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Barbara Lee

Barbara Jean Lee is an American politician and social worker who has served as a U.S. representative from California since 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, Lee represents , which is based in Oakland and covers most of the northern part of Alameda County. According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, it is one of the nation's most Democratic districts, with a rating of D+40. Wikipedia*

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Barbara Lee has 1,310 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1998 Call-In as a State Senator. The year with the most videos was 2013 with 77 videos as a Democratic Representative for California's 13th district. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2011 with an average of 6,488 views per program as a Democratic Representative for California's 9th district. Most appearances with Sheila Jackson Lee (40), Nancy Pelosi (31), Jan Schakowsky (21). Most common tags: African Americans, Federal Budget, Democratic Party.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2023 - January 2, 2025 U.S. Representative, D-CA 12th View Map


Videos: 8 May 23, 2016 - Present Member, Platform Drafting Committee, Democratic National Convention Committee


Videos: 11 c. January 21, 2023 - Present U.S. Senate Candidate,
D-California



Videos: 0

Previously

U.S. Representative, D-CA 13th January 3, 2013 - January 2, 2023 Videos: 554 U.S. Representative, D-CA 9th April 7, 1998 - January 3, 2013 Videos: 728 Chair, Congressional Black Caucus c. January 6, 2009 - c. January 5, 2011 Videos: 8 State Senator,
D-California
c. January 3, 1997 - c. April 7, 1998 Videos: 1

Recent Appearances

  • California U.S. Senate Primary Debate

    California U.S. Senate Primary Debate

    The top four candidates running in California’s nonpartisan 2024 U.S. Senate primary participated in a final debate, ahead of…

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    After months of investigation and nearly three hours of floor debate, the House failed (214-216) to impeach Homeland Security…

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    The House approved the debate rule for three bills, after failing to pass the measure earlier in the week. Thereafter, the Ho…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House approved the Senate-passed final version of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which provides…

  • California U.S. Senate Democratic Debate in Los Angeles

    California U.S. Senate Democratic Debate in Los Angeles

    Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Adam Schiff, and Katie Porter participated in a forum for the 2024 race for candidates seeking …

  • House Session, Part 1

    House Session, Part 1

    The House voted on amendments to fiscal year 2024 federal spending legislation for the Departments of Homeland Security and S…

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov
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