Katie Porter

Katie Porter

Democratic Party

Candidate, U.S. Senate California

U.S. House California District 47

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor

Alan Lowenthal

Prior offices

U.S. House California District 45

Successor: Michelle Steel

Predecessor: Mimi Walters

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Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

March 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Yale University, 1996

Law

Harvard University, 2001

Personal

Birthplace

Fort Dodge, Iowa

Profession

Professor

Contact

Official website

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Campaign website

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Katie Porter (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing California's 47th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 3, 2025.

Porter (Democratic Party) is running in a special election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. She is on the ballot in the special primary on March 5, 2024.

Porter is also running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. She is on the ballot in the primary on March 5, 2024.

Biography

Katie Porter was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Porter earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1996 and a J.D. from Harvard University in 2001. Her career experience includes working as a law professor with the University of California at Irvine; a consumer and bankruptcy attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the World Bank, the Federal Judicial Center, and the Uniform Law Commission; and a law clerk to Judge Richard S. Arnold of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

2024 battleground election

See also: United States Senate election in California, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

Ballotpedia identified the March 5, 2024, top-two primary as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Twenty-nine candidates are running in the top-two primary for U.S. Senate in California on March 5, 2024. The primary will determine which two candidates will run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Incumbent Laphonza Butler (D) announced she would not run for re-election on October 19, 2023. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) appointed Butler to replace Dianne Feinstein (D), who died on September 29, 2023. Butler was sworn in on October 3 of that year. This will be the first open race for California's Class I U.S. Senate seat since 1992.

The following candidates have received the most media attention: Barbara Lee (D), Katie Porter (D), Adam Schiff (D), and Steve Garvey (R). Lee, Porter, and Schiff are members of California's congressional delegation. Garvey is a former professional baseball player. The Democratic candidates are campaigning on democracy reform, climate change, the economy, and healthcare. Garvey's priorities are quality-of-life issues, public safety, and education. To learn more about the additional 25 candidates running in the primary, click here.

The top-two primary is for the six-year term beginning on January 3, 2025. Also on the primary ballot is a special top-two primary for the remainder of Feinstein's term, which will last until January 3, 2025. As of December 3, 2023, Lee, Porter, Schiff, and Garvey are running in both the special and regular primary elections. Paul Mitchell, a Democratic strategist and pollster, said, "In a crowded field of contenders, each with their own appeal, being on both ballots could potentially pose some risk. Even a small splitting of votes because of this ballot oddity could cause a candidate to make the runoff in the special election for the remainder term, and not make the runoff in the election for the full term."

The San Francisco Chronicle's Shira Stein and Joe Garofoli said the three Democratic candidates voted the same way 94% of the time over the past four and a half years in Congress. They differed most often on foreign policy, the military, and immigration. For example, "they had a rare moment of disunion over the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas. Schiff expressed unequivocal support for Israel while Lee called for a cease-fire and offered prayers for both Israelis and Palestinians killed. Porter stood out by taking an unusual position for a Democrat — attributing some of the blame to American inaction in Iran." On December 18, 2023, Porter updated her stance, saying, "I support working toward a lasting bilateral ceasefire in Gaza. ... The role of the United States should be to identify and push for conditions where a lasting bilateral ceasefire is possible. These conditions include release of all hostages, durable security for Israel, and an end to Hamas’ control of Gaza."

This is the second time in two years that four races will be held (two primaries and two generals) in California in one year for the same U.S. Senate seat. In 2022, Sen. Alex Padilla (D), who was appointed to fill Kamala Harris' (D) Senate seat, ran for the remainder of Harris' term, as well as for the new, six-year term.

