July 20, 2026Methodology v2.2 · Data: BLS, 20102025
Political Grades
government — just the stats

CongressCalifornia

James Gallagher

U.S. Representative, CA-01 · Republican · in office since June 10, 2026

James Gallagher
U.S. Representative · California-01 · Republican · since June 2026
Chamber
House
not yet gradeable
Their own recordValue
Legislative effectiveness LES · chamber avg = 1.0Data pending
Missed votes5.9%
Ideology 0 = left · 1 = right (GovTrack)0.41
Promises keptIn human review
California context — not this member’s grade

House members represent a district, not the whole state, so state numbers aren’t their grade. District-level scoring is in development. The state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, holds the scored executive record.

Scored on their own record; district outcome scoring is in development. Methodology v2.2

How Gallagher is graded

A representative serves a district, not a state, and no honest district-level outcome trend exists yet — redistricting redrew the lines and leaves too few data points. So Gallagher is graded on what they control: how effectively they move legislation and how they vote. The state’s numbers are shown as context on the card, never folded into the grade, until district-level scoring ships.

Legislative Effectiveness Scores come from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which benchmarks each chamber’s average to 1.0. Voting statistics come from GovTrack. The Honesty ledger — promises matched against this member’s votes — publishes only with an evidence trail and two agreeing human reviews.