Expand public health coverage

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On the ballotU.S. House · 37

2026-11-03

Sydney Kamlager-Dove Dincumbent
Samantha Mota Dchallenger

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.

Expand public health coverageSupports
Extending these tax credits is a simple, commonsense step to help families get by—one that 78 percent of Americans support.

Celebrated House passage of a three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, saying Democrats fought to prevent health care premiums from doubling for 22 million Americans.[4]

  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements.[5][6]
  • YESBreaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08), which extended enhanced ACA premium subsidies.[7]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Broad tariffs on imported goodsOpposes
These arbitrary tariffs have created chaos for small businesses and caused prices for nearly everything from groceries to clothes to skyrocket, all while doing next to nothing to protect American workers and industries.

Said Trump's tariffs created chaos for small businesses and drove up prices while doing little to protect American workers, and called for the administration to halt them and refund businesses.[8]

  • YESResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.[9]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Expand immigration enforcement and deportationsOpposes
No more blank checks for this rogue agency.

Voted no on a DHS appropriations bill, citing ICE funding levels and conduct including the killing of a U.S. citizen and the detention of a constituent, and said she would give the agency no more funding.[10]

  • NOLaken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22).[11]
  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[5][6]
  • NOSecure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).[12]

3 of 3 votes point the same way as the statement

Continue U.S. military aid to IsraelMixed
Even as I will continue to support the provision of defensive equipment to Israel like Iron Dome, I can no longer support unconditional offensive military aid to the Netanyahu government.

Says she will continue to support defensive military aid to Israel, such as Iron Dome, but will not support unconditional offensive military aid to the Netanyahu government, citing its use to prolong the Gaza war and expand West Bank annexation.[13]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Protect legal access to abortionSupports

Cosponsored H.R. 4099, the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, a bill to prohibit interference, under color of State law, with the provision of interstate abortion services (119th Congress).

Documented position[14]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Stricter gun lawsSupports

Cosponsored H.R. 3115, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, a bill to regulate assault weapons (119th Congress).

Documented position[15]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Raise the minimum wageSupports

Cosponsored H.R. 2743, the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, a bill to provide for increases in the federal minimum wage (119th Congress).

Documented position[16]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroadSupports

Cosponsored H.Con.Res. 64, a resolution to direct the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress (119th Congress).

Documented position[17]

  • YESWar 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.[18]
  • YESWar 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.[19]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOSAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).[20]
Faster transition away from fossil fuels

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[5][6]
Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[5][6]

Biography

Democrat Sydney Kamlager-Dove is the U.S. Representative for California's 37th District and won re-election on November 3, 2026, according to unofficial results. First elected in 2022, she was born in Chicago, is a University of Southern California graduate, and worked in nonprofit arts and community organizations and as a staffer to a state senator before winning local office on the Los Angeles Community College Board in 2015, then the California Assembly (2018) and State Senate (2021). Her House website says she prioritizes land, economic justice, art and democracy.[1][2][3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972, and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Southern California in 1994 and a master's degree in arts management and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 1996.[2] According to her official House biography, after graduating from USC she worked for Rebuild LA and the Los Angeles Festival, two Los Angeles nonprofits, on job creation and public arts programs.[3] Her career also included work as district director for then-State Senator Holly J. Mitchell and in the nonprofit, entertainment, education and government fields.[2][3]

Kamlager-Dove was appointed to the Los Angeles County Commission on Children and Families in 2013 and elected to the Los Angeles Community College Board in 2015, later serving as president of the district's Board of Trustees.[2][3] She won the April 3, 2018 special election for California State Assembly District 54 outright and served in the Assembly until 2021, then served in the State Senate (District 30) from 2021 to 2022.[2]

Kamlager-Dove was elected to the U.S. House in 2022 and took office in January 2023, succeeding Karen Bass in the 37th District.[2] According to her House website, she serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee, where she is Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, and on the Judiciary Committee, and she is Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus, Co-Chair of the Congressional Brazil Caucus and Policy Co-Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus.[3] The site says that through her Foreign Affairs work she helped secure the release of constituent Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles County public defender detained in Venezuela for nearly two years, and that she passed the GRATEFUL Act on immigration of locally employed U.S. embassy staff.[3] Her official biography says she lives in the district with her husband, stepchildren and a rescue cat.[3] She won the November 3, 2026 general election with 61.1% of the vote to Samantha Mota's 38.9%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]

Recent votes

DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted yesWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207
2026-02-11With partyvoted yesResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210
2026-02-03With partyvoted noConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21
2026-01-08With partyvoted yesBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196
2025-12-17With partyvoted yesWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212
2025-12-10Against partyvoted noNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1
2025-11-12With partyvoted noContinuing 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 17 votes.

All 17 recorded votes
DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted yesWar 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.
2026-02-11With partyvoted yesResolution 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.
2026-02-03With partyvoted noConsolidated 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.
2026-01-08With partyvoted yesBreaking 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.
2025-12-17With partyvoted yesWar 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.
2025-12-10Against partyvoted noNational 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.
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein 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.
2025-11-12With partyvoted noContinuing 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.
2025-07-17With partyvoted noCLARITY 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.
2025-07-17Against partyvoted yesGENIUS 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.
2025-07-03With partyvoted noOne 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.
2025-06-12With partyvoted noRescissions 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.
2025-05-22With partyvoted noOne 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.
2025-04-10With partyvoted noSAVE 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.
2025-03-11With partyvoted noFull-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.
2025-01-22With partyvoted noLaken 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.
2023-05-11With partyvoted noSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passageH.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–211 · Republicans 219–2Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.

On the record

Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.

  • actionWas assigned to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Western Hemisphere Subcommittee) and the House Committee on Natural Resources in the 118th Congress (2023–2024).[21]

In their own words

Priorities

  • Says extending enhanced ACA tax credits and addressing the affordability crisis are urgent priorities, and has led oversight efforts on ICE conduct and foreign-policy matters as Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia.[4]
Campaign money$1.2M raised · 66% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30

Totals this cycle

Raised$1.2M
Spent$1.0M
Cash on hand$185K

Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.

Who gave

  • Individuals $765K
  • PACs & committees $384K
  • Party $1,392

Largest committee contributions

  1. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee PAC$10K
  2. American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (AAJ PAC) PAC$10K
  3. American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E PAC$10K
  4. Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) PAC PAC$10K
  5. Amazon.com Services LLC Separate Segregated Fund (Amazon PAC) PAC$10K
  6. Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers PAC$10K
  7. Charter Communications Inc. Political Action Committee PAC$9,000
  8. International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC PAC$7,500
  9. Blue Shield of California PAC (Shield PAC) PAC$7,500
  10. Dell Technologies, Inc. Political Action Committee PAC$7,500

Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗

Profile: /people/sydney-kamlager-dove

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 2 of 458 party-divided votes on file.

  • GENIUS Act

    What it does: Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act or the GENIUS Act This act establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must redeem for a fixed value).

    Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 102–110, Republicans 205–12

    Jul 17, 2025Official record ↗

  • Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to “Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales”

    What it does: This joint resolution nullifies requirements for persons effectuating decentralized financial (DeFi) transactions to report certain information regarding digital asset sales to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

    Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 76–132, Republicans 215–0

    Mar 11, 2025Official record ↗

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.California's 37th District election results 2026 · NBC News News report
  2. 2.Sydney Kamlager-Dove · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.About · Office of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove Official record
  4. 4.Kamlager-Dove Celebrates House Passage of Three-Year Extension of Enhanced ACA Tax Credits · Office of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove · 2026-01-08 Official record
  5. 5.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  6. 6.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  7. 7.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  8. 8.Kamlager-Dove Statement on SCOTUS Striking Down Trump's Tariffs · Office of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove · 2026-02-20 Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  10. 10.Kamlager-Dove Votes No on DHS Appropriations Bill · Office of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove Official record
  11. 11.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  12. 12.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  13. 13.Kamlager-Dove Statement on Offensive Military Aid to the Netanyahu Government · Office of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove · 2026-03-26 Official record
  14. 14.H.R. 4099: Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act (119th Congress) · Congress.gov Official record
  15. 15.H.R. 3115: Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 (119th Congress) · Congress.gov Official record
  16. 16.H.R. 2743: Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (119th Congress) · Congress.gov Official record
  17. 17.H.Con.Res. 64: To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress (119th Congress) · Congress.gov Official record
  18. 18.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  19. 19.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  20. 20.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  21. 21.Sydney Kamlager-Dove · Ballotpedia Reference