State · State Senate
Dave Cortese
State Senator · Senate District 15 · Party: Democratic
3002 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on AB 1046 (Short-lived climate pollutants: recovered organic waste product: agricultural crop preparation service.). It passed. Sep 4, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 413 (Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.). It passed. Sep 4, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 1072 (Elections: ballot mistakes.). It passed. Sep 4, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 15
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
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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 1046
Short-lived climate pollutants: recovered organic waste product: agricultural crop preparation service.
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AB 1370
State Legislature: nondisclosure agreements.
3rd Reading AB1370 Patterson et al. By Ochoa Bogh
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SB 617
California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act.
Unfinished Business SB617 Arreguín Concurrence
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SB 276
City and County of San Francisco: merchandising sales.
Unfinished Business SB276 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
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AB 779
Child welfare services: domestic violence consultant pilot program.
3rd Reading AB779 Lackey et al. By Valladares
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SB 489
Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects.
Unfinished Business SB489 Arreguín Concurrence
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AB 697
Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.
3rd Reading AB697 Wilson By Cabaldon
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AB 480
Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit:
Special Consent AB480 Quirk-Silva By McNerney
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AB 1225
State parks: Accessibility Advisory Committee.
Special Consent AB1225 Bennett et al. By Niello
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AB 399
Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration projects.
3rd Reading AB399 Boerner et al. By Padilla
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AB 833
Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies: sponsors.
3rd Reading AB833 Alvarez By Caballero
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AB 489
Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.
Special Consent AB489 Bonta et al. By Weber Pierson
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AB 1306
Teacher preparation programs: school districts and county offices of education: English learners.
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AB 1438
School finance: administrative employee-to-teacher ratio: Paradise Unified School District.
Special Consent AB1438 Gallagher By Ochoa Bogh Urgency Clause
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AB 1374
Rental passenger vehicle transactions: third parties.
3rd Reading AB1374 Berman et al. By Umberg
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AB 1087
Crimes: vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Special Consent AB1087 Patterson By Niello
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AB 323
Strong Workforce Program: work-based learning opportunities.
Special Consent AB323 Fong et al.
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AB 1415
California Health Care Quality and Affordability Act.
3rd Reading AB1415 Bonta et al. By Menjivar
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SB 764
Chain restaurants: children's meals.
Unfinished Business SB764 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence
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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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