Lateefah Simon
Details
- Party Affiliation
- Democratic
- In Office Since
- Jan 1, 2025
- Organization
- United States Federal Government
Federal Roster & Campaign Finance
- Bioguide ID
- S001231
- Chamber
- US House
- State
- CA
- District
- 12
- Total Receipts (2026)
- $1,449,191
- Total Disbursements
- $957,256
- Cash on Hand
- $777,590
- Coverage End Date
- Jun 30, 2026
Meetings
No relevant meetings found.
Election History
No election history found.
Recent Bills Sponsored
No bills sponsored by Lateefah Simon are on file.
Recent Votes
| Bill | Chamber | Roll call | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayer Protection Act | house | — | Yea |
| Retire through Ownership Act | senate | — | Yea |
| Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. | house | — | Yea |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Nay |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Yea |
Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.
Biography
Lateefah Aaliyah Simon (born January 29, 1977) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district since January 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first member of Congress known to be born legally blind in both eyes, and the first Muslim member from California and outside of the Midwestern United States. She served on the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors and on the board of trustees of the California State University system. She served as a trustee of the San Francisco Foundation and president of MeadowFund, a community investment fund created by Patricia Quillin, the wife of Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, and was president of Akonadi Foundation, an organization focused on racial justice in Oakland, California. In 2003, she became the youngest woman to receive a MacArthur Fellowship for her leadership of the Center for Young Women's Development (now the Young Women's Freedom Center) in San Francisco at the age of 26.
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