State · State Senate
Ben Allen
State Senator · Senate District 24 · Party: Democratic
3012 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on SB 86 (California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.). It passed. Jun 4, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 835 (Pupil instruction: Cambridge International Education programs.). It passed. Jun 4, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 842 (Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.). It passed. Jun 4, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 24
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No issues page found
Ben Allen's website (senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 8, 2026. It's searched again every few months.
This tab shows Ben Allen's platform in their own words (a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, and statements their office submits) and specific commitments, checked word for word against their source, with a status that changes only with evidence. How the platform is recorded
Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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SB 86
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.
Special Consent SB86 McNerney et al.
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SB 835
Pupil instruction: Cambridge International Education programs.
3rd Reading SB835 Ochoa Bogh et al.
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SB 540
Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al.
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SB 433
Residential care facilities for the elderly: assisted living waiver rental rate protection.
3rd Reading SB433 Wahab et al.
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SB 663
Winter Fires of 2025: real property tax: exemptions and reassessment.
3rd Reading SB663 Allen et al. Urgency Clause
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SB 676
California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.
3rd Reading SB676 Limón et al.
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SB 509
Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression.
3rd Reading SB509 Caballero et al.
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SB 581
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: employment: firefighters.
3rd Reading SB581 McGuire et al.
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SB 326
Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act.
3rd Reading SB326 Becker et al.
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SB 274
Automated license plate recognition systems.
3rd Reading SB274 Cervantes Motion to Reconsider
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SB 582
Health and care facilities: licensing during emergencies or disasters.
3rd Reading SB582 Stern et al. By Cervantes
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Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Ben Allen controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.
Raised · 2025–2026
$103,359
Spent $789,222
Totals
- Raised$103,359
- Spent$789,222
- From individuals (itemized)$5,850 6%
Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Technology and telecommunications$25,350
- Health care$12,400
- Labor unions$8,600
- Energy and utilities$6,600
- Pharmaceuticals and medical products$4,900
- Agriculture and food$2,000
- Tribal governments$2,000
- Finance, insurance and banking$1,500
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 72% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop employers of individual donors
No employer was named by 3 or more donors.
The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.
Committees, parties and organizations
- California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC)$6,400
- CTIA - The Wireless Association California (CTIA CA PAC)$4,900
- Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities including NBCUniversal Media, LLC$4,900
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America PAC$4,900
- Verizon Communications, Inc. Good Government Club-California$4,900
- Vitu, Inc.$4,900
- Google, LLC and Affiliated Entities$3,500
- California Hospital Association PAC, Sponsored by CA Association of Hospitals & Health Systems (CAHHS)$3,000
- California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee$3,000
- United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee$3,000
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Ben Allen's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $0
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Spent to oppose: $0
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Spending on ads and outreach about Ben Allen by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.
Campaign committees and statements (2)
The committees Ben Allen controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.
Ben Allen Senate 2022 Officeholder Account
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$7,900 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$18,200 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$2,000 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$24,150 received
Ben Allen for Senate 2022
- Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$0 received
- Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025$0 received
- Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024$0 received
- Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024$0 received
From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.
MethodologyDisclosures
Statements of economic interests (Form 700)
California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 2, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 3, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 29, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 26, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 17, 2021 · covers 2020 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2020 · covers 2019 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2019 · covers 2018 Statement (PDF) ↗
Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How
Committees
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Issues
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