Josh Harder

U.S. Representative, CA-9

CA House · Democratic

Joshua Keck Harder (born August 1, 1986) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 9th congressional district since 2023, after representing the 10th district from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in 2018 by defeating Republican incumbent Jeff Denham. After the 2020 redistricting, he won reelection in the newly drawn 9th district, which covers the majority of San Joaquin County and includes Stockton, Tracy, Lodi, and Manteca. In the House, Harder serves on the Appropriations Committee and is a vice chair of the center-left New Democrat Coalition. He has repeatedly introduced legislation to block the Delta Conveyance Project and has sponsored bills on fentanyl abuse and utility rates. After his district was redrawn following Proposition 50 in 2025, Harder finished first in the June 2026 primary and faces Republican John McBride in the November 2026 general election.

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Voting Summary

Votes recorded: 31
Ballots cast: 30
Participation: 96.8%
Yea / Nay: 20 / 10

Yea20

Nay10

Absent1

Abstain0

31 total ballots recorded.

Participation counts yea and nay ballots votes where a position was taken as a share of all roll calls on file.

Voting Record

20 votes recorded as “Yea”

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Ratepayer Protection Act	house	—	Yea
Retire through Ownership Act	senate	—	Yea
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.	house	—	Yea
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Yea
American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026	house	—	Yea
Clergy Act	house	—

Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held locally for these votes. Bill number, status, summary and sponsor are not part of this dataset see Bills for the fuller bill record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date; no vote date is recorded in this dataset.