Jim Costa

How to contact Jim Costa

Official website (its contact page takes messages from constituents)

Washington office: 2081 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0521 · 202-225-3341

District offices:

• 425 E. Oak Ave, Suite 202, Visalia, CA 93291 · 559-749-9330
• 2440 Tulare Street, Suite 420, Fresno, CA 93721 · 559-495-1620

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The member's official government offices and accounts, from Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain). Calls and messages from constituents usually go to staff, who log them by issue; say you're a constituent and give your town or ZIP.

Where Jim Costa falls, left to right

Slightly left, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 205th from the left of 431

Voting record, 119th Congress

Rankings: 421st of 431 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 98th of 430 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 31 bills and resolutions; 0 became law. Most often about health, agriculture and food and energy. 148th of 433 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Most recent

• Frontline Innovation Act October 9, 2026
• Expressing support for the designation of October 8, 2026, as "National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day". October 5, 2026
• Supporting the designation of April 19 through April 25, 2026, as "National Crime Victims' Rights Week". April 20, 2026

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

• House Committee on Agriculture
  Forestry and Horticulture · Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry (Ranking Member)
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  Europe

Service

• In the House since 2005
• Current term ends January 3, 2027
• Born 1952

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to Jim Costa

The political action committees that gave to Jim Costa's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

Largest direct PAC givers

1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $25,000
2. National Cattlemen's Beef Association Political Action Committee (NCBA-PAC) (FEC) · $20,000
3. National Propane Gas Association PAC (FEC) · $20,000
4. National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee · $20,000
5. International Franchise Association Franchising Political Action Committee Inc (FEC) · $20,000
6. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Political Action Committee; Aka Dfa-Pac (FEC) · $20,000
7. Chevron Employees Political Action Committee - Chevron Corporation (FEC) · $20,000
8. American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E · $20,000
9. National Chicken Council Political Action Committee (FKA) National Broiler Council PAC (FEC) · $20,000
10. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association America's Electric Cooperatives PAC · $20,000

Largest bundlers

1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $170,978
2. New Democrat Coalition Action Fund · $7,300

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to Jim Costa?

Jim Costa's campaign raised $3.4 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $1.9 million (55%) came directly from 331 PACs; the largest were AIPAC ($25,000), National Cattlemen's Beef Association Political Action Committee (NCBA-PAC) ($20,000) and National Propane Gas Association PAC ($20,000). Groups also forwarded $178,278 in bundled gifts from their donors, most from AIPAC ($170,978) and the New Democrat Coalition ($7,300). From FEC filings.

How do I contact Jim Costa?

Call the Washington office at 202-225-3341 or one of 2 district offices (Visalia 559-749-9330 and Fresno 559-495-1620), or write through the official website, https://costa.house.gov.

Is Jim Costa liberal or conservative?

By voting record, Jim Costa is slightly left: a DW-NOMINATE score of -0.20 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 205th from the left of 431 representatives.

How often does Jim Costa vote with their party, and miss votes?

Jim Costa voted with their party on 86.3% of 459 party-line votes and missed 3.9% of 674 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).

What bills has Jim Costa passed?

Jim Costa sponsored 31 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 0 became law (Congress.gov).

How much PAC money has Jim Costa received?

$1.9 million directly from 331 PACs since January 2023, plus $178,278 in bundled gifts that groups forwarded.

What is a PAC?

A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.

What is a super PAC?

A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.

What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?

A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.