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2023-2024

Porter was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

2021-2022

Porter was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Committee on Natural Resources
• Energy and Mineral Resources
• National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
• Oversight and Investigations, Chair
• Committee on Oversight and Accountability
• Economic and Consumer Policy
• Government Operations

2019-2020

Porter was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Committee on Financial Services

Elections

2024

Regular election

See also: United States Senate election in California, 2024

General election

The primary will occur on March 5, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

The following candidates are running in the primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Sharleta Bassett (R)
		James P. Bradley (R)
		Eric Early (R)
		Steve Garvey (R)
		Denice Gary-Pandol (R)
		Laura Garza (No party preference)
		Sepi Gilani (D)
		Don Grundmann (No party preference)
		Forrest Jones (American Independent Party of California)
		Harmesh Kumar (D)
		Barbara Lee (D)
		Sarah Sun Liew (R)
		Gail Lightfoot (L)
		James Macauley (R)
		Christina Pascucci (D)
		David Peterson (D)
		Douglas Howard Pierce (D)
		Katie Porter (D)
		Perry Pound (D)
		Raji Rab (D)
		Jonathan Reiss (R)
		John Rose (D)
		Mark Ruzon (No party preference)
		Adam Schiff (D)
		Stefan Simchowitz (R)
		Major Singh (No party preference)
		Martin Veprauskas (R)
		Eduardo Berdugo (Independent) (Write-in)
		Danny Fabricant (R) (Write-in)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Paul Anderson (G)
• Carson Franklin Jr. (D)
• Barack Obama Mandela (R)
• Zafar Inam (D)
• Renee Martinez (Independent)
• Lexi Reese (D)
• Peter Yuan Liu (R)
• Joe Sosinski (Independent)
• Roxanne Lawler (R)
• James Shuster (R)
• Frank Ferreira (Independent)
• Rommell Montenegro (D)
• Jeremy Fennell (D)
• Zakaria Kortam (R)
• John Pappenheim (R)
• Jacob Farmos (D)
• Joshua Bocanegra (D)
• Alexander Norbash (D)
• Dominick Dorothy (D)
• Jehu Hand (R)
• Dana Bobbitt (Independent)
• Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Vienmerisce Veittemeignzce USA)
• Jessica Resendez (D)

Polls

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Below we provide results for polls that are included in polling aggregation from FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, when available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval.

2024: Primary election polls
Poll	Date	Schiff	Porter	Garvey	Lee	Bradley	Early	Pascucci	Reese	Reiss	Liew	Undecided/Other	Margin of error	Sample size	Sponsor
Emerson College	Nov. 11-14	16%	13%	10%	9%	3%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	41%	± 3.0	1,000 RV	Nexstar Media
PPIC Statewide Survey	Nov. 9-16	21%	16%	10%	8%	4%	3%	1%	0%	2%	2%	17%	± 3.8	1,113 LV	N/A
LA Times/Berkeley IGS	Oct. 24-30	16%	17%	10%	9%	7%	4%	1%	1%	N/A	N/A	35%	± 2.5	4,506 LV	Los Angeles Times
PPIC Statewide Survey	Oct. 3-19	21%	18%	N/A	9%	5%	6%	N/A	1%	2%	2%	20%	± 4.0	1,395 LV	N/A
PPIC Statewide Survey	Aug. 25-Sept. 5	20%	15%	N/A	8%	5%	5%	N/A	1%	3%	2%	19%	± 3.7	1,146 LV	N/A

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Poll	Date	Schiff	Porter	Garvey	Lee	Bradley	Early	Pascucci	Reese	Reiss	Liew	Undecided/Other	Margin of error	Sample size	Sponsor
LA Times/Berkeley IGS	Aug. 24-29	20%	17%	7%	7%	7%	5%	N/A	1%	N/A	N/A	36%	± 2.5	3,113 LV	Los Angeles Times
PPIC Statewide Survey	June 7-29	16%	19%	N/A	13%	6%	7%	N/A	N/A	4%	5%	9%	± 3.8	1,092 LV	N/A
Emerson College	June 4-7	15%	14%	N/A	6%	4%	3%	N/A	N/A	1%	N/A	48%	± 2.9	1,056 RV	Nexstar Media
LA Times/Berkeley IGS	May 17-22	14%	17%	N/A	9%	N/A	18%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	42%	± 3.0	5,236 LV	Los Angeles Times

