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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+17
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 5.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $614,200
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Spanish-language households: 323,191
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: uninsured rate: 9.27%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid enrollment: 27.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 86.1%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: foreign-born population: 28.7% (219,000 people)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 65.3% (499,000 people)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 34.6
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 56.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 11.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $91,136
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 764,518 (2024 Data USA)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 36 — Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 68.4% Yes — 31.6% No
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 1 — Behavioral Health Services and Bond Measure (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 50.2% Yes — 49.8% No
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 48-49 (share 0.11)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.14)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.14)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Chaffey Joint Union High School District (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: San Bernardino County government (6000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (Fontana / Ontario medical centers) (7000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Ontario International Airport / Logistics Centers (UPS, FedEx, Amazon) (15000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: California's 35th Congressional District encompasses the southwestern portion of San Bernardino County in the Inland Empire, including the cities of Ontario, Pomona, Chino, Montclair, and portions of Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Chino Hills, Eastvale, and Upland. Home to approximately 764,518 constituents, the district is overwhelmingly Hispanic (65.3% — 499,000 people), making it one of the most heavily Hispanic districts in California. The median household income is $91,136 — more than double the $37,585 national median — but 11.9% of residents live in poverty, homeownership is a strikingly low 56.4%, and median home value is $614,200. Only 21.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — well below the state and national averages. 27.2% of residents are on Medicaid, 9.27% are uninsured, and 28.7% of residents are foreign-born (219,000 people) with 86.1% citizenship. 56% of households speak a non-English language at home, predominantly Spanish (323,191 households), Chinese (27,315), and Tagalog (13,665). The median age is 34.6, and the average commute time is 32 minutes. The economy is anchored in logistics and warehousing (Ontario International Airport and surrounding distribution centers), healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. The district has a Cook PVI of D+17 and is safely Democratic. Torres has held the seat since 2015 and won the 2024 general election with approximately 59.4% of the vote.
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Voted nay on H.Res. 189 (Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas (March 6, 2025)) on 2025-03-06: Torres voted with 198 Democrats against censuring Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's address to Congress. Only 10 Democrats voted yea. The vote was party-aligned and consistent with her 99% Democratic voting record.
Date: 2025-03-06
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Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: Torres voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, joining the bipartisan majority (311-112). She has been a consistent Ukraine supporter since the Russian invasion, reflecting a progressive internationalism that supports defensive military aid against authoritarian aggression.
Date: 2024-04-20
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Voted yea on H.R. 7217 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (Standalone GOP bill, February 6, 2024)) on 2024-02-06: Torres voted yea on the standalone $17.6 billion Israel military aid bill — one of only 46 House Democrats to break with most of their caucus and the Biden administration, which threatened a veto. Torres was among the small minority of Democrats who defected. The vote aligned her with AIPAC-backed colleagues and against progressive Democrats who opposed unconditional military aid. This vote, combined with her vote for the $95 billion April 2024 national security package (which included $17-26 billion in Israel aid), demonstrates a consistent, unconditional support for Israel military funding that has drawn sustained protests at her Ontario office.
Date: 2024-02-06
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)) on 2025-01-07: Torres voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. She was among 170 Democrats who opposed the bill, while 46 Democrats voted yea. Her CA-35 district is 28.7% foreign-born (219,000 people), 86.1% citizen, with the vast majority of households speaking a non-English language — predominantly Spanish (323,191 households). The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned for one of the most heavily immigrant districts in the country. She was also listed as voting nay on the March 2024 version (H.R. 7511).
Date: 2025-01-07
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025) on 2025-07-03: Torres voted nay on legislation the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $930 billion from Medicaid. Her CA-35 district has 11.9% poverty, 27.2% Medicaid enrollment, and a median household income of $91,136 — below the California average. The AFL-CIO opposed the bill, and Torres earned a 100% AFL-CIO score for 2025. All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay. The SBA Pro-Life America scorecard criticized her for opposing what it called the defunding of 'Big Abortion businesses.'
Date: 2025-07-03
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[disclosure] CODEPINK and CAIR's ceasefire tracker explicitly label Rep. Norma Torres as one who 'Supports Israel' — not as someone who supports a ceasefire. She voted yea on a resolution declaring 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' as antisemitic. Protesters held weekly demonstrations outside her Ontario office throughout summer 2024.
Date: 2024-05-30
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[disclosure] Torres has been 'obsessively focused' on criticizing the authoritarian regime of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, placing holds on State Department nominees over the crypto-city project. Some activist groups in her district have criticized her for spending more political energy on Central American foreign policy than on local Inland Empire concerns.
