Winner, unofficial result · U.S. House, CA-30
Laura Friedman
American politician (born 1966)
- Term begins
- January 3, 2027
Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · read 2026-11-04
Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +30.7, from the Vugol Vector model) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed
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Overview
Laura Syril Friedman is an American politician and former film producer who is the member for California's 30th congressional district in the House of Representatives.
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A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented California's 44th State Assembly district from 2016 to 2024.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-11-05 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- December 3, 1966 (age 59)
- Education
- Nova High School, 1984
- University of Rochester, Bachelor of Arts, 1988
- Occupation
- film producer
- In Congress
- 1 House term, since January 3, 2025
Facts above: Wikidata (CC0, retrieved 2026-11-05) and congress-legislators (public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05).
The race
U.S. House, CA-30. Won.
- Laura Friedman Democratic · winnern/a
Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · unofficial until certified
Polls and models against the result
- Frozen call
- Democrat (D +30.7, from the Vugol Vector model)
- Result
- Won
Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.
Money
Principal campaign committee: LAURA FRIEDMAN FOR CONGRESS. Covers January 1, 2025 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed.
Where the money came from
9.8% of the $634,657 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).
- Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)6.3%$62,268
- Individuals, itemized57.6%$572,389
- Other political committees (PACs)35.6%$354,050
- Transfers, other loans and other receipts0.6%$5,864
Employers donors listed
- QUINN EMANUEL$10,5005 contributions
- ADEPT$7,0002 contributions
- DAKE WILSON ARCHITECTS$7,0002 contributions
- DE SHAW$7,0002 contributions
- GDML$7,0002 contributions
- LINKEDIN$7,0002 contributions
- MCS BURBANK LLC$7,0003 contributions
- CEDARS-SINAI$6,2506 contributions
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY$5,5003 contributions
- WBPA$4,0002 contributions
Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.
Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-14 · filings can be amended · response hash 0a1b5c27f687
Industries
Industry totals are not on file here. OpenSecrets publishes them on its page for this member.
Record
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
1 subcommittees
- Energy
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
4 subcommittees
- Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Water Resources and Environment
- Highways and Transit
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Source: congress-legislators (current committees) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · current Congress; the new committees are set after January 3, 2027
Bills and resolutions, 119th Congress (2025 to 2027)
- Sponsored
- 12 bills and resolutions
- Cosponsored
- 349 bills and resolutions
Most recent sponsored bills
- H.R. 10846: Pay Your TAB Act of 2026Introduced October 19, 2026. Latest action October 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 9348: Public Access Protection ActIntroduced June 18, 2026. Latest action June 18, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 8217: Next Gen Road Safety ActIntroduced April 9, 2026. Latest action April 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 7062: Build HUBS ActIntroduced January 14, 2026. Latest action January 15, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- H.R. 6298: Safe and Affordable Transit ActIntroduced November 25, 2025. Latest action November 26, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- H.R. 5085: To exempt Federal actions related to the construction of infill housing from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.Introduced September 2, 2025. Latest action September 3, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Source: Congress.gov (Library of Congress) · the 119th Congress runs until January 3, 2027; a later Congress is not included · retrieved 2026-11-14 · counts of activity, not a measure of results · response hash 5cbe56b2f1f3
Bills and votes
The full list of bills and every recorded vote are published by Congress. We link to them rather than copy them:
Roll-call vote records are not on file here.
Issues and positions
Not yet on file: issue positions (we publish only what a source states). Are you this person? Update your profile
Contact and links
- Website
- a43.asmdc.org via Wikidata
- Office phone
- 202-225-4176
- Washington office
- 1517 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0530
- Campaign email
- Not on file
Sources: congress-legislators (official, public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05); Wikidata (CC0) for linked accounts; campaign-provided items are labeled.
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Timeline
- 2026Called the winner of this race. Called by Wikipedia editors 2:51 AM ET
- 2025 to presentUnited States representative Wikidata
- 2024U.S. House, CA-30 · General · result not on file Vugol.Me record
- 2020State House / Assembly, CA District 43 · General · won · 149,214 votes (69.6%) Vugol.Me record
- 2018State House / Assembly, CA District 43 · General · won · 125,568 votes (100.0%) Vugol.Me record
- 2016 to 2024member of the California State Assembly Wikidata
Offices and dates: Wikidata (CC0) (Q6498920). Elections: Vugol.Me candidacy record.
In the news
- Backers of film tax credit seek action in lame-duck session
- Federal investigation of letters with suspicious substances widens
Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · News about this race
All sources
- Result: Wikipedia (House results table), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections&oldid=1383742945
- Call time: Called by Wikipedia editors 2:51 AM ET (revision)
- Pre-election call: Vugol.Me calls ledger (frozen), /calls
- Background: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Friedman
- Birth, education, occupation and offices held: Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6498920
- Congressional service, committees and official contact: congress-legislators (public domain), https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
- Term start: U.S. Constitution, 20th Amendment, section 1
- Campaign finance: Federal Election Commission
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4CA30149/
- photo_headshot https://github.com/unitedstates/images
- photo_full_body https://friedman.house.gov/about
- photo_action https://friedman.house.gov
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