Election campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Sepi Gilani	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Harmesh Kumar	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Barbara Lee	Democratic Party	$3,390,205	$2,066,329	$1,323,876	As of September 30, 2023
Christina Pascucci	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
David Peterson	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Douglas Howard Pierce	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Katie Porter	Democratic Party	$22,130,231	$10,169,774	$11,960,457	As of September 30, 2023
Perry Pound	Democratic Party	$3,800	$150	$3,650	As of September 30, 2023
Raji Rab	Democratic Party	$10,900	$7,516	$3,384	As of September 30, 2023
John Rose	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Adam Schiff	Democratic Party	$21,520,628	$10,453,622	$32,127,524	As of September 30, 2023
Sharleta Bassett	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
James P. Bradley	Republican Party	$16,411	$16,151	$345	As of September 30, 2023
Eric Early	Republican Party	$547,023	$460,177	$86,846	As of September 30, 2023
Danny Fabricant	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Steve Garvey	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Denice Gary-Pandol	Republican Party	$89,892	$84,437	$5,455	As of September 30, 2023
Sarah Sun Liew	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
James Macauley	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jonathan Reiss	Republican Party	$6,132	$4,901	$2,691	As of September 30, 2023
Stefan Simchowitz	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Martin Veprauskas	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Forrest Jones	American Independent Party of California	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Gail Lightfoot	Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Laura Garza	No party preference	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Don Grundmann	No party preference	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Mark Ruzon	No party preference	$5,535	$1	$5,534	As of September 30, 2023
Major Singh	No party preference	$200	$108	$1,348	As of September 30, 2023
Eduardo Berdugo	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

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If available, satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. FEC links include totals from monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports. OpenSecrets.org compiles data from those reports as well as 24- and 48-hour reports from the FEC.

Details about satellite spending of significant amounts and/or reported by media are included below those links. The amounts listed may not represent the total satellite spending in the election. To notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.

By candidate

By election

Barbara Lee Katie Porter Adam Schiff Steve Garvey Paul Anderson Dana Bobbitt James P. Bradley Eric Early Danny Fabricant Jacob Farmos Jeremy Fennell Frank Ferreira Carson Franklin Jr. Denice Gary-Pandol Sepi Gilani Jehu Hand Zafar Inam Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire Zakaria Kortam Roxanne Lawler Barack Obama Mandela Renee Martinez Rommell Montenegro Alexander Norbash John Pappenheim Christina Pascucci Douglas Howard Pierce Perry Pound Raji Rab Jonathan Reiss Jessica Resendez John Rose Mark Ruzon James Shuster Stefan Simchowitz Major Singh Joe Sosinski Eduardo Berdugo

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Endorsements

Porter received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.

• U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D)
• U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D)
• State Asm. Cottie Petrie-Norris (D)
• State Asm. Chris Ward
• State Asm. Buffy Wicks (D)
• California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D)
• California Labor Federation
• National Union of Healthcare Workers
• J Street
• Progressive Change Campaign Committee
• Vote Mama PAC

Special election

See also: United States Senate special election in California, 2024

General election

The primary will occur on March 5, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

The following candidates are running in the special primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Eric Early (R)
		Steve Garvey (R)
		Sepi Gilani (D)
		Barbara Lee (D)
		Christina Pascucci (D)
		Katie Porter (D)
		Adam Schiff (D)

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2022

See also: California's 47th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 47

Incumbent Katie Porter defeated Scott Baugh in the general election for U.S. House California District 47 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Porter (D)	51.7	137,374
		Scott Baugh (R)	48.3	128,261

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 265,635
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 47

Incumbent Katie Porter and Scott Baugh defeated Amy Phan West, Brian Burley, and Errol Webber in the primary for U.S. House California District 47 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Porter (D)	51.7	86,742
✔		Scott Baugh (R)	30.9	51,776
		Amy Phan West (R)	8.3	13,949
		Brian Burley (R)	7.1	11,952
		Errol Webber (R)	2.0	3,342

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 167,761
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michelle Lyons (R)
• William Griffith (D)

2020

See also: California's 45th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 45

