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Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Democratic · Representative, CA ·37

Sydney Kamlager-Dove is the Democratic U.S. Representative (CA's 37th congressional district). The platform has 5 voting records on file (2024-2026) and 59 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Score Components
41 LOW
Connection Density 20%
0 → 0
Donor Influence 15%
26 → 4
Silence Risk 25%
7 → 2
Contradiction Risk 25%
79 → 20
Intelligence Volume 15%
76 → 11
Constituency Deviation 0%
15 → 0
Voting Misalignment 0%
0 → 0
% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.
Kamlager‑Dove's husband Austin Dove served as plaintiff's attorney in Cervantes et al. v. County of Los Angeles, which settled for $25 million in April 2024 — the largest police‑misconduct payout in U.S. history at that time, with potential attorney contingency fees of up to $10 million. Whether this income was realized and reflected in Kamlager‑Dove's most recent financial disclosure is not in the public record.
primary · 2024-04-10 ✓ Verified
Quiver Quantitative's net‑worth methodology is explicitly caveated: 'these are only rough estimates, and the data may be inaccurate or incomplete. This estimate does not include the value of the individual's primary residence, or any outstanding liabilities.' Estimates of publicly traded holdings update hourly; estimates of private holdings update only annually from financial‑disclosure forms.
primary · 2026-04-14 ✓ Verified
Kamlager‑Dove has approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets that Quiver Quantitative can track live, meaning her net‑worth estimate is derived entirely from annual financial‑disclosure broad ranges and does not update between disclosure filing periods. Changes in her congressional ranking (range: 168th to 196th) are caused by market movements in other members' stock portfolios, not by changes in her own…
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Kamlager‑Dove has approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets that Quiver Quantitative can track live, meaning her net‑worth estimate is derived entirely from annual financial‑disclosure broad ranges and does not update between disclosure filing periods. Changes in her congressional ranking (range: 168th to 196th) are caused by market movements in other members' stock portfolios, not by changes in her own reported assets.
secondary · 2025-07-25 to 2026-04-08 ✓ Verified
Quiver Quantitative estimates that Sydney Kamlager‑Dove is worth $3.8 million as of April 8, 2026 — the 194th highest net worth in Congress. The estimate appears identically across eleven press‑release footers from July 2025 through April 2026, reflecting Kamlager‑Dove's status as a member with approximately $0 in publicly traded assets whose net‑worth estimate does not fluctuate with market conditions.
secondary · 2026-04-08 ✓ Verified
Kamlager-Dove's husband, Austin Dove, obtained a $25,000,000 settlement in 2024 for a civil rights and police misconduct case against Los Angeles County (Cervantes et al. v. County of Los Angeles).
primary · 2024-04-15 ✓ Verified
Kamlager-Dove voted Nay on H.R. 22 (SAVE Act) on April 10, 2025. Roll Call 102 confirms the 220-208 passage. Only 4 Democrats (Cuellar, Golden, Gluesenkamp Perez, Case) voted Yea.
primary · 2025-04-10 ✓ Verified
Kamlager-Dove's career Israel lobby contribution total is $316,155, drawn from AIPAC ($60,617 PACs + $167,187 lobby donors), Democratic Majority for Israel, and JStreetPAC—an unusual dual-donor profile spanning both mainstream pro-Israel and progressive pro-Israel/pro-peace organizations, mirroring her voting record that satisfies neither camp fully.
secondary · 2026-05-03 ✓ Verified
The AJP Action scorecard assigns Kamlager-Dove an 'F' at 44%—reflecting a mixed voting record that includes Yea votes for H.Res. 771 (standing with Israel), H.Res. 793 (calling on Hamas to release hostages), and H.R. 8034 ($95 billion foreign aid package), and Nay votes for H.Res. 845 (censuring Rashida Tlaib), H.Res. 883 (declaring 'from the river to the sea' antisemitic), and H.R. 7217 (standalone Israel aid).
secondary · 2025-05-01 ✓ Verified
Kamlager-Dove told the Jewish Journal before her 2022 election that Israel is 'an example of what a young, vibrant democracy looks like, and we should be supporting it,' and spoke at a private AIPAC event. She stated: 'Who would I be to marginalize an important, vocal, engaged and vulnerable population in my community? I don't know Ilhan [Omar]'s constituency, but I wouldn't stand for it.'
primary · 2022-10-01 ✓ Verified
Kamlager-Dove subsequently voted Yea on H.R. 8034 (the $95 billion comprehensive foreign aid package including Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and Gaza humanitarian aid) on April 20, 2024, and signed the discharge petition to bring the broader package to the floor—demonstrating that her opposition to H.R. 7217 was specific to the standalone nature of the bill rather than opposition to Israel aid itself.