Date: 2023-2025
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[vote] Torres was one of only 170 Democrats to vote against the Laken Riley Act in March 2024 — a bill requiring mandatory ICE detention of undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. Her Republican opponent Mike Cargile attacked her on LinkedIn: 'Norma J Torres is on record voting AGAINST the Laken Riley Act.'
Date: 2024-03-07
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[platform] Torres bills herself as a pragmatic moderate, with the San Bernardino Sun endorsing her as a 'practical Democrat' who 'is willing to take stands not because they will make her popular but because she believes they are right.' She has taken heat for bipartisanship, including endorsing a Republican county supervisor in 2022.
Date: 2024-02-19
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[statement] On June 6, 2025, Torres posted a TikTok video during anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, shouting: 'ICE get the f--- out of L.A. so that order can be restored.' Conservatives and outlets such as Fox News, Breitbart, and the Daily Mail called for her resignation, branding her 'demonic' and accusing her of inciting violence against federal law enforcement. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) called her a 'lunatic.' Torres was born in Guatemala and became a naturalized citizen in 1992.
Date: 2025-06-06
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[platform] Torres is a Guatemalan immigrant, former 911 dispatcher, and the first Guatemalan-American elected to Congress. She has been a vocal advocate for immigrant communities, Central American rights, and was brought to the U.S. at age five by her uncle during Guatemala's civil war. She has consistently voted against Republican immigration enforcement bills including the Laken Riley Act, the Detaining and Deporting Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act, and has defended immigrant communities from what she calls 'unconstitutional' ICE raids.
Date: 2025-06-07
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Torres votes with the Democratic Party 99% of the time per LegisLetter, with a 100% AFL-CIO score (2025) and 98% lifetime score. She has a 0% Heritage Action lifetime score, reflecting her status as one of the most reliably progressive voters in the House.
Date: 2025-12-31
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Torres serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee (Subcommittees: State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; Financial Services and General Government) and the House Administration Committee. She previously served on the Rules, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Natural Resources Committees. She is a member of the New Democrat Coalition, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
Date: 2025-01-03
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Before Congress, Torres served as a 911 dispatcher for the Los Angeles Police Department for 17 years, was a union steward with AFSCME, served on the Pomona City Council (including as Mayor), the California State Assembly (2008-2013), and the California State Senate (2013-2014). She earned a B.A. in Labor Studies from the National Labor College.
Date: 2025-01-03
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Torres was born Norma Judith Barillas on April 4, 1965 in Escuintla, Guatemala. At age five, during Guatemala's civil war, her parents sent her to live with a paternal uncle in Whittier, California. Her mother was severely ill with heart disease and her father was a union leader. She became a U.S. citizen in 1992, and is the first Guatemalan-American ever elected to the U.S. Congress.
Date: 2015-01-03
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Torres operates a leadership PAC, and her 2024 campaign had a 100% full disclosure rate per OpenSecrets, with $37,549 in fully disclosed contributions and zero incomplete or undisclosed contributions.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Quiver Quantitative estimates Torres's net worth at approximately $116,000 — among the lowest in Congress. Her 2018 OpenSecrets financial disclosure ranged from -$233,995 to $316,999, ranking 309th in the House. She has zero publicly traded individual stock holdings and zero STOCK Act trades. She served as a 911 dispatcher and union steward before entering politics.
Date: 2018-12-31
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CODEPINK Inland Empire claims Torres has received 'almost half a million dollars from AIPAC,' and protesters have labeled her 'Norma the Genocide Normalizer.' AIPAC does not appear among her publicly listed top 20 OpenSecrets contributors, suggesting the 'half a million' figure may aggregate across many cycles of bundled individual contributions not captured by OpenSecrets' organizational top-20 methodology.
Date: 2024-05-30
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Top career contributor: American Federation of State/Cnty/Munic Employees (AFSCME) at $60,250 ($250 individuals, $60,000 PAC). Followed by American Crystal Sugar ($55,000), Carpenters & Joiners Union ($52,500), National Assn of Realtors ($52,000), and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ($50,000). Labor unions overwhelmingly dominate her donor profile.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Career total raised (2013-2024): $4,075,555. Top contributing industry: Casinos/Gambling at $246,628 ($243,628 individuals, $3,000 PACs). Major union donors dominate: Public Sector Unions ($243,500, all PAC), Building Trade Unions ($211,100), Real Estate ($206,474), and Health Professionals ($182,667).
Date: 2024-12-31
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