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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population: 42.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 61.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 7.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 9.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $91,983 (2024 est.)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 3: Constitutional Right to Marriage (Repeal Proposition 8) (2024) — passed, margin 62.6% Yes – 37.4% No (statewide)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom (2022) — passed, margin 66.6% Yes – 33.4% No (statewide)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 4529 (share 0.062)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 3119 (share 0.074)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 1119 (share 0.097)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 6221 (share 0.128)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 4931 (share 0.135)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Dignity Health / St. Joseph's Medical Center (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Stockton Unified School District (4000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (5000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: San Joaquin County Government (7000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Amazon (13000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: California's 9th Congressional District encompasses most of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley, anchored by the cities of Stockton and Tracy, plus parts of Antioch in Contra Costa County. It has a population of approximately 774,000 and is rated D+4 (lean Democratic), making it one of the most competitive seats in California. Donald Trump carried the district by 2 points in 2024, a 15-point swing from Biden's 13-point win in 2020 — one of the largest swings nationwide. The district is majority-minority: 42.4% Hispanic, 33.1% White, 17.7% Asian. Economic indicators reflect a working-class region: median household income of $91,983 (above national median but below California's coastal districts), 9.9% poverty rate, 7.6% unemployment, 61.6% homeownership, and only 22.6% holding a bachelor's degree. The economy blends logistics and warehousing (Amazon is the county's largest private employer with 13,000+ workers), healthcare, agriculture and food processing, and manufacturing (Tesla). Water policy and agricultural resilience are perennial constituent concerns. Key issues: immigration, workforce development, education access, and rent burden.
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Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion aid package)) on 2024-04-20: Harder voted with all 210 Democrats to support Ukraine aid, while 112 Republicans opposed it (311-112 final). The Council for a Livable World — a top donor at $12,452 — supports robust international alliances and diplomacy. Harder's vote aligned with donor foreign-policy preferences. His Trump-won district, however, trends more isolationist; GOP for Ukraine noted that Ukraine supporters in competitive seats faced electoral risk.
Date: 2024-04-20
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Budget Reconciliation (Concurrence in Senate Amendment)) on 2025-07-03: Harder voted with all 212 Democrats against the GOP reconciliation bill (218-214 party-line vote) that included deep Medicaid and SNAP cuts alongside permanent tax cuts. CA-09 has 9.9% poverty and an estimated 20-25% of constituents rely on Medicaid. Top donor sectors — Securities & Investment ($694K), Real Estate ($128K) — stood to benefit from the bill's tax provisions, creating a cross-pressure: donor-aligned fiscal policy versus constituent reliance on the safety net. Harder's opposition aligned with constituent material interests over donor sector benefits.
Date: 2025-07-03
Added: 02 May 2026
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Voted yea on H. Res. 488 (Resolution Denouncing the Antisemitic Terrorist Attack in Boulder, Colorado (including language expressing gratitude to ICE and encouraging local-federal law enforcement communication)) on 2025-06-09: Harder was one of only 75 House Democrats to support this resolution (113 Democrats opposed), which paired a condemnation of antisemitism with language thanking ICE personnel and encouraging local-federal law enforcement cooperation. Progressives criticized Harder and fellow Central Valley Democrat Adam Gray for promoting ICE during ongoing LA immigration raids. The vote illustrated the tension between Harder's pro-Israel donor alignment (AIPAC: $45,368 in 2024 contributions) and his Central Valley district's large immigrant and Hispanic population.
Date: 2025-06-09
Added: 02 May 2026
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Voted yea on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of certain theft-related crimes; allows states to sue DHS over immigration enforcement)) on 2025-01-07: Harder was one of only 48 House Democrats to support this bill, which passed 264-159 with all Republicans and 48 Democratic defections. His district is 42.4% Hispanic — the heart of California's Central Valley immigrant community — and includes an estimated 80,000+ undocumented residents. Progressive and immigrant-rights groups sharply condemned the vote. Harder's support reflected the cross-pressure of a Trump-won district (Trump +2) where immigration enforcement is popular with swing voters but the bill's mandatory detention provisions alarmed his core constituency.
Date: 2025-01-07
Added: 02 May 2026
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[disclosure] Harder's 2022 personal financial disclosure shows he owns between $15,000 and $50,000 in BVA Fund IX and between $1,000 and $15,000 in BVA Fund VIII — both feeder funds into Bessemer Venture Associates entities based in the Cayman Islands, a jurisdiction that imposes no corporate or capital gains tax.
Date: 2024-01-24
Added: 02 May 2026
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[statement] "Quick Reminder: We should be making it harder for billionaires to cheat on their taxes, not easier," Harder tweeted on January 11, 2024. He also tweeted in 2021: "The richest Americans dodge $160 billion in taxes each year. It's time they pay their fair share (and cut middle class taxes while we're at it!)."
Date: 2024-01-11
Added: 02 May 2026
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Harder represents a Trump-won district (CA-09, Trump +2 in 2024). He won reelection with 52% of the vote against Republican Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln and is on the DCCC's 'Frontline' list of vulnerable incumbents.
Date: 2024-11-05
Added: 02 May 2026
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Securities & Investment sector contributions totaled $694,483 in the 2024 cycle (Finance/Insurance/Real Estate sector). Harder's venture capital background at Bessemer connects him to the tech investment community.
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
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ActBlue processed $2,721,720 of Harder's 2024 campaign contributions — 77.8% of all receipts — through 20,644 individual transactions, making small-dollar Democratic donor infrastructure his dominant funding source.
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
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In the 2025-2026 cycle (through Dec 31, 2025), Harder's campaign committee raised $2,749,905: $2,067,564 from individual contributions and $375,622 from PACs and other committees, per FEC filings.
Date: 2025-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
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Harder is a former vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners. He was described in 2018 as 'the only venture capitalist in the House of Representatives.' His estimated net worth is approximately $5.7 million, ranking 160th in Congress.
Date: 2025-11-30
Added: 02 May 2026
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Harder serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, including the Subcommittees on Interior/Environment and Labor-HHS-Education, which oversee billions in federal discretionary spending. He previously served on the Agriculture Committee.
Date: 2025-01-03
Added: 02 May 2026
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In the 2023-2024 election cycle, Rep. Josh Harder's campaign committee raised $3,500,985. Top contributing industries: Retired ($478,727), Securities & Investment ($337,880), Democratic/Liberal ($282,415), Lawyers/Law Firms ($216,368), Education ($135,747), Real Estate ($127,967).
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
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