primary · 2024-04-20 ✓ Verified
Kamlager-Dove's official February 7, 2024 statement declared: 'Republicans introduced a standalone Israel bill that included zero dollars for humanitarian aid, zero dollars in aid to Ukraine, and zero dollars in aid to the Indo-Pacific' and that 'Israel's security is interconnected with Ukraine's security and humanitarian aid for Palestinians.' She characterized the bill as 'House Republicans' failed, cynical ploy…
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Kamlager-Dove's official February 7, 2024 statement declared: 'Republicans introduced a standalone Israel bill that included zero dollars for humanitarian aid, zero dollars in aid to Ukraine, and zero dollars in aid to the Indo-Pacific' and that 'Israel's security is interconnected with Ukraine's security and humanitarian aid for Palestinians.' She characterized the bill as 'House Republicans' failed, cynical ploy to weaponize the needs of our allies in favor of their extreme, partisan agenda.'
primary · 2024-02-07 ✓ Verified
The original inferential claim contains a significant numerical error: it states Kamlager-Dove 'was not among the 14 Democrats who voted yea,' but the actual number of Democratic Yea votes was 46—not 14. The '14' figure in contemporaneous reporting (UPI, Reuters, Guardian) refers to the 14 Republicans who voted Nay. This error understates the Democratic caucus's division on the standalone Israel aid bill by more…
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The original inferential claim contains a significant numerical error: it states Kamlager-Dove 'was not among the 14 Democrats who voted yea,' but the actual number of Democratic Yea votes was 46—not 14. The '14' figure in contemporaneous reporting (UPI, Reuters, Guardian) refers to the 14 Republicans who voted Nay. This error understates the Democratic caucus's division on the standalone Israel aid bill by more than 3x.
primary · 2024-02-06 ✓ Verified
Sydney Kamlager-Dove voted Nay on H.R. 7217, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, Roll Call 38, February 6, 2024—the motion to suspend the rules and pass failed 250-180 (2/3 required), with 204 Republicans and 46 Democrats voting Yea, and 14 Republicans and 166 Democrats voting Nay.
primary · 2024-02-06 ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: 2024 general election result (Kamlager-Dove vs. Rey): Kamlager-Dove 78.3% – Rey 10.2% – others 11.5%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid enrollment (share of district population): 56% (4th highest in the U.S.)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 33.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median home value: $852,100
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 31.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+): 29.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population White (Non-Hispanic): 17.0%
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Jane Fonda Climate PAC donor $5,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00806893/
Demand Justice PAC donor $10,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C…
Fox Corporation Political Action Committee (Fox PAC) donor $10,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C…
Elect Democratic Women donor $8,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (8 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00685297/
Animal Wellness Action PAC donor $5,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00679860/
National Union Of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education donor $5,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00461418/
Charter Communications Inc. PAC donor $8,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00426775/
Dell Technologies PAC donor $5,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00369751/
Amazon.Com Services, Inc. Separate Segregated Fund (Amazon PAC) donor $6,500 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00360354/
Alliance Of Theatrical Employees PAC donor $5,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00344325/
PAC To The Future donor $10,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C…
Blue Shield Of California donor $10,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C…
The Home Depot Inc. PAC donor $7,500 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00284885/
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc PAC donor $5,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00282038/
Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal PAC - Federal donor $9,500 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (7 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00248716/
National Air Traffic Controllers Assoc PAC donor $10,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C…
Operating Engineers Local 12 Voluntary Legislative Fund donor $10,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C…
Women'S Political Committee Federal donor $5,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00188193/
Paramount Global Political Action Committee donor $6,000 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00167759/
National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC (Nbwa PAC) donor $7,500 to Sydney Kamlager-Dove's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00144766/
BillVoteDateAlignment
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Ratepayer Protection Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
PROOF Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Water Resources Development Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Retire through Ownership Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Whistleblower Protection Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
GUARD Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act Nay 2026-09-03 unknown
Protecting Domestic Mining Act Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require… Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
AGOA Extension Act Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Local Access to Courts Act Yea 2026-08-31 unknown
Last contradiction analysis: Never
statement_vs_disclosure 90/100
Platform: "Kamlager-Dove's official House biography describes her as 'a fierce advocate for justice and families' who 'has spent her career fighting for racial equity, access, and social justice.' She has been a vocal advocate…
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Kamlager-Dove's official House biography describes her as 'a fierce advocate for justice and families' who 'has spent her career fighting for racial equity, access, and social justice.' She has been a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform, police accountability, and reducing mass incarceration. Her campaign platform emphasizes 'accountability in law enforcement.'
