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Alejandro (Alex) Padilla OppScore Rating: -2.49

Alejandro (Alex) Padilla is a Democrat Senate for California and holds an OppScore of -2.49. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.

Alejandro Padilla is the Democratic U.S. Senator from California, the son of Mexican immigrants raised in Pacoima who earned an engineering degree from MIT before entering politics. He rose through Los Angeles city government and the state senate to become a leading voice for progressive immigration reform, voting rights, and environmental protection.

Alejandro (Alex) Padilla rating summary

• Party: Democrat
• Office: Senate
• State: California
• OppScore: -2.49 on a -5.00 to +5.00 scale
• Score basis: Record based, documented on 37 of 44 scored questions

What is on this profile

• Five Points of Opportunity score breakdown
• Voting record and legislative history
• Campaign finance and donor disclosures
• Dirt Alerts and accountability reporting
• Score trend over time

Primary sources

• Official website
• Ballotpedia profile

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