Incumbent Katie Porter defeated Greg Raths in the general election for U.S. House California District 45 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Porter (D)	53.5	221,843
		Greg Raths (R)	46.5	193,096

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 414,939
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 45

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 45 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Porter (D)	50.8	112,986
✔		Greg Raths (R)	17.9	39,942
		Don Sedgwick (R)	12.8	28,465
		Peggy Huang (R)	11.1	24,780
		Lisa Sparks (R)	4.0	8,861
		Christopher Gonzales (R)	2.4	5,443
		Rhonda Furin (R)	1.0	2,140

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 222,617
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brian Forde (D)
• Julie Proctor (R)
• Mimi Walters (R)
• Brenton Woolworth (R)
• Ray Gennawey (R)
• Aditya Pai (D)

Candidate profile

Katie Porter

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

U.S. House (Assumed office: 2019)

Biography:  Porter graduated with a B.A. from Yale University in 1996 and received a J.D. from Harvard University in 2001. At the time of her 2020 campaign, her professional experience included working as a law professor and as a consumer and bankruptcy attorney.

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Porter described herself as "a middle-class mother of three and consumer advocate who has spent decades taking on the big banks that hurt middle-class families – and winning."

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Porter’s campaign website said, "Katie refuses to take a dime from Corporate PACs and, in Congress, she will always stand up to the powerful special interests and leaders of both parties – starting with Donald Trump – to do what’s right for Orange County families."

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Show sources

Sources: Katie Porter 2020 campaign website, "Home," accessed February 2, 2020; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "PORTER, Katie (1974-)," accessed February 2, 2020 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Erica Kwiatkowski, Campaign Manager Katie Porter for Congress," January 17, 2018

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 45 in 2020.

2018

See also: California's 45th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 45

Katie Porter defeated incumbent Mimi Walters in the general election for U.S. House California District 45 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Porter (D)	52.1	158,906
		Mimi Walters (R)	47.9	146,383

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,289 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 45

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 45 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mimi Walters (R)	51.7	86,764
✔		Katie Porter (D)	20.3	34,078
		Dave Min (D)	17.8	29,979
		Brian Forde (D)	6.0	10,107
		John Graham (Independent)	2.3	3,817
		Kia Hamadanchy (D)	1.9	3,212

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 167,957
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Greg Ramsay (D)
• Eric Rywalski (D)
• Ron Varasteh (D)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign ads

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2022

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2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Katie Porter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Porter's responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Ending Citizens United and the culture of corruption in Washington are top priorities, which is why I'm proud to have led a coalition of over 100 House candidates and Members calling on Congress to make campaign finance reform the very first agenda item for the next Congress. The bill would reform the role of money in politics to ensure more transparency and accountability in our elections. We have to restore trust in our government and I will fight to protect the integrity of our Democracy.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a Consumer Protection Attorney, I have spent nearly twenty years fighting powerful interests and Wall Street banks on behalf of consumers and families. I am a national leader in consumer protection and has won big victories against financial institutions who cheat consumers. Before the housing bubble burst, I was one of the first to sound the alarm about Wall Street's predatory practices targeting homeowners, winning recognition from the New York Times and many others. In 2012, then California Attorney General Kamala Harris appointed me to be California's watchdog against the banks. The banks had promised to pay billions to homeowners they cheated, and Harris appointed me to make sure the banks followed through. My team and I held the banks' feet to the fire, securing over $18 billion and helping tens of thousands of families move forward with their lives. As an advocate, I have sought reforms that help families get a fair shake in our economy. I have been a key player in the fight against abusive credit card fees and, in 2010, helped pass important federal credit card protections for families. I have written three books that document how Washington special interests skew our laws and cut off the legal rights of families who play by the rules. In Congress, I will fight for Orange County families 100% of the time.I believe that Orange County deserves a Congresswoman who fights for families, and stands up to Donald Trump and powerful special interests including Wall Street, Big Pharma, and Big Oil.