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Vote: on "In April 2024, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $25 million settlement to…"
Kamlager-Dove built her political brand on criminal justice reform and police accountability, yet her husband personally profited, potentially by millions, from one of the largest police-misconduct settlements in U.S. history, approved by a supervisor who had just received a donation from the congresswoman's…
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Kamlager-Dove built her political brand on criminal justice reform and police accountability, yet her husband personally profited, potentially by millions, from one of the largest police-misconduct settlements in U.S. history, approved by a supervisor who had just received a donation from the congresswoman's leadership PAC — creating an appearance of a self-dealing, pay-to-play conflict.
statement_vs_disclosure 90/100
Platform: "On November 21, 2025, Kamlager-Dove posted a video on social media declaring that Donald Trump should testify before Congress, stating: 'If you have nothing to hide, you should have everything to share.' She has…
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On November 21, 2025, Kamlager-Dove posted a video on social media declaring that Donald Trump should testify before Congress, stating: 'If you have nothing to hide, you should have everything to share.' She has repeatedly positioned herself as a champion of transparency and accountability, and in her budget statements has called out Republicans for giving '$4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the Billionaire Boys Club.'
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Vote: on "An extensive investigation by The Current Report documented approximately $48,000 in donor funds…"
Kamlager-Dove publicly demands transparency from political opponents, stating 'if you have nothing to hide, you should have everything to share' and rails against the 'Billionaire Boys Club,' yet her own campaign spending records reveal tens of thousands in donor funds used for luxury stadium suites, limousines, and…
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Kamlager-Dove publicly demands transparency from political opponents, stating 'if you have nothing to hide, you should have everything to share' and rails against the 'Billionaire Boys Club,' yet her own campaign spending records reveal tens of thousands in donor funds used for luxury stadium suites, limousines, and liquor — all labeled as 'fundraising' without a shred of evidence they served any political purpose. An ethics complaint now sits before a committee on which she serves.
Last silence detection: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:52:37 GMT (via scheduled run)
ideological & single-issue
Women'S Political Committee Federal, Animal Wellness Action PAC, Elect Democratic Women, Jane Fonda Climate PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $8,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
colleagues' leadership pacs
PAC To The Future (amounts: $10,000 (2024)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs
National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC (Nbwa PAC) Alcohol & tobacco $5,000 (2026)
Jane Fonda Climate PAC Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2024)
Demand Justice PAC Law & lobbying firms $5,000 (2026)
Fox Corporation Political Action Committee (Fox PAC) Telecom & media $6,000 (2026)
Elect Democratic Women Ideological & single-issue $8,000 (2024)
Animal Wellness Action PAC Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
National Union Of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee On Political Education Labor unions $5,000 (2026)
Charter Communications Inc. PAC Telecom & media $8,000 (2026)
Dell Technologies PAC Technology $5,000 (2026)
Amazon.Com Services, Inc. Separate Segregated Fund (Amazon PAC) Technology $10,000 (2026)
Alliance Of Theatrical Employees PAC Labor unions $5,000 (2026)
PAC To The Future Colleagues' leadership PACs $10,000 (2024)
Blue Shield Of California Health care & pharma $7,500 (2026)
The Home Depot Inc. PAC Retail & consumer $7,500 (2024)
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc PAC Telecom & media $5,500 (2026)
TopicPriorityAlignmentDeviation
Climate and Environmental Justice 82 75 25
Education Funding and Student Debt 75 70 25
Housing Affordability and Homelessness 95 80 20
Transportation and Infrastructure 70 80 20
Disaster Preparedness and Federal Assistance 72 85 15
Criminal Justice Reform and Police Accountability 80 85 15
Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination 78 85 15
Voting Rights and Democracy Protection 78 88 12
Women's Rights and Reproductive Freedom 82 90 10
Immigration and Immigrant Rights 88 90 10
Economic Inequality and Safety Net Programs 85 92 8
Healthcare Access and Medicaid Expansion 92 95 5
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No committee memberships recorded
Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

ComponentWeightSignal
Contradiction Risk30%Stated positions contradicted by the record (recent findings boosted)
Donor Influence20%Distinct documented donors (FEC Schedule A PACs); inferred donors do not count
Connection Density20%Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups; donor links excluded
Silence Risk15%Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Intelligence Volume15%Documented facts from verified sources
Constituency Deviation0%Shown, not weighted — a model estimate, not a record
Voting Misalignment0%Shown, not weighted — needs platform commitments almost nobody has; the roll-call record on /votes is the vote signal

Each component is the member's standing among all scored members of Congress, and the weighted sum is the overall score. Tiers are ranks: Critical is the top 5%, High the next 10%, Elevated the next 20%, Moderate the next 30%, and Low the rest.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains.
$3.1BDonor Contributions
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Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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