Recent events
2025-12-11
Other facts
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[statement] Panetta represents a solidly Democratic district (D+39) that elected him to champion progressive values including civil rights and self-governance. PG Progressives noted 'for a Democrat in a solidly blue…
2025-11-19
Votes
PRIMARY
[vote] Panetta voted YES on five Republican bills that overrode D.C. self-governance and expanded carceral policy in 2025 (H.R. 884, H.R. 2096, H.R. 4922, H.R. 5107, H.R. 5214), joining the GOP majority to clamp down…
2025-10-20
Other facts
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[statement] At a 2025 town hall, Panetta defended receiving AIPAC money by saying he uses the funds to help other Democrats get elected and that he 'is not influenced by the hundreds of thousands of dollars he receives.'
2025-06-12
Votes
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Voted nay on H.R.2056 (District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act) on 2025-06-12: Panetta voted NO with Democrats against forcing D.C. to cooperate with ICE. This aligned with immigrant-rights advocates…
2024-12-31
Transactions
SECONDARY
Panetta operates JIMMY PAC (Joining Ideas to Motivate Movement for You), a Leadership PAC that gave 98.62% of its contributions to Democrats in the 2023-2024 cycle.
2024-11-21
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R.9495 (Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act — 'Nonprofit Killer' bill allowing Treasury to revoke tax-exempt status of nonprofits designated as 'terrorist…
2024-06-30
Transactions
SECONDARY
Panetta raised $2,607,272 in the 2023-2024 cycle with PAC contributions at 52.31% ($1,368,471), large individual contributions at 44.33% ($1,159,885), and small donors at just 3.35% ($87,781).
2024-06-21
Transactions
SECONDARY
Panetta's top donor sectors include Finance, Insurance & Real Estate at $623,323, Agribusiness at $276,721, Ideological/Single-Issue at $326,866, and Defense at $79,525.
2024-06-21
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Panetta's campaign-funding reliance on PACs (52.31%) in the 2023-2024 cycle is inconsistent with his 2016 pledge to not take '1 penny from corporate PACs,' creating a donor-realignment pattern that correlates with his…
2024-06-21
Transactions
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[disclosure] In the 2023-2024 cycle, 52.31% of Panetta's campaign funds ($1,368,471) came from PAC contributions, including from defense contractors (General Dynamics, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon), insurance PACs…
2024-06-21
Transactions
SECONDARY
Panetta's top contributing industry for 2023-2024 was Pro-Israel at $244,296, followed by Real Estate at $200,500, Insurance at $197,485, and Retired at $112,919.
2024-06-15
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Panetta's district, with 23.3% foreign-born residents and a D+39 partisan index, held multiple public protests against unconditional Israel aid in early 2024, yet Panetta voted against constituent-preferred position…
2024-05-22
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R.4763 (Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) — crypto regulatory framework) on 2024-05-22: Panetta was among 71 Democrats breaking ranks to support this crypto…
2024-04-20
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R.8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — $26 billion in military aid to Israel) on 2024-04-20: Panetta voted for $26B in Israel military aid shortly after receiving a…
2024-04-20
Votes
PRIMARY
[vote] Panetta voted for the Israel Security Supplemental (H.R. 8034) on April 20, 2024 providing $26 billion in military aid to Israel, and signed an open letter attacking South Africa's ICJ genocide case as…
2024-04-20
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Panetta's defense contractor PAC contributions (from General Dynamics, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon) combined with his AIPAC donations create a compound financial incentive structure: the same vote for Israel…
2023-12-31
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
AIPAC's $143,055.23 donation to Jimmy Panetta on 2023-12-31 was approximately 18 times larger than his total AIPAC contributions from all prior cycles ($7,900), indicating a deliberate escalation rather than routine…
2023-12-31
Votes
INFERENTIAL
The $143,055 AIPAC contribution to Panetta in Q4 2023 represents a 17x increase over all his prior AIPAC contributions combined ($7,900), and this contribution occurred 11 months before the H.R.9495 vote.
2023-12-31
Transactions
PRIMARY
AIPAC contributed $204,700 to Panetta in the 2023-2024 cycle, including a single Q4 2023 surge of $143,055.23 — the largest single donation he had ever received. Before September 2023, Panetta had received just $7,900…
2023-11-02
Other facts
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[statement] Panetta stated he wants to 'limit the impacts of Israel's military campaign on peaceful civilians in Gaza' and supported 'pinpoint and targeted operations' rather than broad military action.
2018-12-31
Transactions
PRIMARY
Panetta's disclosed net worth ranges from $30,036 to $496,999 (2018) with liabilities of $515,002 to $1,050,000 primarily due to a mortgage on his Carmel home, resulting in a possible negative net worth. Quiver…
2018-12-27
Transactions
PRIMARY
Panetta accepted PAC contributions from defense contractors including General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon, per FEC records cited by the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
2016-10-01
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
Panetta's 2016 pledge not to accept 'corporate PAC money' (fact #33) is structurally inconsistent with his reliance on PAC donations from defense contractors and large ideological PACs like AIPAC, which function…
2016-10-01
Stated positions
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[platform] Panetta's 2016 campaign pledge: 'I won't take any money-not even 1 penny-from Wall Street or corporate PACs. Congress has been up for sale for too long.'