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Campaign website

Porter’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Medicare For All Katie will fight for a Medicare for All system in which every American has quality health insurance. Katie Porter believes affordable health care is a human right and will fight Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare. Women's Health Katie Porter will always protect a woman's right to choose and believes that women's health care and birth control shouldn't be a luxury. She will fight any efforts by Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood, restrict access to birth control, or ban the right to choose. Common Sense Gun Reform Katie is proud to be a Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate and does not accept contributions from the NRA. She supports a ban on assault weapons so that dozens don’t die in a matter of minutes, mandatory background checks on all gun sales, and a healthcare system that provides comprehensive mental health treatment. Reversing the Tax Bill As a working mother, Katie Porter understands how hard it is to make ends meet in Orange County. She'll fight to overturn the Republican tax plan that slashes Medicare and raises taxes on middle-class families, and instead pass real tax reform that makes wealthy corporations pay their fair share and cuts taxes on the middle class and small businesses. Immigration Katie knows that we need comprehensive immigration reform that provides a fair pathway to citizenship for those who are undocumented. Environment Katie will take on big oil and the corporate polluters to stop offshore drilling, and will fight to invest in renewable energy development, and support high emission standards and save important environmental protections. Public Education Katie believes that quality public education is the bedrock of the American dream. She supports increasing our investment in education, expanding early childhood education and making college more affordable for our kids.	”
—Katie Porter’s campaign website (2018)

Campaign advertisements

The following is an example of an ad from Porter's 2018 election campaign.

"100 % Orange County," released August 22, 2018

Notable endorsements

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Notable endorsements by Katie Porter

Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Dave Min  source  (D)	U.S. House California District 47 (2024)	Primary	–
Mandela Barnes  source  (D)	U.S. Senate Wisconsin (2022)	Primary	Lost General
Jessica Cisneros  source  (D)	U.S. House Texas District 28 (2022)	Primary, Primary Runoff	Lost Primary Runoff
John Quaye Quartey  source  (D)	U.S. House California District 27 (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
Elizabeth Warren  source  (D)	President of the United States (2020)		Withdrew in Convention

Key votes

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Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023

