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 SB 304 (Public lands: City of Oakland: Port of Oakland: uses of after-acquired lands.). It passed. May 29, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 724 (Public housing: lead testing.). It passed. May 29, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 56 (Property taxation: disabled veterans' exemption: household income.). It passed. May 29, 2025
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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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SB 304
Public lands: City of Oakland: Port of Oakland: uses of after-acquired lands.
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SB 56
Property taxation: disabled veterans' exemption: household income.
Special Consent SB56 Seyarto et al.
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SB 774
Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair.
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SB 398
Election crimes: payment based on voting or voter registration.
3rd Reading SB398 Umberg et al.
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SB 345
California Fire Service Training and Education Program: California Fire and Arson Training Act: fees.
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SB 355
Judgment debtor employers: Employment Development Department.
Special Consent SB355 Pérez et al.
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SB 296
Property taxation: exemption: disabled veteran homeowners.
Special Consent SB296 Archuleta et al.
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SB 647
Energy: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Low-Income Oversight Board: membership.
3rd Reading
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SB 302
Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law: exclusions: environmental credits.
Special Consent SB302 Padilla et al.
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SB 563
State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicants.
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SB 514
Wildfire prevention: qualified entities: assessments: California Fire Service Training and Education Program Act.
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SB 695
Transportation: climate resiliency: projects of statewide and regional significance.
Special Consent SB695 Cortese et al.
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SB 568
Pupil health: epinephrine delivery systems: schoolsites and childcare programs.
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SB 67
Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.
Special Consent SB67 Seyarto et al.
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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.
MethodologyLobbying
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Disclosures
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, members of the Legislature and county supervisors file theirs with, or through, 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
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Issues
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