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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AB 2263
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: employee housing: transit-oriented joint development projects.
3rd Reading AB2263 Kalra et al. By Cortese
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AB 1712
City of Santa Fe Springs: sale of water utility property.
3rd Reading AB1712 Pacheco By Archuleta
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AB 2523
Public postsecondary education: governing bodies: biography and contact information.
3rd Reading AB2523 Fong By Gonzalez
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SB 1005
Local agency: payment: rounding amount.
Unfinished Business SB1005 Caballero et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
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AB 2107
Expanded Learning Opportunities Program: offering access: unduplicated pupils.
3rd Reading AB2107 Pellerin By Pérez
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AB 2476
Electricity: integrated resource plans: Department of Water Resources: procurement.
3rd Reading AB2476 Ellis By Grove
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SB 1055
Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency: contracts.
Unfinished Business SB1055 Laird Concurrence
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AB 2001
Criminal procedure: state summary criminal history information.
3rd Reading AB2001 Stefani By Wiener
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SB 1082
Pupil attendance: interdistrict transfers: agreements: policies.
Unfinished Business SB1082 Niello Concurrence
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AB 1894
Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: imported water.
3rd Reading AB1894 Blanca Rubio By Rubio
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SB 952
State Water Project: renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources.
Unfinished Business SB952 Laird Concurrence
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AB 1908
Settlement agreements: victims' compensation funding.
3rd Reading AB1908 McKinnor et al. By Durazo Urgency Clause
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SB 1129
State Bar of California: community justice worker program.
Unfinished Business SB1129 Caballero Concurrence
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AB 1647
Juveniles: transfer to criminal court: criminal procedure.
3rd Reading AB1647 Bryan et al. By Cortese
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AB 1910
Public health: pelvic floor health advisement.
3rd Reading AB1910 Boerner By Smallwood-Cuevas
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SB 607
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.
Unfinished Business SB607 Wiener et al. Concurrence
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AB 2503
California Interscholastic Federation: pupil health: heat illness: guidelines.
3rd Reading AB2503 Wallis By Padilla
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AB 2346
Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits.
3rd Reading AB2346 Wilson et al. By Weber Pierson
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SB 832
Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group: membership: revitalization plan.
Unfinished Business SB832 Allen et al. Concurrence
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AB 1817
Mobilehome parks: termination of tenancy: failure to comply with a rule or regulation.
3rd Reading AB1817 Addis By Reyes
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SB 930
Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act: end-to-end encryption.
Unfinished Business SB930 Reyes Concurrence
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ACR 193
Relative to International Year of the Woman Farmer.
Special Consent ACR193 Aguiar-Curry et al.
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ACR 162
Relative to the Congressman Doug LaMalfa Memorial Highway.
3rd Reading ACR162 Hadwick et al. By Strickland Reconsider
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SR 123
Relative to medically supportive food and nutrition services.
Special Consent SR123 Weber Pierson
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ACR 162
Relative to the Congressman Doug LaMalfa Memorial Highway.
3rd Reading ACR162 Hadwick et al. By Strickland
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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
No reports yet. Reporting opens when accounts launch.
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