Henry Stern

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Votes with the Democratic majority 98% of the time; Stern’s 2 recent breaks lean one way - voting no on bills most Democrats backed. official roll calls
Co-sponsored 20 on record; most recently ACR 195 “Relative to Jewish American Heritage Month” (May 4, 2026). bill records
Latest coverage: “Open Letter to Gov. Newsom: I Am the Blue Dot” (CityWatch LA, Nov 3, 2026) - one of 11 stories across the spectrum (Left 1 · Center 10 · Right 0). coverage, lean labeled ↗

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The record

official roll calls · every vote links to the bill

98%

Votes with the Democratic majority.

Where both parties recorded a position on the same roll call, Stern’s vote matched the Democratic position 98% of the time. That makes the 2 recent breaks the clearest signal of where Stern actually stands - they’re first, below. official roll calls · Oct 19, 2026

5,074 votes · 4,664 yes · 376 not voting · 34 no

Where Stern broke from the party - the high-signal votes

VOTED NO

Juveniles: detention.

Democrats voted yes, 22–0 · SB 1009 · Aug 31, 2026

roll call

VOTED NO

Smog check: exemption: collector motor vehicles.

Democrats voted yes, 18–3; Stern was one of the 3 against · SB 1392 · Aug 31, 2026

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Pattern: the breaks lean one way - voting no on bills most Democrats backed.

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

legislation47 votes · yes on 47, no on 0

regulation34 votes · yes on 34, no on 0

utilities17 votes · yes on 17, no on 0

healthcare17 votes · yes on 17, no on 0

transportation16 votes · yes on 16, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESElections: voter registration.AB 1116 · Oct 19, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 86% of California Senate members

Details

Score−1.74 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.28 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−1.46)

Compared with202 members of California Senate members (1993–2022)

Covers2017–2022

● This person Democrats (127) Republicans (73)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 73% of 2024 California Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.80 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.04 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.76)

Compared with89 members of 2024 California Senate candidates

Covers2014–2024

● This person Democrats (33) Republicans (13) Independents (43)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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