Maxine Waters

U.S. Representative, California District 43 · Democrat. Member of the House in the 119th Congress, from the House Clerk's member list.

2026 race: California U.S. House District 43 · Official website

How to contact Maxine Waters

Official website (its contact page takes messages from constituents)

Washington office: 2221 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0543 · 202-225-2201

District offices:

Official accounts: X · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

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Where Maxine Waters falls, left to right

Strongly left, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 2nd from the left of 431

Voting record, 119th Congress

674roll-call votes held while a memberVoteview.
4.5%of those votes missedTypical House member: 1.9%. Absences have many causes; the count doesn't say why.
99.3%of 453 party-line votes cast with their partyTypical House member: 98.3%.

Rankings: 94th of 431 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 85th of 430 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 45 bills and resolutions; 3 passed a chamber; 0 became law. Most often about finance and financial sector, health and housing and community development. 62nd of 433 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Most recent

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

Committees

  • House Committee on Financial Services (Ranking Member)

Service

  • In the House since 1991
  • Current term ends January 3, 2027
  • Born 1938

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

Who gives money to Maxine Waters

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

$2.2 millionraised by the campaignJanuary 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.
$954,364directly from 163 PACs43% of the total. 126th of 432 (1st = largest share from PACs).

Largest direct PAC givers

  1. Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers · $20,000
  2. National Association of Convenience Stores Political Action Committee (FEC) · $20,000
  3. The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee · $20,000
  4. America's Credit Unions PAC · $20,000
  5. National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Political Action Comm · $20,000
  6. National Multifamily Housing Council and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center Political Action Committee (NMHC PAC) · $19,999
  7. Aflac Political Action Committee (AFLAC PAC) · $17,500
  8. American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E · $17,500
  9. National Apartment Association Political Action Committee · $17,500
  10. American Land Title Association Title Industry PAC (TIPAC) (FEC) · $17,500

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 Maxine Waters?
Maxine Waters's campaign raised $2.2 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $954,364 (43%) came directly from 163 PACs; the largest were the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ($20,000), National Association of Convenience Stores Political Action Committee ($20,000) and the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers ($20,000). From FEC filings.
How do I contact Maxine Waters?
Call the Washington office at 202-225-2201 or the district office (Hawthorne 323-757-8900), or write through the official website, https://waters.house.gov.
Is Maxine Waters liberal or conservative?
By voting record, Maxine Waters is strongly left: a DW-NOMINATE score of -0.66 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 2nd from the left of 431 representatives.
How often does Maxine Waters vote with their party, and miss votes?
Maxine Waters voted with their party on 99.3% of 453 party-line votes and missed 4.5% of 674 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).
What bills has Maxine Waters passed?
Maxine Waters sponsored 45 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 0 became law (Congress.gov).
How much PAC money has Maxine Waters received?
$954,364 directly from 163 PACs since January 2023.
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.

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