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Josh Harder

US Representative (D-CA-9)
Tracked because Sitting member of the House; tracked for votes, donor mapping, and committee oversight.
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Josh Harder is the Democratic U.S. Representative (CA's 9th congressional district). The platform has 5 voting records on file (2024-2025) and 38 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Facts on record33
Connections mapped50
Sources cited22
✦ Thin coverage gap +152 connected to 50 entities · only 33 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
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Key Connections
← National Association Of Letter Carriers Of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political organization
donor
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00023580/
← National Apartment Association PAC organization
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$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00113241/
← American Veterinary Medical Association Political Action Committee organization
donor
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00114132/
← Wine And Spirits Wholesalers Of America, Inc. PAC organization
donor
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00147173/
← National Air Traffic Controllers Assoc PAC organization
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$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00238725/
← Progressive Turnout Project organization
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$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00580068/
← American Medical Association PAC organization
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$6,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000422/
← Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners organization
donor
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00001016/
Facts (33)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 167d ago · Avg age: 183d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (33)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population: 42.4%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 61.6%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.6%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 7.6%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 9.9%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $91,983 (2024 est.)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 3: Constitutional Right to Marriage (Repeal Proposition 8) (2024) — passed, margin 62.6% Yes – 37.4% No (statewide)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom (2022) — passed, margin 66.6% Yes – 33.4% No (statewide)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 4529 (share 0.062)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 3119 (share 0.074)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 1119 (share 0.097)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 6221 (share 0.128)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 4931 (share 0.135)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Dignity Health / St. Joseph's Medical Center (3000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Stockton Unified School District (4000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (5000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: San Joaquin County Government (7000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Amazon (13000 employees)
✓ verified Pending Review [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.
Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified AI Inference Voted nay_unverified on H.R. 5371 (Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 (Ending the 42-Day Government Shutdown)) on 2025-11-12: Harder voted against ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history despite his district's heavy dependence on federal programs. An estimated 150,000 federal workers and contractors in California went without pay during the shutdown. Harder's opposition reflected a Democratic caucus stance against what leadership called a 'false choice,' but the material cost to constituents — including SNAP recipients and air traffic controllers in his district — created a direct constituent-interest tension.
Date: 2025-11-12 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source 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 Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R.8035
✓ verified Primary Source 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 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 1 (119th)
✓ verified Primary Source 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 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H. Res. 488
✓ verified Primary Source 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.
✓ verified Primary Source [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.
✓ verified Primary Source [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!)."
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 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.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 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.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 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.
✓ verified Primary Source 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.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 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.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 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.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 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).
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donor secondary
2024: $45,368 via bundled individual contributions through AIPAC conduit. Harder voted for the Israel supplemental aid package and a June 2025 resolution condemning antisemitism and expressing gratitude to ICE.
← Council for a Livable World organization
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2024: $12,452 via 126 individual contributions. The Council supports nuclear non-proliferation; Harder opposes funding for new nuclear weapons programs.
← JStreetPAC organization
donor secondary
2024: $31,680 via 72 bundled individual contributions. JStreetPAC endorsed Harder as a pro-peace, pro-Israel ally.
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via PAC. NATCA represents FAA air traffic controllers; Harder serves on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education.
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00023580/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00113241/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00114132/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00130773/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00147173/
← Farm Credit PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00193631/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00238725/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00325332/
← Progressive Turnout Project organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00580068/
← Medicare For All organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00685552/
← Ag PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00900886/
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000422/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00001016/
donor primary since 2024
$8,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00001388/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002089/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002469/
donor primary since 2024
$7,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00003251/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004036/
donor primary since 2026
$6,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00006080/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007542/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00011114/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00012476/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00012880/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00024521/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00027342/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00028860/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00029447/
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00029504/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00030718/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00035451/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00039578/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00065219/
← Blue Diamond Growers PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00080135/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00084491/
← Postal Supervisors PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00092957/
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00105338/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00110338/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00336743/
← PAC To The Future organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00344234/
← Exchange Contractors PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00394452/
← Synergy PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00409623/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00409730/
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00420000/
← Frontline USA organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00422774/
← Hmp organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00495028/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Josh Harder's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00545137/
Sources (22)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Josh Harder — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Josh Harder — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Josh Harder — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Josh Harder — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Josh Harder — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
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2026-04-23 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Josh Harder not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt