State · State Senate
Dave Cortese
State Senator · Senate District 15 · Party: Democratic
3002 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 15
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No issues page found
Dave Cortese's website (senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 9, 2026. It's searched again every few months.
This tab shows Dave Cortese'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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SCR 197
Relative to California Youth Homelessness Outreach, Prevention, and Education (HOPE) Month.
Special Consent SCR197 Arreguín et al.
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AB 2221
Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act.
Special Consent AB2221 Irwin By Weber Pierson
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ACR 232
Relative to Direct Support Professional Recognition Week.
Special Consent ACR232 Harabedian et al.
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AB 2203
Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill.
Special Consent AB2203 Tangipa By Grove
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ACR 230
Relative to California Firefighter Appreciation Month and California Firefighters Memorial Day.
Special Consent ACR230 Schiavo et al.
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AB 2162
Housing: county funding allocations: nonminor dependents and young adults.
Special Consent AB2162 Bryan By Grayson
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AB 2150
Emergencies: personnel: training requirements: opioid overdose reversals.
3rd Reading AB2150 Haney By Smallwood-Cuevas Reconsider
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AB 2178
Community colleges: county probation departments: instructional service agreements.
Special Consent AB2178 Quirk-Silva et al. By Reyes
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SB 872
Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund.
Unfinished Business SB872 McNerney et al. Concurrence
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AB 2756
Medi-Cal: vision services: performance measures.
Special Consent AB2756 Ahrens et al. By Weber Pierson
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AB 2150
Emergencies: personnel: training requirements: opioid overdose reversals.
3rd Reading AB2150 Haney By Smallwood-Cuevas
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AB 1591
California Podiatric Pipeline Program.
Special Consent AB1591 Michelle Rodriguez By Caballero
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AB 2349
State Air Resources Board: regional air quality incident response program.
Special Consent AB2349 Solache et al.
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AB 1555
Community colleges: exemption from nonresident tuition fee: College of the Siskiyous.
Special Consent AB1555 Hadwick et al.
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SB 1159
Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance.
Unfinished Business SB1159 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence
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AB 2010
Veterinary medicine: veterinary surgery premises: spay and neuter services.
3rd Reading AB2010 Soria et al. By Wiener
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AB 2674
State Air Resources Board: internet website: methane emissions data.
3rd Reading AB2674 Schiavo By Blakespear
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Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Dave Cortese 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
$1,409,242
Spent $1,416,443
Totals
- Raised$1,409,242
- Spent$1,416,443
- From individuals (itemized)$189,998 13%
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)
- Labor unions$122,748
- Construction and engineering$94,214
- Finance, insurance and banking$57,100
- Energy and utilities$46,900
- Transportation$37,450
- Education$37,050
- Technology and telecommunications$22,650
- Health care$18,500
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 63% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop employers of individual donors
- MTC$750
The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $72,200 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.
Committees, parties and organizations
- State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC$23,600
- AlphaX Re Capital Inc.$14,500
- Association of California School Administrators PAC$11,800
- Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC$11,800
- Valley Neighbors Together$11,659
- California Nurses Association PAC$11,500
- United Contractors PAC$11,400
- Faculty for our University's Future, Local Committee Sponsored by the California Faculty Association$10,400
- Republic Services$9,500
- California State Retirees PAC$8,900
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Dave Cortese's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $0
None reported.
Spent to oppose: $0
None reported.
Spending on ads and outreach about Dave Cortese 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 (3)
The committees Dave Cortese 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.
Dave Cortese for Senate 2024
- Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 11, 2025$0 received
- Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024$208,191 received
- Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024$133,698 received
- Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 21, 2024$130,192 received
Dave Cortese for Senate 2028
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$124,050 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$73,600 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to May 16, 2026$107,114 received
- Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$362,248 received
Equal School Funding for All, Senator Dave Cortese Ballot Measure Committee
- Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$48,000 received
- Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$11,659 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.
No Form 700 filed as State Senator under this name was found in the FPPC's search.
Committees
No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.
Issues
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