California 12th District

Lateefah Simon (D) holds this seat and is running again. 2 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.

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  Lateefah Simon

  Democrat · holds this seat today

  F

  Liberty Score F

  On the liberty side in 7 of 42 votes and bills.

  Raised $1,703,906 since January 2025: 77% from people, 19% from PACs and other committees, 4% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov

  Every vote behind this grade
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  Jamie Joyce

  Democrat · nonprofit founder, society library executive director, berkeley

  No grade

  No grade yet

  I have no votes in Congress to count for Joyce, and what Joyce has said and done settles only 2 of my principles. I went through it on November 1. A grade needs 4.

  Raised $69,669 since January 2025: 95% from people, 5% the candidate’s own money. The filing at FEC.gov

  See each one, with its source

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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.

Jamie Joyce, on the record

I have no votes in Congress to count for Joyce, so the grade above comes from this list: what Joyce has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.

• May 28, 2026 · Her campaign siteFree nations

  In a post on her campaign site she writes that she calls what is happening in Gaza a genocide and agrees that Netanyahu is a war criminal.

  “call what's happening in gaza a genocide, agree that netanyahu is a war criminal”

  By the test I use for votes

  FAgainst liberty

  Calling Israel's war genocide is the against side of this measure.

  Source: Jamie Joyce for Congress, The incumbent's and my record on Gaza and IsraelDiscuss this
• October 2026 · Her campaign siteFree nations

  Her campaign site says she supports Israel's right to exist but describes the war in Gaza as a genocidal campaign that must be stopped.

  “jamie supports israel's right to exist, but not its interest in colonizing gaza, which is currently suffering from a genocidal campaign that must be stopped immediately.”

  By the test I use for votes

  FAgainst liberty

  Calling Israel's war genocide is the against side of this measure.

  Source: Jamie Joyce for Congress, home pageDiscuss this
• October 2026 · Her campaign siteBorders

  The fact sheet for her draft bill says it would pull untrained ICE and CBP officers off the streets at once.

  “this bill pulls untrained ice and cbp officers off our streets immediately while leaving officers who have been stationed in communities for years and who have clean records to continue their work”

  By the test I use for votes

  FAgainst liberty

  Curbing ICE enforcement on the streets is the opposing-ICE side of this measure.

  Source: The MAD Act (her draft bill), About ICE/CBPDiscuss this
• October 2026 · Her campaign siteBorders

  The same fact sheet says her bill does not call for abolishing ICE or CBP but curbs their reach.

  “this report was created as a fact sheet to show why the mad act does not call for the abolition of these agencies.”

  By the test I use for votes

  ?Not clear either way

  Declining to abolish ICE names no enforcement policy, so on its own it does not settle this measure.

  Source: The MAD Act (her draft bill), About ICE/CBPDiscuss this

Who is on the ballot: the state election offices, as listed on Wikipedia on November 3, 2026, checked against the candidate file of the Federal Election Commission. See a name that is wrong or missing? Say so in the discussion.