The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021 and ended on January 3, 2023. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-213), and the U.S. Senate had a 50-50 makeup. Democrats assumed control of the Senate on January 20, 2021, when President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D), who acted as a tie-breaking vote in the chamber, assumed office. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023
Vote	Bill and description	Status
Yea	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act   The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) was a federal infrastructure bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on November 15, 2021. Among other provisions, the bill provided funding for new infrastructure projects and reauthorizations, Amtrak maintenance and development, bridge repair, replacement, and rehabilitation, clean drinking water, high-speed internet, and clean energy transmission and power infrastructure upgrades. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (228-206)
Yea	American Rescue Plan Act of 2021   The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 11, 2021, to provide economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key features of the bill included funding for a national vaccination program and response, funding to safely reopen schools, distribution of $1,400 per person in relief payments, and extended unemployment benefits. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (220-210)
Yea	Inflation Reduction Act of 2022   The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 16, 2022, to address climate change, healthcare costs, and tax enforcement. Key features of the bill included a $369 billion investment to address energy security and climate change, an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, allowing Medicare to negotiate certain drug prices, a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1% stock buyback fee, and enhanced Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement, and an estimated $300 billion deficit reduction from 2022-2031. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (220-207)
Yea	Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act   The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (H.R. 3617) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to decriminalize marijuana, establish studies of legal marijuana sales, tax marijuana imports and production, and establish a process to expunge and review federal marijuana offenses. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (220-204)
Yea	For the People Act of 2021   The For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1) was a federal election law and government ethics bill approved by the House of Representatives. The Congressional Research Service said the bill would "expand voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It [would also limit] removing voters from voter rolls. ... Further, the bill [would address] campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices." The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (220-210)
Yea	Assault Weapons Ban of 2022   The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that sought to criminalize the knowing import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding devices (LCAFD). The bill made exemptions for grandfathered SAWs and LCAFDs. It required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (217-213)
Nay	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022   The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (S. 1605) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 27, 2021, authorizing Department of Defense acitivities and programs for fiscal year 2022. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (363-70)
Nay	James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023   The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 7776) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2023. The bill required a 2/3 majority in the House to suspend rules and pass the bill as amended.	Passed (350-80)
Yea	American Dream and Promise Act of 2021   The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6) was an immigration bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed a path to permanent residence status for unauthorized immigrants eligible for Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure, among other immigration-related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (228-197)
Yea	Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022   The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (S. 3373) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 10, 2022, that sought to address healthcare access, the presumption of service-connection, and research, resources, and other matters related to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (342-88)
Yea	Chips and Science Act   The Chips and Science Act (H.R. 4346) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 9, 2022, which sought to fund domestic production of semiconductors and authorized various federal science agency programs and activities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (243-187)
Yea	Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021   The Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives. The bill proposed prohibiting governmental restrictions on the provision of and access to abortion services and prohibiting governments from issuing some other abortion-related restrictions. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (218-211)
Yea	SAFE Banking Act of 2021   The SAFE Banking Act of 2021 (H.R. 1996) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting federal regulators from penalizing banks for providing services to legitimate cannabis-related businesses and defining proceeds from such transactions as not being proceeds from unlawful activity, among other related proposals. Since the House moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill in an expedited process, it required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.	Passed (321-101)
Yea	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022   The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 15, 2022, providing for the funding of federal agencies for the remainder of 2022, providing funding for activities related to Ukraine, and modifying or establishing various programs. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (260-171)
Yea	Equality Act   The Equality Act (H.R. 5) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system, among other related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (224-206)
Yea	Respect for Marriage Act   The Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 13, 2022. The bill codified the recognition of marriages between individuals of the same sex and of different races, ethnicities, or national origins, and provided that the law would not impact religious liberty or conscience protections, or provide grounds to compel nonprofit religious organizations to recognize same-sex marriages. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (258-169)
Yea	Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023   The Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 6833) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on September 30, 2022. It provided for some fiscal year 2023 appropriations, supplemental funds for Ukraine, and extended several other programs and authorities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (230-201)
Yea	Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act   The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act (H.R. 7688) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit individuals from selling consumer fuels at excessive prices during a proclaimed energy emergency. It would have also required the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether the price of gasoline was being manipulated. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (217-207)
Yea	Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021   The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (H.R. 8) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit the transfer of firearms between private parties unless a licensed firearm vendor conducted a background check on the recipient. The bill also provided for certain exceptions to this requirement. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (227-203)
Yea	Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act   The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act was a federal elections bill approved by the House of Representatives and voted down by the Senate in a failed cloture vote that sought to, among other provisions, make Election Day a public holiday, allow for same-day voter registration, establish minimum early voting periods, and allow absentee voting for any reason, restrict the removal of local election administrators in federal elections, regulate congressional redistricting, expand campaign finance disclosure rules for some organizations, and amend the Voting Rights Act to require some states to obtain clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice before implementing new election laws. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (220-203)
Yea	Bipartisan Safer Communities Act   The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) was a firearm regulation and mental health bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 25, 2022. Provisions of the bill included expanding background checks for individuals under the age of 21, providing funding for mental health services, preventing individuals who had been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor or felony in dating relationships from purchasing firearms for five years, providing funding for state grants to implement crisis intervention order programs, and providing funding for community-based violence prevention initiatives. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (234-193)
Yea	Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.   This was a resolution before the 117th Congress setting forth an article of impeachment saying that Donald Trump (R) incited an insurrection against the government of the United States on January 6, 2021. The House of Representatives approved the article of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of the charges. The article of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (232-197)
Yea	Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022   The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act was a bill passed by the 117th Congress in the form of an amendment to a year-end omnibus funding bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022. The bill changed the procedure for counting electoral votes outlined in the Electoral Count Act of 1887. Elements of the bill included specifying that the vice president's role at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes is ministerial, raising the objection threshold at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes to one-fifth of the members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, identifying governors as the single official responsible for submitting the certificate of ascertainment identifying that state’s electors, and providing for expedited judicial review of certain claims about states' certificates identifying their electors. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (225-201)

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Preceded by Alan Lowenthal (D)	U.S. House California District 47 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
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